General: Work covers the fields that stretch some 1.1Km along the river. Areas are labelled {1,2,3 and 4} and page numbers respectively show a map of the area and the work carried out. 2016
As of August 2017 the main work is to clear southward from the breach in Area2 along the field side of the drain.

Area 1

Area 1 is partitioned as follows:
yellow Part of the top field east to the drainage channel of the lower field.
green This is the lower field, between west, south and east drainage channels.
blue The line indicates the western edge of the bund
orange Not a part of the Riverland fields but cleared as it encroaches upon it.

Diary: 2017

• strong>October 16th Area1yellow 0

• strong>September 25th Area1blue 8 and 15 on neighbours bund north
• strong>September 25th Area1yellow 42: 11 in the south west corner including two further east along the wall accessed from Trekensa Gardens, where there are thousands growing and 29 from the usual strip on the east of the top part of the field.

• August 30th Area1blue 16 and
  Neighbours field 16
  Area1 59 A surprise to find a patch in the south west corner of the field, must have seeded a year ago at least, so will use the brushcutter to clear the area and thence keep an eye on it for a few years.
• August 3rd
  Area1yellow 36
  Area1green 8
  Area1blue 16
  Neighbours field 6

• July 19th:
  Area1green 1 in south-west
  Area1blue 19
• July 12th:
  Area1yellow 57
  54 were in small area in ferns by the pine trees. Probably all seeded from a single plant missed last year. 3 others, just over midway down, just above the drain.
• July 7th:
  Area1Blue 13
  Area1Green 3
  and 44 from neighbours boundary within 2 metres.
• July 7th: Cleared path across low part of far field and all the bund 2T
  Cut through half a dozen or so balsams
• July 5th: Cleared path across south of far field 1T
• July 2nd: 1 In the south east corner

• June 17th: Cleared path across far field 1T
• June 15th: Cleared path across small triangle field and back 1T
• June 14th ~ 15th & May 23rd: Cleared path across triangle field (4hr)

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General: Work covers the fields that stretch some 1.1Km along the river. Areas are labelled {1,2,3 and 4} and page numbers respectively show a map of the area and the work carried out. 2015

Area 1 (Cleared completely 16th August 2016)

Area 1 is partitioned as follows:
yellow Part of the top field east to the drainage channel of the lower field.
green This is the lower field, between west, south and east drainage channels.
blue The line indicates the western edge of the bund
orange Not a part of the Riverland fields but cleared as it encroaches upon it.

Diary: 2016

• September 6th
  Area1blue 74 and 8 from neighbours field

• August 16th
  Area1green 254 Moving north from south east corner along edge of drain.
  Area1green 294 Moving north from south east corner along edge of drain. Reached middle way and completed clearing field.
• August 15th
  Area1green 233 Pulled from south east corner, 2 of them from half way back across the field, lost secateurs somewhere there :(
• August 14th
  Area1green 1 from mid north adjacent drain
  Area1green 6 from mid adjacent drain
  Area1green 97 from south east corner
  Area1green 209 from south east corner, moving north. Still quite a patch to clear and a bit late in the season as seed heads are popping
• August 7th
  Area1blue 108 Pulled from north half of bund
  Area1blue 140 Pulled from south half of bund
• August 5th
  Area1yellow 4 (mid)
  Area1blue 45
• August 5th
  Area1yellow 9 (south)

• July 5th
  Area1blue Cleared the inlet with the shredder. (ELF part and some of rest. Although small in area, was strenuous and used a full tank of fuel.
• June 27th
  Area1blue Cleared remainder of the bund apart from a small patch by the inlet which would be better done with the shredder.
• June 17th
  Area1blue Cleared the bund from north to south about halfway to where the cover the bund. Apart from an odd patch, shoreside of the bund there were only half a dozen in the area cleared last year.

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The 39.6 acres has a landscaping plan to make efficient use of the various contours, sunlight and existing habitat.

The fields to the west and south of the communal track have largely settled into young rough woodland, with the exception of two areas used for horticulture and as such is likely to be allowed to regenerate to woodland with little intervention. The plan below is the original and does not represent the present habitat.
This more detailed plan of the Leo fields shows less woodland, whilst the blobs in the white represent fruit trees.

The fields to the north and east of the track are still fairly open and more readily available for further horticulture. Using the triangle field, some 7 acres seems prudent to keep it from becoming a new woodland. The details of its use are laid out basically in the original landscaping plan, but personal use is a more difficult matter to settle. Most people would like to chose their place, but this would usually mean each person would chose the best location. Consequently the more preferred a place is the more likely it is to be kept a place for temporary use.