During a break in the rain, Diggies residents met on Saturday 23 May for the Annual General Meeting of the Dignams Creek Community Group (DCCG). Dignams Creek residents have been organising in this way since 1995, but articles in the Cobargo Chronicle record community working bees and get-togethers as far back as 1898. These were all, of course, preceded by Djiringanj communities living in and enjoying this place they called Wullunthar, meaning very crooked, for millennia.
Recently, Fiona Kotvojs shared a very interesting observation when she and I were down at the Folk Festival selling thousands of sausages and steak sandwiches for the Cobargo Fire Brigade (as you do when you’re a vegetarian who feels guilty for not attending training). She started to count down all the second and third generation people who grew up, left and have now returned to call … Read more »
‘Welcome back, creeps!’ I said with feeling while pulling off leeches. As the tanks filled and the dry creek bed got moving again, I didn’t mind a few leech bites one bit. Some Diggies residents, like me, only unpacked their car stuffed with fire grab bags in order to go shop for supplies in case they were flooded in. Again, fine. Every millimetre of rain took a metre off my stress … Read more »
My first opportunity to meet people in Diggies was a Christmas party chucked by Rob a few weeks after I moved here. Upon arrival, I caught eyes with Martin Kotvojs, who smiled at me perhaps sensing that I was a bit overwhelmed, or maybe because I was the only person he didn’t know. I wandered over and said, ‘Well, you look like the most interesting person here’ and … Read more »
The bush sure feels dry, despite our wet winter, but it also looks like a huge Jackson Pollock painting, spattered with intense pinks (Indigofera australis), with deep purple dripping over the ground and up trees (Hardenbergia violacea) and bright yellow straw flowers everywhere.
Thinking about planting bamboo at your place? Please don’t. We had a great Landcare day ripping out three huge tractor loads of the stuff at Didi’s and Mark’s place. Our latest … Read more »
Our Diggies Landcare group is really kicking goals. A recent working bee smashed some cape ivy, a terrible problem in our valley, at Angela and Dave’s. Many hands at work with rakes got rid of a huge heap. Thanks to all who showed up.
And thanks too to Sally Anne who brings out the Diggies Landcare Weed of the Month, which is so informative. Over … Read more »