Here’s a partial list of all the cool stuff FOTM has accomplished since we started at the end of 2015:
Moved map and signboard at Bundara launch area on Mitta to increase parking
Improved put-in/take-out ramp at Bundara launch area on the Mitta, installed 2 more picnic tables, ongoing maintenance including potholing road
Designed and paid for printing updated Mitta river map after it was defaced, replaced at Big River, Bundara & Hinnomunjie Bridge take out
Paid for second toilet at Hinno take out ($14k)• Collaborated with DEECA to install changing rooms at Hinno
Collaborated with local Landcare to plant 100 native trees at Hinno, plus weeding, mulching, watering and tree-guarding over 6 years• Collaborated with DEECA crew to rebuild and widen take out ramp at Hinno
Designed and paid for interpretive signs and picnic tables at Hinno• Created new “Upper Faithfull’s” river journey camp on the Mitta (on public lands), and annually clear broom and blackberries from it and “Sandy Beach” (Wally’s Camp) just downstream
Collaborated with Parks Victoria (PV) on many projects including:
Annual local campground potholing (paying for several loads of gravel), fire pit repair and replacement, picnic table repair and replacement and more
Annual local trail maintenance
Removal of abandoned vehicles along pristine Heritage Listed Mitta river
“Formalization” of Tombstone Overlook and abseil rocks (O’Connell’s Overlook, Thedorra Overlook, whatever) loop trail (ongoing)
Blackberry removal along all four of our local rivers (Mitta Mitta, Bundara, Cobungra and Middle Creek)
Total willow removal of all four of our local rivers in collaboration with NECMA (NorthEast Catchment Authority (we’ve spent about a half million bucks on this and counting)
Huge annual get-together events with live music, Mexican food, margaritas & beer, and a great silent auction
Annual “Give-Back” volunteer day with Parks Victoria on the Mitta with hundreds of volunteers
Bought and installed extra TP holders in all local campground toilets
⁃Created & maintains the most comprehensive resource for local environmental, historical and paddler information there is: www.friendsofthemitta.org
Worked with PV over many years to create a proper take-out at Bally-Hooley on the Snowy
⁃ And counting...
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