Progress towards a Wildlife Wetland ...

AURG notice of works which explains the project and shows collaborators

A few days ago, we witnessed some substantial progress towards seeing a wetland created along Dumaresq creeklands - west of the soccer fields which are south of Erskine St.

This is the project that the Armidale Urban Rivercare Group (AURG) was successful in securing funding late last year. It is called the “Weedy Wasteland to Wildlife Wetland" project and involves a number of partners.

Bruce Whan and helper removing woody weeds

Our association - Visions for Armidale Creeklands - is very pleased to see this happening. As we said in our recent blog, we compliment the AURG on their success with this significant funding.

Our association remains hopeful that, one day, we will see many more wetlands, billabongs, and ponds, etc. created along our creeklands for the enjoyment of all living things.

After all, our aim is “To assist in the careful planning, design and development of beautiful, healthy and safe public spaces featuring wetlands, lagoons and billabongs, connected by flowing water along the Armidale Creeklands”.

Currently, our association is focused on planning for more billabongs along Black Gully creek behind NERAM and the ACCKP and attempting to influence Council’s planners who are implementing Stage 1 of the Armidale Creeklands Master Plan (near the skate park).

If you have any ideas or feedback for our association, please contact us.

Workers, chainsaws and stumps in the area that will become the wetland.

Just some of the woody ‘weeds’ timber removed so far from the site of the wetland