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A CALL-out has been made for volunteers to help plant one thousand various indigenous box ironbark forest species at Hustlers Reef Reserve in North Bendigo on Fathers Day, Sunday 1 September.<\/p>\n

The site was formerly home to one of Bendigo’s richest gold mines from 1865 to 1921 and is now a public space.<\/p>\n

It features a memorial for seven miners who died 321 metres below ground in an explosion in 1914 – Bendigo’s biggest mass fatality.<\/p>\n

The planting event is the latest effort of an enduring 25-year project led by Aldo Penbrook from the Friends of Hustler’s Reef Reserve community group.<\/p>\n

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Signage around the Reserve explains the unique history of the area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mr Penbrook said while the City of Greater Bendigo supports the project by supplying plants, spraying and mowing, all of the labour is entirely voluntary.<\/p>\n

“The project has worked from the top of the Neimann Street frontage downhill towards Hustlers Road and it’s taken 25 years to get to this section,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We’re trying to restore the reserve (to) as best as what it was like before the gold rush, which would have been fully covered in dense forest.<\/p>\n

“On the day we’ll be putting in mainly ground covers and grasses, so it’ll be a dense spacing, more like a native flower garden in a sense.”<\/p>\n

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Job unfinished: Despite 25 years’ worth of hard grind, Hustlers Reef Reserve is a fair way away from being restored to pre-goldrush condition. Photos: ADAM CARSWELL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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He said the event represents a “fantastic opportunity” to contribute to the beautification and better biodiversity values for the inner-urban reserve.<\/p>\n

“It benefits everybody for their health and well-being to be able to get some nature immersion\/forest bathing – that’s a Japanese concept – and have a break from the hectic lifestyles we all lead,” Mr Penbrook said.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to help, register your interest on the Planet Ark website at treeday.planetark.org\/site\/10030401<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A CALL-out has been made for volunteers to help plant one thousand various indigenous box ironbark forest species at Hustlers Reef Reserve in North Bendigo on Fathers Day, Sunday 1 September. The site was formerly home to one of Bendigo’s richest gold mines from 1865 to 1921 and is now a public space. It features […]<\/p>\n

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