27 volunteers contributed to our autumn Sea Spurge weeding activity held over three days from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 March. Picnic Bay was our target on Friday and Saturday and Squeaky Beach on Sunday.

Helped by the perfect weather, we made good progress at Picnic Bay. The first two-thirds of the dunes are largely clear of the weed and we expect to continue hand weeding this area with no further spraying. The last one-third of the dunes at the South end have patchy thick areas dominating the dunes where spraying would significantly boost our efforts to bring the weed under control by hand weeding. 

Sea Spurge at Squeaky Beach has been reasonably under control for a few years but requires repeat visits to maintain it that way.  On Sunday all volunteers came to Squeaky Beach and we worked our way south along the dunes. With plant density remaining low, a large area was covered with just the seven of us, getting to the end of the first blowout located about halfway down the beach. The northern half of Squeaky is in good condition with the southern half still needing attention. With each weeding day we tend to cover a greater area as the Sea Spurge reduces in density.