F-Troop Morning Tea - Mark Stimpson, Rob Benson, Steve Hogg, Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Di Beechey, Trevor Harrison, John Hollebon, Kevin O'Brien, Peter Martin, Nigel Asken, (Terry Coyle, Sam Knox, Jan Martin)
Mark Stimpson with a wooden bowl made by Rob Benson
from one of our trees on the course
wooden bowl made from Australian Silky Oak by Rob Benson presented to Captain Mark Stimpson
Wooden Table and Chairs donated to our club by Tony Robino.
Tree maintenance at the 1st tee by professional experts.
Rookie Monday Lady golfers on the course today enjoying their day in the sunshine.
F-Troopers Peter Martin and John Hollebon working at the 6th native garden replacing the garden edges.
Nigel Asken put in some hard yards today removing mountains of weed from the 3rd dam
Maintenance work on the gardens in the 14th green space
Pot at the 6th tranquility garden destroyed by vandals
Plant restored to a new pot
Large pot at the 6th tranquility garden destroyed by vandals
Plant restored to a new pot
Flowers removed from the statue - but no damage done (may have been disturbed before they could do more damage)
Flowers replaced at the statue
Garden back in order at the 6th tranquility garden
We had a great day for our F-Troop work today with thirteen volunteers to share the load.
On hand were Trevor Harrison, Duncan Dyer, Kevin O'Brien, Geoff Bridge, Rob Benson, Terry Coyle, Steve Hogg, John Hollebon, Sam Knox, Nigel Asken, Peter Martin, Di Beechey and Jan Martin.
Projects worked on today were removal of old grevillea trees, rubbish removal around the course, tree maintenance at the 1st, garden edges at the 6th, trimming of shrubs at the 6th, hedge maintenance, removal of weed from the 3rd dam, tidying up the car park, tidying up underneath the clubhouse, replacing wooden benches in the BBQ Garden, preparation of firewood, collecting donated table and chairs, replacing damaged pots at the 6th tranquility garden, maintenance to the garden at the 6th tranquility garden, tidying the 3rd ladies tee, cleaning the bush toilets, maintenance to the gardens at the 14th green space, tidying the wall garden at the back of the 10th tee.
We enjoyed our morning tea of savoury breads, donuts, cakes and iced buns - Thank you Barto!
It was incredibly disappointing to find that the garden at the 6th tee had been damaged by vandals over the weekend. That is one of the down sides of maintaining a public place - there is very little we can do to stop low life doing damage at will. Those responsible have serious mental health issues to have a need to destroy things. I would like to think it would not be a golfer with anger management issues. The damage has been repaired to a point that we will not lose the plants and it was zero cost to the club to do the repairs thanks to donations we receive from supporting members.
Should any members notice any suspicious vandal behaviour by people out on the course please alert the Pro Shop, more likely to happen at quiet times of the day when there are not too many people around.
YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
