Yarrawonga Public School
Yarrawonga Public School students
L to R: Zac, Jake, Tom, Nicole, Rylie and Brook,
with Time Clune from North East water,
and Bruce Myers from South Yarrawonga Landcare.
Photo courtesy of the Yarrawonga Chronicle
On Friday 1st September 2006 Yarrawonga Public School students from grades 3 and 4 spent a busy few hours planting native trees and bushes. They worked with South Yarrawonga Landcare and North East Waters at the Water Treatment Plant.
A busload of 70 students arrived at 10am. They learnt about the importance of this particular planting:
- to provide a corridor for animals and birds to move safely between the remnant stands of trees
- to provide native habitat for the endangered Grey Crown Babbler
Landcare gave a planting demonstration and the students planted, watered, and positioned tree guards. The kids were naturally very motivated and set off with great gusto! The procedure was then repeated with a second busload of 50 students. An Australia Post / Junior Landcare Biodiversity Grant paid for the buses.
The whole morning ran very smoothly due to the planning and help from both Landcare and North East Waters. A wonderful morning was had by all. Everyone left feeling satisfied to have helped the environment. North East Wasters were so impressed they'd like to do something similar next year.
