BUSHLAND at Sunshine Reserve in Mt Martha has been marred by an act of vandalism, leaving conservationists devastated.Several trees and native shrubs including old swamp paperbarks were hacked with axes, pushed over, and destroyed in what is being described as a deliberate and senseless attack on one of the area’s most cherished natural spaces.Volunteers of the Sunshine Reserve Conservation Group Inc discovered the damage on 21 September.“A mature stand of melaleuca swamp paperbark and sweet bursaria were recklessly pushed over and axed and thrown in the creek,” said Pia Spreen, Mornington project leader at Naturelinks Landscape Management.“Swamp paperbark is a…
Tuesday, October 21
