A big group can be quiet! 12 March 2019
On a warm evening March 12, nearly 40 Georgetown Cubs plus their leaders and helpers descended on the community nursery for a night of learning about the environment. We headed down the newly formed track and as we did an arm raised indicated silence (and for a group of this size we were impressed). There was a fernbird chirping nearby and some of us heard it. We introduced the threatened fernbird to this eager group and they learnt about its secretive habits, the habitat where it likes to live and what is being done to help this species (pest control and habitat creation). This group was the first group to use both the new path and the seat which is in a perfectly situated place to talk about some of the changes that have happened to the environment - both the vegetation clearance, and revegetation and habitat creation. Walking through to Bushy Point we talked about how communities can become involved in projects, and looked at just how a pest trap can work. Then back at the community nursery is was a team effort by the Sixes to collect as many mingimingi berries as they could to help out the nursery with this seed collecting. It was then fun to say Coprosma propinqua (mingimingi) 10x fast! A great night to be learning about the environment and great questions asked by this group.
Bronwyn and Chris
Posted: 19 March 2019