Jamison Creek Catchment Annual Get Together
Wilson Park Falls Rd, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Saturday, 13th April Come along and be part of ‘citizens tackling antibiotic resistance in the wild’. Scoop-a-Poop is a citizen science project coordinated by scientists from Macquarie University, in collaboration with Taronga Zoo and the University of Sydney. You will learn the ecology of urban brushtail possum, antibiotic resistance in the environment and how antibiotic […]
An opportunity to continue the long term efforts of volunteers to keep improving this large swamp system that needs help to reverse the impact of many varieties of weeds. A known site of two threatened species, Giant Dragonfly and the Blue Mountains Water Skink. This is a joint NPWS and BMCC activity. Lunch and morning […]
Council will be hosting some Fauna talks prior to the quarterly Bushcare Network Meeting. Talk 1: Anne Carey from Applied Ecology will be presenting…. the Blue Mountains Fauna Inventory (e-Launch) which lists all the species and where they are likely to be found based on past records which can be downloaded from the Council’s website. […]
You are invited to join the Kodala Lane Bushcare Group at Glenbrook Lagoon for their quarterly Bushcare session.Come join us restore the bushland at Kodala Lane. Our local community are working with council to transform this area into healthy bushland and a pleasant local reserve for all to enjoy. If you’d like to learn more […]
This event has been CANCELLED due to coronavirus concerns. 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 […]
This event has been CANCELLED due to coronavirus concerns. Continue the great work done by volunteers over 17 years in a remote section of Katoomba Creek. Bush regeneration and bushwalking experience is essential. Off-track walking and wading along the creek. Morning tea and lunch supplied. This is a BMCC activity, and numbers are limited. Book by […]
This event has been CANCELLED due to coronavirus concerns. This swamp is still in its early stages of being restored, so there is plenty of primary work to be done on a variety of weeds – Erica, Buddleia, Privet and Crofton Weed. Lunch and morning tea donated by Hominy Bakery. Book by Thursday 23rd of April […]
Come and join us! 2 hours of easy weeding with our Bushcare Officer followed by an interpretative walk to places of interest nearby. You may be working around the creek so gum boots are handy. No experience necessary and tools are supplied. Bookings Essential. Book by Thursday 23 July. Clicking RSVP below (preferrable) or contact […]
You are invited to join the Kodala Lane Bushcare Group at Glenbrook Lagoon for their quarterly Bushcare session. Come join us restore the bushland at Kodala Lane. Our local community are working with council to transform this area into healthy bushland and a pleasant local reserve for all to enjoy. If you’d like to learn […]
This is a new remote Bushcare site and will extend work being done by the Mount Victoria Bushcare group to stop invasive weeds from moving into the Kanimbla Valley. A medium level of fitness and some bushwalking experience is needed as there is scrambling in the access. Unfortunately due to COVID-19 we cannot provide or […]
Come and learn about the bushland in Hazelbrook. This series of walking and weeding involving some easy weeding followed by an interesting walk in the local area. Bookings Essential. Book by Thursday 24 September. Clicking the RSVP below (preferrable) or contact Nathan on nsummers@bmcc.nsw.gov.au or on 4780 5623 These events will follow Bushcare COVID-19 protocols […]
You are invited to join the Kodala Lane Bushcare Group at Glenbrook Lagoon for their quarterly Bushcare session. Come join us restore the bushland at Kodala Lane. Our local community are working with council to transform this area into healthy bushland and a pleasant local reserve for all to enjoy. If you'd like to learn […]
Come and join the long-term landscape-wide ecological restoration efforts of volunteers and contractors to improve the ecological function of this Endangered Ecological Community. Lunch and morning tea donated by the Hominy Bakery. A combined NPWS/BMCC event. Bookings Essential. Please click the RSVP link below by Tuesday 23rd February.
