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rosscolliver
Oct 19, 20222 min read
Gisborne High students help out in Barrm Birrm
Students from Project Ready at Gisborne High School have been coming to help clear the regrowth of gorse from the creek that runs down...
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rosscolliver
Sep 17, 20222 min read
Public attention
It was a foul Saturday morning, and I was watching the rain drifting past my windows, listening to Radio National's 'Blueprint for...
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rosscolliver
Aug 24, 20222 min read
Buy Back Barrm Birrm
For Riddell’s residents, Barrm Birrm, place of many yam roots, has been a place to get away from the world. It's close, it's beautiful,...
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rosscolliver
Jul 18, 20222 min read
The seasonal colour blast
The Correa has been in flower in Barrm Birrm since June, pale yellow bells scattered through the low plants. I planted a couple of the...
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rosscolliver
Jun 20, 20223 min read
A good question
“Why is the gorse growing with other plants, and not much out on the open areas?" Each Friday for the last couple of months, students...
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rosscolliver
May 28, 20224 min read
A regular walk
I've been thinking for a while that I must post more often what's out in Barrm Birrm. I had been walking a lot in the second half of...
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rosscolliver
May 18, 20222 min read
Giving freely
Alice Miller students, with two bags holding many, many small gorse plants Students from Alice Miller school have started coming Fridays...
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rosscolliver
May 8, 20222 min read
Free range kids
More than a few of us had the good fortune of growing up in a world without so many screens, where the suburbs edged up to creeks and we...
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rosscolliver
May 7, 20223 min read
Talk to someone
We've just finished three workshops on how Riddell can respond to climate change. It was exciting to be with other people doing things,...
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rosscolliver
Apr 28, 20224 min read
Small steps make a difference
Sean McConnell, Riddells resident, has stepped up When there's so much that needs to be done, how do you decide what you are going to do?...
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