31/08/2026
After the Inman flooded last week, we went for a walk to check on our little plantlings and see how they had fared.
The river had risen exceptionally high – around a metre above the small bridge. Thankfully, the bridge survived, but the debris caught high in the trees gives a pretty good indication of just how powerful the water was.
Sadly, a lot of our plants didn’t survive the force of the flood. Many have disappeared completely, while others are still there but have been flattened, with their guards buried under debris. It’s quite confronting to see some of our revegetation efforts washed away after all the time and hard work that has gone into them.
But there is a silver lining. The ground is absolutely saturated, which will provide a wonderful long-term benefit for the plants that did survive. Nature certainly has a way of reminding us who’s in charge!
We had planned to move our efforts further upstream this summer, as most of the invasive weeds have now been removed from both Barker Reserve and Inman Reserve. But before we can move on, there’s some restoration work to do – clearing away the guards, sticks and debris that have been shifted by the flood and giving our surviving plantlings some much-needed attention.
It’s a setback, but not the end of the story. We’ll pick ourselves up, get stuck in and keep going
