Posts Tagged ‘cabins admidst restoration’

Working With Nature

Every time I look at our Christmas Creek I can’t but help think about cyclone Dianne. It makes me think about the power there is nature, weather to wreck havoc or sow hope. At Lamington we saw both with cyclone Debbie but the positives far out-weighed the negatives. Huge rains created waterfalls where there were…

Halfway

110psi Water Pressure to be Released We are happy to announce the arrival of water at Kumbartcho (now named Bimbul). Removing all air from the pipe ensured that we achieved the expected 110psi, plus. When connected to our soon-to-arrive Powerspout generator, we hope, it will produce upwards of one kilowatt per hour, every hour of…

Out of the Ground

Kumbartcho is starting to take form despite persistent rain and clay type soils that turn gumboots into cement shoes. We’re at the stage of putting joists over the beams so we can nail our floor down. The pace is rapid and in the experienced hands of our builders, Kev and Chris, it is certain and…

Everywhere a Waterfall

Lamington Falls Drops 300m Just thought I would share with you a before and after of our clearing on Waterfall Creek. Waterfall Creek comes out of the Macpherson Ranges which rises out of our property, just to the south, and are part of the Boarder Ranges. Lamington Falls introduces Waterfall Creek and from the…

Revegetation Summer Review

We’re proud of the tree plantings and weeding on Wongari near Christmas Creek, just three kilometers to walks in the Lamington National Park, in the shadow of Buchanan’s Fort, and stretching up Waterfall Creek to Lamington Falls situated in the Mcpherson Ranges and part of the Boarder Ranges, and is our contribution to managing…

Wongari / SEQ Revegetation Partnership

WORKING WITH SEQ CATCHMENTS: “UPPER LOGAN RESISLIENCE PROJECT” A priority in the restoration of Wongari flora and fauna has been to rehabilitate Waterfall Creek between Lamington National Park, from Buchanan’s Fort, to the creek’s origins in the Mcpherson Ranges, Boarder Ranges. The good news is that we have advanced this faster than we expected due…

Wongari – Trees for planting (SEQ partnership)

Trees for SEQ planting in Logan Catchment at Upper Christmas Creek, Lamington Commom Name Botannical Name Qty Upper Storey Giant Water Gum Syzgium Francisii 5 Red Ash Alphitionia Excelsa 10 White Mahogany Eucalyptus Acmenoides 10 Brown Laurel (Blackbutt) Crytocarya Triplinervis 10 Native Olive Olea Paniculata 10 Australian Teak Flindersia Australis 5 Bumpy Ash Flindersia Schottiana…