Welcome to 2025 and advice for the start of our 2nd Sunday Working Bees. Our working bee will involve planting a new area within the Weedy Wasteland to Wildlife Wetland area, some infill planting and possibly weeding as well. Access will be from the south side via Kennedy Street.
Time: 8.30am
Date: Sunday 9th February 2025
Location: Park on the cleared area near the Wharf Bench / Project Signage on the southern side of the creek accessed off Kennedy Street. Turn left into the gap between the trees before you reach the house at the end of the street. Follow the AURG Working Bee signs.
What to bring: BYO long sleeved shirt, long pants and sturdy boots. Please also bring gloves, broad brim hat and sunscreen.
AURG will provide equipment, morning tea and BBQ lunch for a gold coin donation.
Future Working Bees:
- Sunday 9th March
- Sunday 13th April
- Sunday 11th May
AURG Membership
For members that have provided a mobile number with their SNEL / AURG membership, I will be trialling our Text Message service closer to the working bee. The aim of this is for advising of changes closer to the event.
Please also note the membership requirements below. Membership is free but essential for public liability and insurance purposes. I will bring a current membership list, membership forms and a guide for updating via your i-Phone.
Membership regulations:
All AURG (sub-group) members & volunteers must also hold a current membership as an Individual Member, under the auspicing body of Southern New England Landcare Limited. This is to ensure everyone is covered for public liability and insurance purposes.
All participants wishing to attend the AURG working bee must be a current Individual SNEL Member i.e.
- Hold current membership. SNEL will provide AURG with a current list prior to each event.
- New volunteers should register online via the SNEL Membership page on the website https://snelandcare.org.au/membership/become-a-member.html , prior to the event.
- If a volunteer does not have internet access, they may pick up a form from the SNEL office, to complete and sign. Forms should be left at, or mailed back to, the SNEL office for processing.
- A new person or non-member, who arrives on the day to the AURG working bee, must sign a hard copy Membership form, when registering “at the door”, in order to participate at the event.
- Membership is current for 12 months
