The group of wattles in the foreground are an example of how the bushland here is slowly regenerating after more than a century of poor management, overgrazing, over clearing and neglect.
When we bought this property twenty years ago this entire area at the head of the valley was an impenetrable mass of blackberries. Removing these was a one of our first challenges and was achieved without the need for toxic sprays. Simply hacking them to the ground with a brush-hook and letting the kangaroos graze on new emerginbg shoots did the job.
After several years these wattles emerged. They are a pioneer species and many of the older plants are already reaching the end of their life-cycle perhaps to be replaced by more long-lived trees. Time will tell.
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