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Pasturage Reserve
WetlandCare Australia, in partnership with the BMRG and Bundaberg Regional Council
are currently focusing on Pasturage Reserve at Nielson’s Park, Bargara, as a site
for on-ground works under the Better Catchments program.
Pasturage Reserve is a well known local site, with a history that extends back
to the early 1900’s. The Reserve has been used historically for a variety of reasons
including grazing, picnicking, walking, and camping. The Australian Army even
used the reserve in the early 1960’s as a training area. The Reserve used to have
a railway running through it, opening in 1912, which ran through the Reserve carrying
goods, sugar cane and passengers to Nielson Park and Bargara.
Under the Better Catchments program the Reserve will benefit from the installation
of interpretation signs, highlighting selected ecological and historical features
of the site for the community.
The Reserve hosts a diverse array of plant and animal life, and has at least
five distinct
ecosystems all within its bounds. These include Melaleuca wetlands, eucalypt
forests, mangroves, salt flats and small patches of rainforest. These different
communities host a fascinating array of wildlife and plant life, and the interpretation
signs will help educate the community on the value and function of these natural
systems.
In the next few months the Reserve will also host a community BBQ. This event
will give the community a chance to appreciate the new interpretation signs and
take a walk and talk through the Reserve with Better Catchment field officers.
As part of the Better Catchments program, revegetation of the Neilsons Park end
of the Reserve will commence as will weed control within this area. A progressive
plan of management will be undertaken to ensure the Reserve retains its unique
ecological values whilst also providing a natural area for visitors and the community
to visit and enjoy for many generations to come.
If you would like to know more about this project please feel free to contact
the Burnett Mary Regional Group.
This historical detail in this article was provided through the kind support
of the Bundaberg
Landcare Group
Chairman of the Burnett Mary Regional Group with Aunty Yvonne Chapman at the
World Wetlands Day screening of “Source to Sea”
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