2003 - 2016
Growing the wombat forest - by Bullarto Primary
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2003 In 2003 the students from Bullarto Primary School collected all the rubbish from amongst the bushes and their teacher took a huge pile of it to the tip in Daylesford. |
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2008 In 2008, a man with a huge excavator pulled out all the pine trees and took the timber away to be used in factories. All the branches were burnt Another man made a path for the kids to ride unicycles on. The blackberries and holly were cut out. |
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2009
In 2009, the kids at the school began a series of plays called “What the Wise One Said”. It was about the animals and plants that live in the Wombat Forest under attack from feral pests like blackberries and foxes. It taught people about how they destroy the ecosystem and how goats, under control, can help the native plants and animals survive. |
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2011 In 2011, some big trees that were growing in the school grounds had to be cut down because they had become old and might fall down and hurt someone. Unfortunately, some of the baby plants were killed when the trees fell on them. 
2014 In 2014 more baby plants were planted by the kids. In 2015 the kids planted plants that the aboriginal people had used in their daily life. 2015 In 2015 the kids planted some plants such as silver wattles, that aboriginal people had used for different things. 
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2010 In 2010, the kids planted lots of little plants that had always lived in the Wombat Forest. It was really cold and wet but this was just what the plants liked. They grew well. 
2013
In 2013 there were signs that a wallaby was using this patch of forest. It was eating the young leaves on the plants but everyone was happy that animals were using the area again. . 
2016 In 2016 we had a big party to launch the website about the history of the Wombat Forest Indigenous Garden. We had a puppet show, we went for a walk in the forest at night, we roasted potatoes that we grew in the garden, we spoke with a paleontologist, and then listened to music around a fire it was the best. |
