Y Striders

Margaret River Episode 2 – Further Adventures with Y Striders
Friday was the official Day One with one group of 22 meeting at Ellensbrook Homestead, first to explore the grounds and history before setting off past the falls to complete either a 4km or 8 km walk. A group of twelve Y Striders went Quad Biking through the Boranup forest working up an appetite to meet with others at the Berry Farm for late lunch.
In the evening we all met at Settlers Tavern to greet the Friday arrivals and have dinner. It was cold outside but warm inside with laughter and stories of the day and past Y Strider weekends.

Be careful when driving to Troy Park, there may be quite a lot of trucks using the driveway and Burke Dr.

Foreshore re-grading will start shortly as part of work on the restoration of Point Waylen in Attadale.

Careful precautions are being taken to minimise disturbance to local wildlife and there should be limited inconvenience to park users, as the works will be contained within the site. There may however be an increase in truck traffic along Burke Drive.

For community safety, access will be prevented to the active construction site which will be fenced during the major works.

The re-grading is essential because this section of the foreshore is eroded and has an evident shelf, which is destabilising the surrounding edges as sand and vegetation is exposed to wind and water.

The work is being done by Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) and will reprofile the eroded shoreline edge to create a more gradual slope, allowing for sedge planting to stabilise it.

The restoration of Point Waylen is a joint Federal and State Government and City of Melville initiative using native flora to revegetate the area provide habitat to native fauna and passive recreation facilities.