A team of hardy volunteers helped beautify Lake Canobolas by tearing out weeds from gardens and bushland on Sunday.
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Habitat Connect community engagement officer Bill Josh said the weeds were an ongoing problem.
"We've come out to do some woody weed control," he said.
Mr Josh said they removed European weeds from a small garden on the lake entrance road near the cafe and another garden and bushland near the barbecue area.
He said removing the weeds gave the native plants a better chance of growing.
"We found a few orchids in here," he said.
"We find if you shift a lot of weeds then you find a lot of other stuff [that has been dormant]."
Mr Josh said hawthorn bushes and blackberries were among the weeds removed.
There was a lot more in from the snow melt.
- Bill Josh, Habitat Connect
He said they hoped to have more regular working bees to keep the lake surrounds looking good.
"We're trying to get a monthly or a two monthly maintenance crew up here," he said.
"It's looking really good," he said.
Mr Josh said the gardens needed more mulch which they would add at another working bee.
He said they were also looking to do work in the future to remove weeds near the lake walking track at the southern end.
Work would include removing weeds.
He said it was planned to alter the course of the walking track to bring it over the wetlands in the area.
The working bee was also a chance for people to see the water level of the lake.
It is currently at 63.6 per cent with the water 1370 millimetres below the spillway.
Orange City Council water storage data shows that while the lake is the smallest of the main water areas in the region it is relatively the fullest.
Suma Park Dam is only 23.5 per cent full with the level now 13,348 millimetres below the spillway while Spring Creek Dam is 32.2 per cent full with the level 4042 mm below the spillway.
Gosling Creek Dam is at 40.29 per cent capacity with the water 2358 mm below the spillway.
"The combined storage of Suma Park and Spring Creek Dams is currently 25.15 per cent," it said.
Mr Josh said the water level at Lake Canobolas was back to about the same level as it was before Orange's snow weekend in August.
When the snow melted on Mount Canobolas some of the water drained into the lake and helped raise the level.
"It's holding at the moment. It's looking really good," he said.
"There was a lot more in from the snow melt."
The volunteers had a barbecue lunch after their work was completed.
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