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​Time for a ceasefire

17/2/2023

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PictureWe must lay down our chainsaws while there is still some remnant vegetation to save, Photo: John Cuttriss
By Sally McNiece

I SIT on the balcony of my in-laws’ place in Inverloch and I can nearly touch the koala in the large remnant narrow leaf peppermint tree before me. This koala comes often as this tree makes up part of its dwindling habitat. ​The property is quarter of an acre, a formerly standard urban block, but there is nothing standard in the species diversity it holds. If there was a grading system for private citizens’ contribution to our urban forest these guys would be top of the class, gold stars all round, but currently the only assessment of their contribution to our community are the dozens of native flora and fauna species this property supports.


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Man of the trees

17/10/2022

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PictureSally McNiece goes bush with arborist Ringo Gannon and learns that
when it comes to significant trees size isn’t everything.
Ringo with sons Makani and Indra, and Sally.
By Sally McNiece
 
FOR the bloke driving past us down Stanley Road, there’s a strong chance that when he looked out the window he just saw “bush”.
 
Not Ringo. Pulled over on the side of the road he has us hanging out the ute windows looking intently across an expanse of Western Port Woodlands, just before Adam’s Estate. “See there, past the tree with the hollows? There with the smooth bark? It’s the last line of manna gums [Eucalyptus viminalis]. From here on you only see the shorter hybrid known as the Gippsland manna gum [Eucalyptus pryoriana].”


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