Alderley/Grange Bushies and Friends

Alf Harvey at the Habitat Brisbane Christmas BBQ at Bowman Park, Bardon in 2002

Location and History

'Alderley/Grange Bushies and Friends', now a small bushcare group, has conducted stirling catchment management work in Grange Forest Park for many years under the leadership of Alf Harvey. Their work area is now mainly in the western section of the forest along Mornington St, Grange 4051 up to the Brook. The adjacent work group, the Greenbrook Association, tends to work more along the eastern section of the Grange Forest Park, mostly north of Blandford St up to the Brook.

Catherine Cleary (A past Brisbane Habitat Officer) reported this interview with Mr Alf Harvey in 2011:

'Mr Alf Harvey, a founding member of the Habitat Brisbane program, began his work in the Grange Forest Park around 1990. In the early 1970’s, the site had been converted to parkland but was extensively used as a dump and, according to Alf, could have had anything from ‘potato peels to car bodies’. His objective was to see the park ‘look something – to create a bit of bush’.

He has planted and weeded extensively on the site and continues his work some two decades later. During that time he has seen the group wax and wane in numbers; now for most of the working bees it’s just him.

When I asked him what his greatest achievement was, he listed the ‘whole site really, nothing specific’. But he admitted to finding it difficult to deal with the ever increasing number of scrub turkeys that now call the site home!

Congratulations to Alf and all of his hard work over the past twenty plus years. We all appreciate the effort of individuals such as yourself and I know for sure that the turkeys love it!'

Image Gallery

A selection of a few images taken in February and September 2004, featuring habitat management areas within the western section of Grange Forest Park.

Group Contact

Working bees occur as required during weekdays at Alderley Grove and along Mornington St (UBD Ref Map 139, H8)

For more information, contact Habitat Brisbane Officer Fleur Sanderson via Brisbane City Council Contact Centre number, 07-34038888.