COORDINATOR'S UPDATE The transition from Winter to Spring is a fantastic time in our bushland reserves as the colourful Winter flowering Wattles and Banksias are complemented by all the flowering Peas, Grevilleas and other wildflowers responding to the warmth of Spring. Unfortunately, the weeds also lie in wait for Spring and, as we well know, they love to take advantage of those extra hours of sunlight too! As always, the Bushland Team has been busy working on various projects to support your efforts and the ongoing rehabilitation of our bushland reserves. One particularly exciting happening is the recent arrival of our new Coal Loader Nursery Coordinator, Helen Haigh. Helen is a thoroughly experienced bush regenerator who has also worked in commercial nurseries back in her home country of New Zealand. Helen will be working at our Coal Loader Nursery two days per week, helping the small group of nursery volunteers get skilled up and moving our propagation program toward the production of special niche species that are not easily grown or available from commercial propagation nurseries. I’d like to welcome Helen to North Sydney Bushcare and encourage you to pay a visit to the nursery – as always new volunteers are always welcome! NEWSLETTER www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/bushcare On a cool but clear Saturday in early August, two mini-buses loaded with intrepid ‘bushies’ left the hustle of Sydney’s lower north shore to experience a unique bushland environment that is only open to the public for six weekends a year. Muogamarra Nature Reserve is located near Cowan, on Sydney’s northern-most outskirts. This beautifully in-tact area of bushland covers 2,273ha and is bounded on two sides by Berowra Creek and the Hawkesbury River. Entering the Reserve through the usually locked fire trail, we drove past bushland vegetation so dense and so rich in species that our eyes found it hard to focus on anything other than the vivid wildflowers, of which there were many! We paused along the fire trail on our way into the Reserve’s parking area to view a flat expanse of sandstone which contained many Aboriginal engravings made by the Guringai people. We then continued on for a short distance to the parking area, where we separated into two groups - one for a short walk led by Willoughby Council’s Liz Powell and ecologist Andy Burton, and a long walk led by Andrew Scott and Gareth Debney. A group of 14 elected to do the six- hour return walk to Berowra Creek via cont on Page 2 SPRING 2012 – ISSUE FIFTEEN MAGNIFICENT MUOGAMARRA! Gareth Debney – Bushland Manager Photo of a Dillwynia sp. and Boronia ledifolia by Joanne Morton
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Coord inator ' s UpdateThe transition from Winter to Spring is a fantastic time in our bushland reserves as the colourful Winter flowering Wattles and Banksias are complemented by all the flowering Peas, Grevilleas and other wildflowers responding to the warmth of Spring. Unfortunately, the weeds also lie in wait for Spring and, as we well know, they love to take advantage of those extra hours of sunlight too!
As always, the Bushland Team has been busy working on various projects to support your efforts and the ongoing rehabilitation of our bushland reserves. One particularly exciting happening is the recent arrival of our new Coal Loader Nursery Coordinator, Helen Haigh. Helen is a thoroughly experienced bush regenerator who has also worked in commercial nurseries back in her home country of New Zealand.
Helen will be working at our Coal Loader Nursery two days per week, helping the small group of nursery volunteers get skilled up and moving our propagation program toward the production of special niche species that are not easily grown or available from commercial propagation nurseries. I’d like to welcome Helen to North Sydney Bushcare and encourage you to pay a visit to the nursery – as always new volunteers are always welcome!
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On a cool but clear Saturday in early August, two mini-buses loaded with intrepid ‘bushies’ left the hustle of Sydney’s lower north shore to experience a unique bushland environment that is only open to the public for six weekends a year. Muogamarra Nature Reserve is located near Cowan, on Sydney’s northern-most outskirts. This beautifully in-tact area of bushland covers 2,273ha and is bounded on two sides by Berowra Creek and the Hawkesbury River.
Entering the Reserve through the usually locked fire trail, we drove past bushland vegetation so dense and so rich in species that our eyes found it hard to focus on anything other than the vivid wildflowers, of which there were many! We paused along the fire trail on our way into the Reserve’s parking area to view a flat expanse of sandstone which contained many Aboriginal engravings made by the Guringai people. We then continued on for a short distance to the parking area, where we separated into two groups - one for a short walk led by Willoughby Council’s Liz Powell and ecologist Andy Burton, and a long walk led by Andrew Scott and Gareth Debney.
