Join us for a Water Hyacinth session at the Lake - Sunday 24th November, 9:30am till 10:30am.
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Enjoy swimming or just being by our peaceful Lake? Noticed the increasing mass of Water Hyacinth weed floating around this year? Feel like lending a hand and don’t mind getting a little messy? This could be a morning for you.
Water hyacinth is a beautiful but ferocious aquatic weed, which floats on water bodies and in growing seasons can double its mass every 5 days. In other areas it’s smothered entire water bodies.
It first appeared in Lake Ainsworth in 2015, and Lennox Head Landcare volunteers have worked to remove Water Hyacinth through the summer months since. However, this year has been a bumper growth season and it’s taken way more effort than usual to get it under control.
It’s been humbling to see so many folks helping with the hyacinth removal this year; including friends of Landcarers, Dragon Boaters, Duke of Edinburgh students, staff from sport and rec, local school kids, a local kayak crew and even holiday makers.
Recently and pleasingly, Ballina Council organised a weed harvester to remove a large mass of hyacinth which had settled into the Lakes northern section.
On Sunday 24h November we’ll be continuing our efforts to remove Water Hyacinth, and plan to focus on the Lakes eastern edges, mainly on foot. We have plenty of tubs and a rubber dingy to help make the job easier.
If you’re keen
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
Water hyacinth is a beautiful but ferocious aquatic weed, which floats on water bodies and in growing seasons can double its mass every 5 days. In other areas it’s smothered entire water bodies.
It first appeared in Lake Ainsworth in 2015, and Lennox Head Landcare volunteers have worked to remove Water Hyacinth through the summer months since. However, this year has been a bumper growth season and it’s taken way more effort than usual to get it under control.
It’s been humbling to see so many folks helping with the hyacinth removal this year; including friends of Landcarers, Dragon Boaters, Duke of Edinburgh students, staff from sport and rec, local school kids, a local kayak crew and even holiday makers.
Recently and pleasingly, Ballina Council organised a weed harvester to remove a large mass of hyacinth which had settled into the Lakes northern section.
On Sunday 24h November we’ll be continuing our efforts to remove Water Hyacinth, and plan to focus on the Lakes eastern edges, mainly on foot. We have plenty of tubs and a rubber dingy to help make the job easier.
If you’re keen
- We’ll be working from 9:30am till 10:30am.
- Please come and find us on the eastern edge of the Lake just north of the surf club and register with Kelly (you won't miss us)
- We recommend wearing a long sleeve shirt or rashie in case there’s crawly things. You may also like to wear some shoes that you're happy to get wet as we'll be walking in and out of the water - sometimes there's sharp bits underfoot among the reeds.
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
