Western Sydney University and Greater Sydney Local Land Services would like to invite you to attend the Citizen Science in Action symposium. Held at Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury campus in Richmond, NSW, this one-day event will highlight the importance of research and how you can get involved with citizen science. In our interactive workshops you will […]
Saturday 23 September 2017 The Fitzgerald Creek Catchment Group invites you for a day of weeding in the valley. Come along and meet the group and help remove Privet, Cestrum and Arum lilies from a tributary of the beuatiful Cripple Creek. We will access the creek via an easy-medium 10 minute bushwalk on track. Lunch […]
Saturday 30 September A short walk to a tributary of the Centennial Glen Creek at Blackheath to treat/remove small and large Holly. Morning tea provided. BYO lunch. For RSVP and further information contact Karen Hising on 4780 5623 or khising@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Come for the day or just the morning. Help us get this swamp back into shape. This swamp forms part of the extensive Braeside Upland Swamp which flows into Govetts Leap Falls. Enjoy a delicious morning tea and lunch donated by the Hominy Bakery. Book with Stephanie at by Friday 22 September.
Greater Sydney Local Land Services invites to a crash course in designing projects that create real-life change - for bushcare and landcare volunteers. When: Tuesday 10th October 2017 Where: Conference Room, Level 3, 10 Valentine Avenue, Parramatta. Time: 9.30 am to 4pm What will you learn? 1. A crash course in the psychology of change. Understand […]
Friday 13 and Saturday 14 October Interested in having a closer look at freshwater Waterbugs? Join us for a day in a laboratory with a microscope and a day beside a river. By looking at waterbugs up close under the microscope at preserved specimens, and alive in their natural surrounds, we hope to teach people […]
Wednesday 18 October 2017 Come and join the long term efforts of volunteers to free this large swamp system of a huge variety of weeds and restore the habitat of the Giant Dragon Fly and the Blue Mountains Water Skink. A joint NPWS/ BMCC activity. Lunch and morning tea donated by the Hominy Bakery, Book […]
Wednesday 1st November This is a NPWS Great Grose Weed Walk activity. Spend some time exploring the headwaters of the Grose River. We will be continuing on from previous work to stop the weed invasion further downstream and into the swamp. Be prepared for the possibility of creek wading. Morning tea and Lunch provided. Book […]
Wednesday 15 November 2017 If you would like a solid day removing weeds, this is the activity for you. Spend the day working removing weeds that have spread downslope from the de-commissioned STP. You can expect to kill loads of Privet and Crofton weed. A reasonable level of fitness is required for the steep climb […]
Continue the fantastic work in another remote section of Katoomba Creek searching for weeds. Bush regeneration and bushwalking experience is needed. This activity involves off track walking and wading along the creek. This is a joint NPWS & BMCC activity and numbers are limited. Morning tea and lunch supplied. Book with Lyndal on 4780 5623 […]