By Ed Thexton
I AM new to the Western Port woodlands after nearly 50 years of drive pasts. Recently I’ve walked with Dick Wettenhall to take in the orchids of The Gurdies and with David Nicholls to put bandicoot camera traps in the Adams Creek Conservation Reserve.
When I walk the woodlands it is with a sense of marvel. I can take the long view. The wide tree spacing, low ground cover and dispersed groupings of shrubs allow for that. The walking is easy. There is plenty of interest because the colour hasn’t been taken out of the country. There are the reds of the occasional running postman. Its low-nutrient soils hardly support a weed, which of itself is remarkable.
I AM new to the Western Port woodlands after nearly 50 years of drive pasts. Recently I’ve walked with Dick Wettenhall to take in the orchids of The Gurdies and with David Nicholls to put bandicoot camera traps in the Adams Creek Conservation Reserve.
When I walk the woodlands it is with a sense of marvel. I can take the long view. The wide tree spacing, low ground cover and dispersed groupings of shrubs allow for that. The walking is easy. There is plenty of interest because the colour hasn’t been taken out of the country. There are the reds of the occasional running postman. Its low-nutrient soils hardly support a weed, which of itself is remarkable.