Cotton Grass plant packing - ~Hayfield 15 July 2012

Thanks to Sue for the words.....

.. great day. Thirteen of our members joined with a dozen youngsters doing a Working Holiday as part of their DofE syllabus.

It was really nice to join with another group and chat to them while we were doing the work.

The weather was kind to us, a bit cloudy and cool in the shade but sunny at times and NO RAIN!!

We worked well together with Shane, his team and the Working Holiday leaders, loosening cotton plants that had become root bound in the trays they were stored in then stacking the plants into giant helibags so the helicopter could take them up to Kinder later in the week. The part filled helibags were placed on the trailer then filled to capacity before being driven to the side of the field where the helicopter pick them up.

I can't quite remember how many cotton plants there were (80,000?) but we completed the task in good time before re-grouping at the Sett Valley Trail carpark to get into our cars for the journey home.

camera and computer have decided not to talk to each other tonight so no photos yet!  Thanks to Nathan for the photos - camera still not talking.... - finally got the other photo to transfer....