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Recent FOLKLAW Projects
On 13th November 1996 FOLKLAW was involved with planting 284 indigenous trees in the grounds of Cerberus to remember the 280 men who served in the 4 RAN Sloops HMAS Parramatta, HMAS Swan, HMAS Warrego and HMAS Yarra in Word War 2. In 2006 we went to the 10th anniversary Memorial Service at Cerberus and afterwards walked among the 284 trees that had been planted. A new plaque was put in place and the old one was donated to the Cerberus Historic Society.
FOLKLAW was involved with the National Tree Planting Day on 30th July 2007 as we have been over the past few years. We have registered with Greening Australia’s Website and have had a number of successful days thanks to the public who volunteer their time to put in plants around the Koala Reserve.
rehabilitating injured and sick koalas but has an ongoing problem of having to get gum leaves to feed them while they are in her care. We decided to plant the trees so that she will have an easy source of food for the koalas in a few years. We had a display at the Hastings library from 14/7/06 – 03/08/06 to educate the public about caring for their environment and to encourage them to join our environmental group. Information about local native animals and how to attract them back into the garden by planting indigenous plants was part of the display. We received very good feed back from the library staff about the number of people that took the time to read our display board. FOLKLAW was also involved with the planting of 2000 trees, shrubs and grasses in the Ray Stone Reserve in Camp Hill Rd. South East Water had used this reserve to store all their equipment and as a good will gesture to the people of Somers they donated 2000 plants. FOLKLAW together with some children from the Somers Primary School and other volunteers planted them over 2 days. Although some perished during the long dry summer, many have survived and the reserve looks much better and attracts koalas and other animals and birds.
Over the past few years, FOLKLAW has had an information stall at the Somers Arts Fair and the Somers Garden Fair. We have raised money by selling indigenous plants, auctioning a poster sized photo donated by one of our Committee Members and having a garage sale. This money was donated to our local wildlife carer for medicines, blankets etc. Over the years FOLKLAW has been actively involved with the Somers Primary School plant nursery and garden.
A FOLKLAW member has very generously painted some beautiful posters of the Somers Koala Reserve which we use in our displays. She has also done some signs warning cars to slow down when koalas cross the road and during the baby bird season.
In 2001 FOLKLAW organized a volunteer day to plant out the Kennedy Rd Track. The day was a great success with many people turning up. Although some of the plants did not survive the harsh Summer, many did, especially the Manna Gums at the end of the track. Some of the smaller plants, including grasses are actually spreading. The track is still maintained on a yearly basis with spraying of weeds and replacement of plants that have died. We have also organized a number of speakers to lecture on such topics as migratory birds, local bats, etc.
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Two
of our committee members and another volunteer planted about 80 manna
gums at the home of the local wildlife carer. The carer
specializes in treating and 
