Join us for a Water Hyacinth session at the Lake - Saturday 30th November, 8:30am till 9:30am.
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Love swimming or simply enjoying our peaceful Lake?
Have you noticed the growing mass of Water Hyacinth floating around this year? If you're up for lending a hand and don’t mind getting a little messy, we’d love to have you join us for a morning of volunteer work.
Water hyacinth is a beautiful but ferocious aquatic weed, which floats on the water surface. During its growing season, it can double in size every 5 days. In some areas, it has even smothered entire water bodies.
It first appeared in Lake Ainsworth in January 2015, and since then, Lennox Head Landcare volunteers have been working through the summer months to keep the hyacinth in check. However, this year’s bumper growth season has made it much more challenging, requiring far greater effort to manage.
It’s been heartening to witness the incredible community support for hyacinth removal this year—from Landcare friends and Dragon Boat teams to Duke of Edinburgh students, local sport and rec staff, local kayakers, school kids and even holidaymakers.
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 Saturday, November 30th, we’ll be continuing our efforts, this time focusing on the lake's southern and western edges. If you have a paddle board or kayak please bring it along - but if not there's also plenty of work to tackle on foot.
Have you noticed the growing mass of Water Hyacinth floating around this year? If you're up for lending a hand and don’t mind getting a little messy, we’d love to have you join us for a morning of volunteer work.
Water hyacinth is a beautiful but ferocious aquatic weed, which floats on the water surface. During its growing season, it can double in size every 5 days. In some areas, it has even smothered entire water bodies.
It first appeared in Lake Ainsworth in January 2015, and since then, Lennox Head Landcare volunteers have been working through the summer months to keep the hyacinth in check. However, this year’s bumper growth season has made it much more challenging, requiring far greater effort to manage.
It’s been heartening to witness the incredible community support for hyacinth removal this year—from Landcare friends and Dragon Boat teams to Duke of Edinburgh students, local sport and rec staff, local kayakers, school kids and even holidaymakers.
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 Saturday, November 30th, we’ll be continuing our efforts, this time focusing on the lake's southern and western edges. If you have a paddle board or kayak please bring it along - but if not there's also plenty of work to tackle on foot.
If you’re keen to help:
We’ll be working from 8:30 am to 9:30 am. Please meet and register with us at the lake's southwest corner picnic area—look out for Kelly with a clipboard.
We recommend wearing a long-sleeve shirt or rashie to protect against any crawly things. You may also want to wear shoes that you’re comfortable getting wet, as we’ll be walking in and out of the water. Note: There are sometimes sharp bits underfoot among the reeds.
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
We’ll be working from 8:30 am to 9:30 am. Please meet and register with us at the lake's southwest corner picnic area—look out for Kelly with a clipboard.
We recommend wearing a long-sleeve shirt or rashie to protect against any crawly things. You may also want to wear shoes that you’re comfortable getting wet, as we’ll be walking in and out of the water. Note: There are sometimes sharp bits underfoot among the reeds.
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
