Linda and Roger's Bunhybee Grasslands
Photo-Points – Parlour Grasslands
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Bunhybee Grasslands Web-Site.
Bunhybee Grasslands is a 49 hectare / 120 acre conservation
property 35km south of Braidwood, in southern N.S.W.
You can follow through the internal links, or you may find it
easier to use the Site-Map.
Parlour Grasslands is the adjacent property to the south of Bunhybee. It was
purchased by NCT at the same time as Bunhybee, and is up for sale, subject
to a similar Conservation Agreement, and a similar Plan of Management.
It has many similarities to Bunhybee, but the broad central water-line has
denser grasses. NCT has arranged with the neighbouring grazier to the south,
Bryce McMurtrie, to agist 150 ewes with lambs on Parlour sometime
between mid-May and August.
We grabbed the opportunity on 10 May 2009 to take some photographs of Parlour.
The intention is that we follow up (a) after the stock leave the property,
and (b) in mid-May 2010, in order to see what impact the grazing has. We hope
that this provides us with some insights into whether and how we use grazing
as part of the management strategy for Bunhybee.
We used the Photo-Point method, as described below. But first come some general
observations and a couple of additional shots of areas somewhat different from
those covered by
the Photo-Points.
General Observations
The uppermost part of Parlour, the eastern lot, has suffered
some water erosion. We only went to the southern and western lots this time.
The majority of
that area
is a wide waterline with rather thicker grass than what's on most of Bunhybee.
There are modest amounts
of thistle and
fleabane,
and the
usual
flatweeds, and some blackberry, particularly towards the lower and
narrower end
of waterline, within 150m of Jerrabattgulla Rd. But generally it has even
less in the way of weeds than Bunhybee did before we started our weed management
program. There are many instances of pig-damage, in a couple of cases more
extensive than on Bunhybee.
Unlike on Bunhybee, the waterline contained no
pools, except for a couple towards the bottom end. We surmise that the property-owner
above may have put more dams in, and the future flows down the water-line
may be less than they were in the recent past.
Click on these 'thumbnail' photos to see larger versions of a
few general shots:
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In the middle of the wide waterline, between Poles
1 and 2, looking SE |
The grass at the same point |
?Carex 10m left of the previous shot |
Forbs at the same location |
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At Pole 4, looking South, down into the wattled gully |
Beside the wattle-and-gum looking ESE across the
kunzea to Hart's Rd |
Further west by 50m, at pig-damaged ground |
Further west again, looking S of E, with the wattle-and-gum
just showing above the low ridge, on drier grassland much more similar
to most of Bunhybee |
The Photo-Points
The Photo-Points selected were the electricity poles running NW to SE across
the property, and supplemented by a control, which we did at the last electricity
pole on Bunhybee.
Each Photo-Point on Parlour uses four shots (context, near, middle and
far), on a S to SSW bearing, with enough information to find the location
and bearing each time,
and to enable essentially the same framing and focal-length are
achieved each time. We've used our experimental addition to the standard – a
vertical shot at each of the 0m, 2m, 5m and 15m points.
Photo-Point 0 (PP0) – On Bunhybee
Dry Natural Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands
Community
Last Telephone Pole on Bunhybee, no. 187258, 20m north of the boundary with
Parlour
Southwards towards a white Eucalypt, leaning with the right shoulder
on the pole
Reference Shots 10 May 2009 11:07 UT+10
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Generic / Context |
1m-Centred
59mm, 1/250 sec - F/10 |
5m-Centred
59mm, 1/200 sec - F/8 |
8m-Centred
59mm, 1/200 sec - F/8 |
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0m Vertical
18mm, 1/125 sec - F/7.1
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5m Vertical
18mm, 1/125 sec - F/7.1 |
15m Vertical
18mm, 1/125 sec - F/7.1
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Photo-Point 1 (PP1)
Dry Natural Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands
Community
First Telephone Pole on Parlour, no. 187259, 80m south of the boundary with
Bunhybee
Close to due South towards rocks at 15m, leaning with the right shoulder
on the pole
Reference Shots 10 May 2009 11:30 UT+10
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Generic / Context |
1m-Centred (P)
59mm, 1/200 sec - F/9 |
5m-Centred (L)
59mm, 1/200 sec - F/9 |
5m-Centred (P)
59mm, 1/250 sec - F/10 |
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0m Vertical
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5
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2m Vertical
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5
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5m Vertical
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5 |
15m Vertical
59mm, 1/800 sec - F/5
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Photo-Point 2 (PP2)
Dry Natural Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands
Community
Second Telephone Pole on Parlour, no. 187260, 100m south-east of the previous pole
SSW towards lone gum-and-wattle, leaning with the right shoulder
on the pole
Looking NW to Roger at Pole 2, and back to Poles
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Reference Shots 10 May 2009 11:41 UT+10
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Generic / Context |
1m-Centred (P)
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5 |
5m-Centred (L)
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5 |
5m-Centred (P)
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5 |
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0m Vertical
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5
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2m Vertical
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5
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5m Vertical
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5 |
15m Vertical
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5
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Photo-Point 3 (PP3)
Dry (Moist?) Natural Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands
Community
Third Telephone Pole on Parlour, no. 187261, 100m south-east of the previous pole
Further W of S towards the same lone gum-and-wattle, leaning with the right shoulder
on the pole
Reference Shots 10 May 2009 11:56 UT+10
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Generic / Context |
1m-Centred (P)
59mm, 1/800 sec - F/5 |
5m-Centred (L)
59mm, 1/1000 sec - F/5 |
5m-Centred (P)
59mm, 1/1000 sec - F/5 |
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0m Vertical
59mm, 1/640 sec - F/5
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2m Vertical
59mm, 1/640 sec - F/5
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5m Vertical
59mm, 1/500 sec - F/5 |
15m Vertical
59mm, 1/640 sec - F/5.6
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Contact: Linda or Roger
Created: 11 May 2009; Last Amended: 11 May 2009
