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Wattle Grove Primary School
2013 YEAR 7 CAMP TO KALGOORLIE
DAY FIVE
• Karkula Bushland Park• Hammond Park - Lunch• Trip Home
Wattle Grove Primary School
2013 YEAR 7 CAMP TO KALGOORLIE
If you are wondering why all the trees around Kalgoorlie are all
about the same height, it’s because they are all about the same age, 40 to 45 years old.
This is because they are part of the regrowth from the 60’s and
70’s, when their was an effort to re-establish the trees after that
were all cut down within 100 miles of Kalgoorlie, to power
the plant required for the gold mining industry.
The dust storms resulting from the lack of trees
was affecting the health of the people living in the
area and so a concerted effort was made to
re-establish the trees. The ones you see today
are those trees.
Looking at the different plants and the seeds they produce… Karkula Park has a nursery and they harvest and sell the seed, some worth as much as $1800 a kilo.
Here you can see a bed of seeds under this plant…some plants produce something like 10 million seeds and out of that only one might germinate.
It is a nice walk around the park…with a lookout at the highest point allowing you the see for kilometres, although there is not a lot to see out there…
Waiting for the other group to finish their tour…while in the park the students got to plant some seedlings also to contribute to
the look of the park and the regrowth…
Using the time to find Qandong Nuts to crack and eat…similar taste to an almond… The students were shown how to crack them with a couple of rocks, but you had to be careful not to crush the nut totally…
HAMMOND PARK FOR LUNCH…
We had packed lunches from the Camp School and Hammond Park was a lovely green place to go…with some interesting gazebos to eat under, animals, playgrounds and bridges over a watercourse.
On the train again…this time for the trip home…technology keeps the students
entertained, not a lot to see outside.