History and Location
The Melrose Park Bushcare Group was
established in March 1999. The group works in Melrose Park, Wooloowin,
only six kilometres from the GPO, in the northern suburbs of Brisbane.
 In this large park, there is a stand of
beautiful old eucalypts and a stately row of tall palms. Looking
through the palms you can see many grand old Queenslander homes. Cheese
Trees (Glochidion ferdinandi), are a feature along the creek.
Birds feed on fruit and disperse seeds. Cheese Trees are a local native
plant, common along many Brisbane creeks.
Amenities in Melrose Park include; a
children’s playground and teenagers' play area, a sculpture walk,
toilets, two cricket playing fields, a cricket practice net and the
bowls club. The park is well used by locals.
Brisbane City Council consolidated the creek
banks with minor realignments and boulder wall support.
Members John and Carolyn
Lister, are often taken by their pup,
Frances, to check the Group's progress
throughout Melrose Park.
See
our progress
Link to our next page
showing images of our beginnings
and the progress since then.
Species
planted:
- Queensland Blue Gum Eucalyptus
tereticornis
- Scribbly Gum Eucalyptus racemosa
(previously E. signata),
- Spotted Gum Corymbia maculata
- Sandpaper Fig Ficus coronata
- Brush Box Lophostemon confertus
- Paper Bark Tea Tree Melaleuca
quinquenervia
- Brisbane Wattle Acacia fimbriata
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