Come and join us for a day in one of our new remote location at Porters Pass, Blackheath downstream of one of the Woody Weed Wander sites to treat Holly. This is a beautiful site in the Upper Mountains and we will be working along the creek above the falls at the intersection of woodland […]
Continue the great work done by volunteers over 16 years in a remote section of Katoomba Creek. Bush regeneration and bushwalking experience are essential. It will involve off-track walking and wading along the creek. Morning tea and lunch supplied. This is a joint NPWS and Blue Mountains City Council activity, and numbers are limited. Book […]
Come and learn about the bushland in Hazelbrook. This series of walking and weeding involving some easy weeding followed by an interesting walk in the local area. Bookings Essential. Book by Thursday 24 March. Click the RSVP below (preferrable) or contact Nathan 4780 5623 or nsummers@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Come and join Ruth’s friends to commemorate her birthday at Minnehaha Falls Reserve by attacking her arch nemesis – Montbretia! We will work towards fulfilling her goal of eradicating this weed from Yosemite Creek. You are welcome to bring along treats if you would like to contribute to morning tea. This annual event is held […]
You are invited to join the Kodala Lane Bushcare Group at Glenbrook Lagoon for their quarterly Bushcare session. Come join us restore the bushland at Kodala Lane. Our local community are working with council to transform this area into healthy bushland and a pleasant local reserve for all to enjoy. If you’d like to learn […]
Come along and support the Braeside Bushcare Group. We will spend the day hunting Gorse and Broom seedlings, who have sprouted in huge numbers, post fire. This is our chance to fight them off once and for all! Minimal bushwalking involved. All are welcome. Morning tea and lunch provided. Book by Friday 17th of April […]
This little known mid-mountains Blue Mountains Swamp has been part of the landscape-wide Swampcare program since 2014. There is plenty of primary work to be done on a variety of weeds – Erica, Buddleia, Privet, and Crofton Weed. Lunch and morning tea donated by Hominy. Bookings Essential. Please RSVP below by Wednesday 28th April.
Re-scheduled from the 23rd May Come and learn about the bushland in Hazelbrook. This series of walking and weeding involving some easy weeding followed by an interesting walk in the local area. Bookings Essential. Book by Thursday 25 May. Clicking the RSVP below (preferrable) or contact Nathan on nsummers@bmcc.nsw.gov.au or on 4780 5623
Come and learn about the bushland in Hazelbrook. This series of walking and weeding involving some easy weeding followed by an interesting walk in the local area. Bookings Essential. Book by Thursday 22 July. Click the RSVP below (preferrable) or contact Nathan 4780 5623 or nsummers@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
You are invited to join the Kodala Lane Bushcare Group at Glenbrook Lagoon for their quarterly Bushcare session. Come join us restore the bushland at Kodala Lane. Our local community are working with council to transform this area into healthy bushland and a pleasant local reserve for all to enjoy. If you’d like to learn […]
Join David Coleby for a presentation of the rich history of the Sublime Point Bushcare group with information about his new book. "Twenty-Five Years of Bushcare at Sublime Point Reserve, Leura" is a new book about the history of the Sublime Point Bushcare Group in south Leura, Blue Mountains, NSW. It traces the restoration of […]
Come and learn about the bushland in Hazelbrook. This series of walking and weeding involving some easy weeding followed by an interesting walk in the local area. Bookings Essential. Book by Thursday 23 September. Click the RSVP below (preferrable) or contact Nathan 4780 5623 or nsummers@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
You are invited to join the Kodala Lane Bushcare Group at Glenbrook Lagoon for their quarterly Bushcare session. Our local community are working with council to transform this area into healthy bushland and a pleasant local reserve for all to enjoy. If you’d like to learn more about the local bushland, restore the local area […]
Medium grade, Lots of off-track walking on the eastern escarpment treating Ochna, Lantana and African Olive. All remote events involve working off track in more remote areas of the Blue Mountains City Council reserve system. Typically, a day is longer than a regular Bushcare workday and can include long walks to access work areas. Participants […]
Medium grade, lots of off-track walking on the eastern escarpment treating Ochna, Lantana and African Olive. All remote events involve working off track in more remote areas of the Blue Mountains City Council reserve system. Typically, a day is longer than a regular Bushcare workday and can include long walks to access work areas. Participants […]
Medium grade, lots of off-track walking, some scrambling and gorge walking treating Crofton and other weeds. We will also be on the lookout for African Olive. All remote events involve working off track in more remote areas of the Blue Mountains City Council reserve system. Typically, a day is longer than a regular Bushcare workday […]
Medium grade, some off-track walking and walking along a creek treating Crofton and looking for African Olive. All remote events involve working off track in more remote areas of the Blue Mountains City Council reserve system. Typically, a day is longer than a regular Bushcare workday and can include long walks to access work areas. […]
Easy to medium grade, some off-track walking. All remote events involve working off track in more remote areas of the Blue Mountains City Council reserve system. Typically, a day is longer than a regular Bushcare workday and can include long walks to access work areas. Participants are expected to have an appropriate level of fitness […]