Condamine Alliance Features Bushcare Work of Reserve Volunteers

The Condamine Alliance has featured the bush-care work of Friends of Rogers Reserve member Greg Lukes and his contribution to Bush rehabilitation: reducing weed infestation.  Everyone who has attended a working bee at the Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve will be familiar with Greg and his passion for bush-care work.  Thanks Condamine Alliance for the feature.

http://www.condaminealliance.com.au/news-bush-rehabilitation

Banksia in Flower at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve

1 June 2015

Tree banksia (Banksia integrifolia) located on the northern side of the reserve near the corner of Polzin & O'Brien Roads was covered in beautiful yellow flowers.  Tree Banksia is a hardy native tree and is often used in bush revegetation projects, as it was done so at the Rogers Reserve border many years ago.  It is sure to be popular with the immense bird life and the sugar gliders living within the reserve.

Tree banksia (Banksia integrifolia) Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields

Tree banksia (Banksia integrifolia) Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve, Highfields

Great Results in Weed Removal by Green Army

15 May 2015

Working at temperatures as low as -1 degrees in Highfields, the Green Army Campbell Page Group have worked tirelessly this week removing environmental weeds from the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve at Highfields, Queensland. The results are amazing and the reserve is looking wonderful after having mass removal of lantana, asparagus and cobblers pegs to name a few.

Thank you again to the Green Army Team for your hard work, knowledge and advice on managing this reserve for the future. 

Before and After photos below thanks to Greg Lukes:

Green Army Team begin work at Rogers Reserve 11 May 2015

11 May 2015,.  We are very excited to have the Campbell Page Green Army - Campbell Page Group working at Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve this week. The team of 7 started bright and early this morning and will be at the reserve each day this week from 7.30- 1.00 removing Pavonia, Cobblers Pegs, Lantana & Asparagus Weeds. We welcome any members of the public to come and give them a hand during the week. Thankyou again to Greg, Gary and Condamine Alliance for arranging the Green Army to help remove weeds from our beautiful suburban bushland area in Highfields.

Fungi Expert visits Rogers Reserve Highfields

Megan Prance (President of Wolston & Centenary Catchments Inc and Co-author of "A Little Field Guide to West Brisbane Fungi") visited the Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve after recent rain on 13th April 2015. Megan discovered a wide variety of fungi species within the bushland reserve during her visit and has kindly shared some of her photographs along with fungi identifications. Megan tells me that most of the varieties that she saw during her visit would most likely also occur within the local Toowoomba region.    

Austroboletus lacunosus (13/04/15 Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve)

Bolete (Megan said there were many of these all along the track during her visit.) (13/04/15 Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve)

Lepiota  (13/04/15 Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve)

Scleroderma  (13/04/15 Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve)

Amanita (13/04/15 Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve)

A Little Field Guide to West Brisbane Fungi by Megan Prance & Sapphire McMullan-Fisher.

We are very grateful for Megan's expertise and for sharing her images with us.  Megan has kindly forwarded me a pdf copy of her fungi publication.  Anyone interested in reciving an email copy can contact the Friends of Rogers Reserve Group.

J.G.