Hello,

Welcome to the latest edition of Creek Lines, the Friends of Upper Lesmurdie Falls newsletter.

Here’s what you’ll find in some of our regular features this issue:  

• From the Chair  – Encouraging news for the planting season and why now is a perfect time to join an environmental group.  
• Busy Bee Reports – Discover what “getting stuck in” really looks like, from rewarding bushcare work to good company and a well-earned morning tea.
• Propagation Report – Our highly productive propagation team shares how and why they grow thousands of native plants.
• Volunteer Profile – Meet Paul and find out what inspires him to volunteer.
• Focus on Ferals – Blue Broom: a tough customer and why it demands our attention.
• Midweek Weed Warriors – Our dedicated midweek team has been establishing a substantial weed-free buffer along the eastern side of the site.
• Rogue’s Gallery – Learn how to identify some of the site’s troublesome weed species.
• Further Up the Creek – Discover how we’re helping stop the flow of weeds into the reserve.
• Spotlight on Fauna – Take a closer look at some of our beautiful native beetles.
• Bits ‘n’ Bobs – Proposed Yule Brook Nature Reserve news, our AGM and the amazing transformed trailer. 
• Looking Forward – The latest moves: our recent grant for weed eradication, reducing costs through GPS mapping, new propagation targets, new engagement with creek residents and St Brigids College, a new Memorandum of Understanding for weeding the Neil Tonkin Park drain, more roo fences and the new parking.
  

We hope you enjoy reading it.

To download the latest edition, simply click the link below:

https://friendsofupperlesmurdiefalls.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Creeklines-Issue-18.pdf

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Cheers,

John