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The Macclesfield Bushcare Group is a volunteer-led group working to protect, conserve and restore indigenous vegetation and fauna habitat in the Macclesfield area (Peramangk Country).

11/03/2026

Our next working bee will be in the Night Paddock Reserve this Sunday.

WHEN: 9am, Sunday 15 March
WHERE: Meet by the entrance on Kingrose Street.
WHAT: Working on a range of weeds including broom, briar rose, prunus and gorse.
BRING: Loppers, dabbers, gloves, etc.

All are welcome, no experience necessary, and please join us for a coffee and a chat at the general store afterwards.

12/02/2026

Please join us for our working bee this Sunday in the Day Paddock Reserve.

WHEN: 9am, Sunday 15 February
WHERE: Meet at the gate by the corner of Wirrinilla Drive and Vernon Street.
WHAT: Working on gorse and blackberry.
BRING: Gloves, secateurs, loppers, dabbers, and heavy duty gloves

We will finish at 11am for a cuppa at the Maccy store.

See you then!

12/12/2025

We had a very successful stall at the Strawberry fete with a children’s craft activity making wonderful bush critters.

We’re bringing this month’s working bee at Davenport square forward a week due to the Christmas period.

WHEN: 9am, Sunday 14 December
WHERE: Davenport Square’s native garden by the playground
WHAT: Controlling woody weeds and slashing the grass.
BRING: Gloves, secateurs, dabbers and whipper snippers.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

19/11/2025

Strawberry Fete stall volunteers needed!

On the 30th of November we will be running our annual stall at the Macclesfield Strawberry Fete.

However this year we are excited to sponsor the event with our stall as a part of a large shade tent at the centre of the event.

This provides an exciting opportunity for our group to recruit new members and we are looking for passionate volunteers to help us showcase our previous and upcoming projects with some shifts after 2pm.

Please let us know if you are interested in the comments below and we will reach out!

16/10/2025

Please join us for this weekends working bee in the Day paddock.

WHEN: 9am, Sunday 19 October

WHERE: Meet at the gate by the corner of Wirrinilla Drive and Vernon Street.

WHAT: Targeting sparaxis, Monadenia, and gorse as we patrol through the good bush.

BRING: A knife or screwdriver to dig sparaxis and Monadenia, and secateurs and dabbers for gorse.

It’s a beautiful time of year – there should be lots of wildflowers!

All are welcome, no experience necessary, and please join us for a coffee and a chat at the general store afterwards.

17/09/2025

Our next working bee will be at Crystal Lake Park this Sunday.

WHEN: 9am, Sunday 21 September

WHERE: Crystal Lake. Take the entrance to the park off Devereaux Road.

WHAT: Working in the downstream planted area controlling gorse, Salvation Jane and removing tree guards from larger plants.

BRING: A knife to cut tree guards, gloves, secateurs, dabbers, and a screwdriver for the Salvation Jane.

All are welcome, no experience necessary, and please join us for a coffee and a chat at the general store afterwards.

27/08/2025

Our AGM was a big success thanks to members of all ages attending our inspiring talk from Andrew Crompton about his life’s work restoring his property to bush.

A theme of the night was the ongoing nature of bushcare and the importance of handing over this knowledge and responsibility to the next generation of Maccy locals.

18/08/2025

A reminder to please join us for the Macclesfield Bushcare Group AGM this Thursday at 7.30pm at the Macclesfield Institute.

We are looking forward to hearing from well-known local botanist Andrew Crompton about how we can care for flora in our local areas.

Please RSVP to [email protected]

15/08/2025

Our next working bee will be in the SEB site in the Recreation Grounds this Sunday.

WHEN: 9am, Sunday 17 August

WHERE: Macclesfield Recreation Grounds.
Enter through the gate by the RSL garden and park next to the garden.

WHAT: Working on gorse and bulb weeds.

BRING: Secateurs, a knife or screwdriver to dig the bulbs, gloves, dabbers.

All are welcome, no experience necessary, and please join us for a coffee and a chat at the general store afterwards.

11/08/2025

Please join us for the Macclesfield Bushcare Group AGM on Thursday 21 August at 7.30pm at the Macclesfield Institute.

Please RSVP to [email protected]

12/07/2025

We had a great session last month with additional volunteers joining us from a Trees for Life. Our next working bee will continue from where we left off.

WHEN: 9am, Sunday 20 July
WHERE: Day Paddock Reserve – meet at the gate on the corner of Wirrinilla Drive and Vernon Street.
WHAT: Continuing the gorse treatment
BRING: Gloves, secateurs, and dabbers.

All are welcome, no experience necessary and please join us for a coffee and a chat at the general store afterwards.

Address

Macclesfield, SA
5153

Website

https://www.macclesfieldhistory.com.au/bushcare.html

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