PROTECTING AGED BLOODWOOD TREES ALONG CURRIMUNDI CREEK

On 30th December 2010, one of the three aged bloodwood trees along Currimundi Creek fell alive into the water. It followed a lengthy period of wet weather and high water levels which softened the unstabilized banks. CCCG and the council had agreed that this was one of three aged bloodwood trees worth protecting as they are indigenous to the area, the tallest in the canopy, full of nesting birds and beautiful shade trees for people sitting on the seat underneath. The loss of this tree is devestating and indicative of what is increasingly being lost by erosion of the fragile banks as the waters in Currimundi Creek increase in volume and velocity from large urban developments upstream. It is hoped that bank stabilization of the other two aged bloodwoods will be completed soon to ensure that they survive for many decades.