A group of 14 elected to do the six-hour return walk to Berowra Creek via
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introdUCtion to Bird portraitUreBirds of Prey Saturday/Sunday 22/23 Sept, 9am-3pm
Professional artist Peter Wale is back to do another terrific weekend of painting with a bit of physiology of Birds of Prey. Artist or amateur, this workshop is for you. Learn the skills you need to draw and paint these Australian birds. This is a highly recommended weekend.
Peats Bight. While not a particularly lengthy walk, the terrain is reasonably challenging so it does need a fair degree of fitness to undertake the walk. However, the effort was rewarded in so many ways. After checking out the panoramic view to Brooklyn from Tippers Lookout, we headed off on the 1840s built Peats Ferry Road which twists and turns its way down to Peats Crater. The wildflowers that edge the track were spectacular, despite it still being Winter. Boronias, Wax Flowers, Banksias, Wattles, Guinea Flowers, Egg & Bacon – the list goes on and on! Adding to the experience was the variety of birds we saw and heard as we traipsed through the different vegetation communities of heath, woodland and forest.
Entering the crater itself was a great experience, with the surrounding slopes reinforcing the false impression that you are standing inside an ancient volcano crater. In reality, the geologic feature is actually a diatreme formed about 180 million years ago when a ‘bubble’ of magma from under the earth’s surface forced its way up and blasted through the sandstone country rock. The ground then collapsed into the volcanic vent, forming the crater-like feature. The molten magma deformed the sandstone, creating a new type of rock called a breccia (or blue metal). This rock eroded more rapidly than the sandstone and helped to produce a relatively nutrient-rich soil in the crater and along the gorge that links it to Berowra Creek. The crater still bears the scars of early European occupation, having been cleared and cultivated for livestock pasture. A line of deciduous Osage Orange Trees mark the boundary between two early landholdings.
Leaving the Eastern Grey Kangaroos to their grass munching, the group ventured into the narrow rainforest pass that links Peats Crater with Peats Bight. Here we moved under the canopy of
huge Coachwoods, Peppermints and Lilly Pillies. The air temperature must have dropped by about five degrees.
Eventually we saw the tidal influence of Berowra Creek influencing the vegetation, with a prevalence of sedges, She-oaks and mangroves growing on the valley floor. We lunched on the foreshore, where the foundation stones of Peats Bight wharf can still be seen. After a decent rest we started the journey back up to the bus.
When we left the crater, the group was presented with a choice – to walk up the steep, rough and much touted ‘short cut’, or continue along the winding fire trail, back the way we had come. A small group of the most hard-core walkers attempted the short cut track. Our exertions were rewarded with amazing views of the crater and out through the gorge to Peats Bight. However, the feeling of achievement in scaling such a steep climb was somewhat diminished when we arrived back at the bus at exactly the same time as those who chose to go back the long way!
Hope to see you again for Muogamarra in 2013.
Gareth Debney, Bushland Manager
oUr sMall nat ive B irdsWhether bright, bold and inquisitive or delicate and shy, birds have a way of capturing our minds and our hearts. The importance of birds and a connection to nature to our quality of life cannot be under estimated. Just sitting and watching a group of Fairy-wrens flit through your garden can be a relaxing and rewarding experience. As a society we are becoming increasingly disconnected from the environment, and at a time when understanding complex environmental issues is paramount, caring about nature is vital.
Even birds in our urban environments need help. Our small native birds are much less common than they used to be, while larger and aggressive species (Noisy Miners, Common Mynas and Rainbow Lorikeets) are dominating bird communities all over Sydney. In order to help native birds such as White-browed Scrubwrens, Silvereyes and Red-browed Finches we need to get back to garden styles of old - those with a great and dense shrub layer. By using a variety of locally native plants that provide nectar, seeds, fruit and invertebrates we can go part of the way to restoring a more natural system – and it looks fantastic too.
The Birds in Backyards Program (www.birdsinbackyards.net) aims to get people to reconnect with the natural world – even right outside their door, and in doing so, learn to protect it. A project of BirdLife Australia, the program provides information and inspiration for those wanting to create habitat in their own space for birds. Check it out and see how you can help.
