It was a huge day for F-Troopers with the Stump Removal Project being the major task. We had 10 volunteers to assist with the tree stump removal which proved so successful that we are ahead of the planned schedule which was to have taken three days. It is anticipated that the project can be completed tomorrow if we have no unforseen problems which is great news.
We had such a lot of work on our plate today that we put on hold our traditional morning tea break & opted for a "smoko" mid morning and lunch (fresh sandwiches prepared by chef John) out on the course so that the work was not interupted.
Earlier in the morning the F-Troopers raked the car park gutters both front and side.
I did some work on the new garden at the 6th - laying down a paver stepping stone path (donated by Col and Kay Adams) and planted some new plants (purchased from the $100 cash donation of Margaret Mackie).
We were all facinated watching the professional stump remover doing his work. It certainly makes the job so much easier and our F-Troopers did the fill in and tidy up at the end of each stump removal so that the course will recover in the shortest amount of time. The removal of the stumps will not only beautify the course but also it will be very helpful to the roughcutters who have to dodge the stumps to prevent damage to the machines. Those seen working on the tree stump project today were Martin Gallagher (project manager), Duncan Dyer, Garry Trigg, Spencer Walklate, Warren Gray, Geoff Bridge, Peter Martin, Peter Murphy, Bruce White and Mark Stimpson.
Des Wilson and Ray Stapleton were putting some hours removing the roof off the air conditioner shed in preparation for the installation of a new air conditioning unit. Des & Yvonne were coming out later in the afternoon to do some watering in their gardens.
Bert Brink arrived with a trailer load of manure for the gardens. Thanks Bert! That will be put to good use around the course.
Later in the morning I spent some time giving the roses some TLC. A couple of the roses are showling signs of distress and I am not quite sure why as two roses are growing beautifully and the other two are struggling even through they are side by side and get exactly the same attention. Hopefully some extra TLC will do the trick. Every Monday I check the bird bath to ensure that it has clean water & generally check that the area is tidy in case there are functions booked. While doing that today I noticed that a branch from the tree above the birdbath was much lower than I remembered & when I checked the branch I noticed that it must have split in the last strong windstorm that we had & was hanging very precariously over the bird bath. There was a lot of weight in the branch and it was obvious that we could have a potential disaster if it fell at the wrong moment.
Duncan Dyer & PeterMartin came to my rescue & decided that the branch must come down immediately. Duncan is quite fearless when it comes to tree lopping but we moved the birdbath & the plants underneath the branch (just in case) so that the branch could fall without doing any major damage. Duncan did a fantastic job & after the mess was all cleaned up it was hard to imagine we had a problem & there was no damage done to any of the plants.
I was able to get some watering done at the wedding garden & the front gardens while the F-Troopers were still attacking the tree stumps. Peter Martin did some maintenance on the Club's lighting in the clubhouse.
Everyone put in a good days work and much was achieved.
I do have a late acknowledgement to add after publishing my original report and that is that Jan Walker was also on duty today working on weeding the gardens around the wedding garden area and also removing the unsightly weeds along the gravel path at the Wedding garden. Many thanks Jan & sorry that I missed your efforts on the day. This was caused by my working out on the course at the 6th & not having our regular traditional morning tea break where I usually catch up with who has done what on the day.
This does happen from time to time when workers start/leave early or late and I am elsewhere on the course. But non the less the work is very much appreciated and I appologise to anyone who does get missed from time to time.
YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
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