F-Troop Monday 21st December 2009

It was a challenging day at F-Troop today, being the week of Christmas, people have places to go and things to do. We were lucky to get enough workers to get through the major issues of the day.

F-Troopers on duty today were Duncan Dyer, Garry Trigg, Des Wilson, Bert Brink, Geoff Bridge, Peter Martin and Anne Burgess. We were ably assisted by our expert tree lopper Roger.

The main project was the felling of the large tree at the 13th dam. This was necessary to enlarge the dam capacity and to give space remove the silt build up. It was all hands on deck at 7.00 am for this chore. The tree was brought down expertly with no damage done. The F-Troopers then had to reduce the tree to smaller portions so that it can be used for firewood next winter.

Anybody wanting to go on the waiting list for this excellent burning timber for next year's fuel should contact Martin Gallagher to register their interest.

As many of you would have noticed on Sunday that the high winds of the last week have bought down a lot of branches, leaves and bark especially around the 1st and 10th tees. We had a major clean up of this area & filled the trailer and tractor trailer several times with rubbish removal around the course. The tees cleaned up today included the 1st, 10th, 7th, 13th and the 17th. We also cleaned up the area between the 1st tee and the wedding garden, trimmed, sprayed and watered the roses, watered the wedding garden & elk horns, raked the paths at the wedding garden & the putting green, & put fresh water in the birdbath. Anne Burgess fertilized, trimmed and mulched the Kangaroo Paws at the BBQ garden. Another volunteer member swept out the practice nets of leaves and rubbish when he came over to practice. This was greatly appreciated as we F-Troopers cannot spread ourselves thin enough to cover all the needy areas of the course & to have someone help out in this way is a great bonus for us.

During last week Yvonne & Des Wilson worked in the rain the weed, fertilize and mulch their gardens ready for the hot months ahead. Richard & Leonie Casey have tidied up their garden on the front street. Keeping it neatly trimmed and mowed makes such a difference to our front entrance. Thanks to our Adopt-A-Garden workers who have done such a great job throughout the year.

I take this opportunity to wish all our F-Troopers a very happy Christmas & we are looking forward to the challenges of 2010. F-Troop will continue throughout the holidays & will be on again next week with the Car Park area being the targeted project. If you have got time to come and help - then please do. We will be meeting early so that we can have access to the car park before it gets filled with cars. Watch this blog for more information as we get closer to the day.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!