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Date(s) - 09/04/2022
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location
Hart Road,Aldinga Beach,5173,AU
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Learn about the Aquatic plants of Willunga Basin with key note speaker Paul Green.
February 2nd is world wetlands day! Help us celebrate, albeit in April!
You may ask, ‘What is there to see in a wetland at the end of the summer dry period?’. To which I reply, ‘Australian wetlands are mostly ephemeral or seasonal. We can discover how their plants have survived the dry season and how they are preparing to spring to life when the winter water starts flowing into the wetlands’.
Join Paul Green for a tour of two of the Willunga Basin’s iconic wetlands. Hart Road wetland is a constructed wetland designed to capture and treat storm water on the northern edge of Aldinga Scrub. In contrast, The Washpool is a natural brackish wetland on the southern side of Aldinga Scrub. Paul will help us identify the aquatic plants and tell us about their ecological functions.
We will first meet at Hart Road wetland at 2pm. Meet at the carpark at the southern end of Rowley Road, Aldinga Beach. (Do not try and access the meeting point via Hart Road itself.)
Notes:
1. You don’t need to have attended Paul’s earlier talk on aquatic plants of the Willunga Basin to attend this tour.
2. Participants should bring wet weather gear, waterproof footwear, water and snacks, with binoculars, camera and field guides optional.
3. There are no toilets at either site.
You may ask, ‘What is there to see in a wetland at the end of the summer dry period?’. To which I reply, ‘Australian wetlands are mostly ephemeral or seasonal. We can discover how their plants have survived the dry season and how they are preparing to spring to life when the winter water starts flowing into the wetlands’.
Join Paul Green for a tour of two of the Willunga Basin’s iconic wetlands. Hart Road wetland is a constructed wetland designed to capture and treat storm water on the northern edge of Aldinga Scrub. In contrast, The Washpool is a natural brackish wetland on the southern side of Aldinga Scrub. Paul will help us identify the aquatic plants and tell us about their ecological functions.
We will first meet at Hart Road wetland at 2pm. Meet at the carpark at the southern end of Rowley Road, Aldinga Beach. (Do not try and access the meeting point via Hart Road itself.)
Notes:
1. You don’t need to have attended Paul’s earlier talk on aquatic plants of the Willunga Basin to attend this tour.
2. Participants should bring wet weather gear, waterproof footwear, water and snacks, with binoculars, camera and field guides optional.
3. There are no toilets at either site.
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