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Thirteen Wynnum members clear a skip and trailer of greenery at working bee

Thirteen Wynnum members cleared enough garden debris to fill a skip and a trailer, with more left to be carted away. Lisa's welcome breakfast got the workers started before she joined in.

2 min read14 March 2026
Thirteen Wynnum members clear a skip and trailer of greenery at working bee

Lisa's welcome breakfast fuels working bee at Wynnum

An older man in a hat and gloves pushes a wheelbarrow of cut agave plants across a grassy park, with workers clearing debris behind him

uel for the workers came courtesy of Lisa, who prepared a welcome breakfast which was much appreciated by all.

Lisa also rolled up her sleeves and did her fair share of work. The grounds certainly showed the benefits of many willing hands and a lot of determined effort.

Two people drag a blue tarp of clipped hedge cuttings across a green bowling lawn near a striped boundary post
Two people drag a blue tarp heaped with cut greenery across a bowling green beside a covered clubhouse veranda

Wynnum members clear a skip's worth of greenery

Volunteers loading cut branches and foliage into a yellow "Take Away Bins" skip on a grassy park lawn

By the end of the morning their efforts had produced enough green matter to fill a skip, a trailer and leave a sizable pile of greenery to be carted away later.

Two volunteers load green branches into a rusty "Take Away Bins" skip on a grassy lawn beside parked cars
Three people in hats and gloves load green cuttings into a yellow "Take Away Bins" skip on a grassy lawn
Two men in hats load green foliage into a mesh-sided trailer on a grassy park beside a silver SUV
Three people load green garden waste onto a mesh trailer on a grassy lawn beside a silver car; no croquet equipment is visible

Thirteen members tackle garden working bee

An older man in a light green shirt and dark shorts trims shrubs beside a manicured lawn with cuttings scattered on the grass

Thirteen members set to work with great enthusiasm, chopping, trimming, pulling, stomping, raking and carrying an impressive amount of garden debris as a result of the recent garden working bee.

A man in a hat and blue shirt trims a hedge with long-handled shears beside a green lawn with a white boundary line
A person in a wide-brimmed hat and long sleeves trims a leafy tree with long-handled shears beside a striped pole and grass
Two people trim branches on a bowling green, with a cordless hedge trimmer on the grass and a pavilion behind
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