Boral Living Green – Storyteller Competition

Alana is 12 years old and her stepmother works for Boral Quarries at Peats Ridge in NSW.  Read Alana’s winning story about her favorite Green place.

 

Somersby Falls – by Alana Sharp

 

My favourite green place is Somersby Falls. With waterfalls and bush tracks, Somersby falls is a great place to relax and have a good time.

 

There are many reasons why it is my favourite green place. Firstly it is fun for people of all ages. There are things young people can do, such as, catching tadpoles, paddling in the water and climbing up the falls. Older people can hike down the falls, have a picnic or just have a fun day with their family.

                                 

Another reason is that everything is natural. The last time I was at Somersby falls, my younger sister asked if the ground was made of concrete- probably because that’s all she’s used to seeing.

 

There is a great variety of plants and animals. At Somersby falls there are: brush turkeys, lizards, tadpoles/frogs, birds such as kookaburras and many different insects. There are gum trees, ferns, wattle trees and tea trees. Also there are a lot of large rocks covered with moss.

 

The waterfall at Somersby falls has many different levels that you can hike down to. Every level has a different scene of plants and animals to admire. The water running down the fall is fresh, so you can drink it. Rocks that stick out allow you to climb up the fall, which I like to do.

 

Somersby falls is a great place to go to if you would like to have a relaxing and enjoyable day. I hope it is still there for future generations to enjoy as much as my family and I have.

 

The Boral Story Teller competition prize included five days of CVA managed volunteer team support to help out at Alana’s favourite Living Green place.

In October 2006, a CVA volunteer team travelled to Brisbane Water National Park approximately 60 km north of Sydney and made their way down to Somersby Falls. There the volunteers cleared rubbish, removed 200 m2 of invasive weeds and propagated 165 plants.

 

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