Holly Parsons Birds in Backyards Program ManagerBirdLife Australia
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wildl i F e watCh Update (MaY to aUGUst 20 12)Big thanks to all the Wildlife Watch volunteers who monitor wildlife in North Sydney and submit their observations to Council. The highlights of recent sightings were:
• White-belliedSea-Eagle(Wollstonecraft, Coal Loader, Balls Head Reserve)
• PowerfulOwl(Cammeray Urban)• PeregrineFalcon(Anderson Park)• NankeenKestrel(North Sydney)• CrestedTern(Kurraba Point Reserve, Kirribilli)• LittlePiedCormorant(Kirribilli, North Sydney)• LittleBlackCormorant(North Sydney, Neutral Bay,
Cremorne Reserve, Neutral Bay)• MaskedLapwing(Cammeray, North Sydney, Neutral
Bay, Cremorne) • White-browedScrubwren(Cremorne Reserve, Gore
Cove, Carradah Park)
• EasternWhipbird(Cremorne, Tunks Park)• AustralianKing-Parrot(Waverton, Cremorne)• AustralianBrush-turkey(North Sydney, Forsyth Park,
Cammeray, Tunks Park)• MuskLorikeet(Anderson Park)• LittlePenguin(Robertson Point, Cremorne)• AustralianPelican(Willoughby Bay, Kirribilli)• EasternBent-wingBat(Balls Head Reserve,
Graythwaite)• Gould’sWattledBat(Coal Loader, Brennan Park, Balls
Head Reserve)• SouthernBoobook(Cammeray Urban)
Have you seen any interesting fauna in North Sydney Council or do you have a photo of your observations? If so, email the Bushland Project Officer - Ramin Khosravi at [email protected] or visit Council’s Bushcare Page - www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/bushcare to post your photo on the North Sydney Council Bushcare Facebook Page
RaminKhosravi–BushlandProjectOfficer
white -Be l l i ed sea - eaGle We have had many reports of Sea-Eagle sightings in recent weeks. They can be easily identified as they are rather big (around 80cm) with a white head and body. They also have contrasting dark grey wings and a short white-tipped tail. Their activities have been reported from Berrys Bay to Gore Cove, Balls Head Reserve, the Coal Loader and Badangi Reserve. This is locally significant as a pair of them were observed over Gore Cove. It may also mean there is a nest nearby.
White-bellied Sea-Eagles build a large stick nest, which is used for many
seasons in succession. The nest is not always located on tall trees, but may be placed on the ground or on rocks where there are no suitable trees. At the start of the breeding season, the nest is lined with fresh green leaves and twigs and therefore might be well camouflaged.
How can you spot a Sea-Eagle? Apart from their very large size and their wonderful gliding and use of the winds, you can also focus on the alert calls of other birds. If you hear alert calls, check the sky as the birds may be responding to a Sea-Eagle. Likewise, Sea-Eagles
have their own very distinctive loud “goose-like” call. So if you know you don’t have geese in the area, instead of checking the ground, check the sky and you may also become the lucky observer of a Sea-Eagle in full flight.
The White-bellied Sea-Eagle feeds mainly off aquatic animals, such as fish, turtles and sea snakes, but it takes birds and mammals as well. It is a skilled hunter and will attack prey up to the size of a Swan. Sea-Eagles also feed on carrion (dead prey) along the waterline. They harass smaller birds, forcing them to drop any food that they are carrying. Sea-Eagles feed alone, in pairs or in family groups.
RaminKhosravi BushlandProjectOfficer
References: Field Guide to the Birds of Australia.Reader’s Digest Complete Book of Australian BirdsThe Birds of Prey and Ground Birds of Australia.
K ids Go B ird inGWednesdayorThursday26/27SeptTake the kids along for two hours of fun in Newington Armory. The activities will be centred around “Amazing Appetites” and will run on two separate days in the school holidays.
Cost.Child/Adult$4/$7.Bookingsessential.96471033 or [email protected]
Photo of White-bellied Sea-Eagle by Geoff Hutchinson
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On a cold and blustery day in Autumn a brave group from North Sydney and Lane Cove travelled out to West Head in Ku-ring-gai National Park with the Aboriginal Heritage Office (AHO). Unfortunately, the AHO’s Education Officer Karen Smith was in hospital after an accident, so people were stuck with just the archaeological perspective from me.
However, the sun was shining and in the Autumn light, the rock engravings were quite easy to see and spectacular. The obvious questions of who made the engravings, what do they represent and what do they mean were all dodged as best as I could manage, because after smallpox, dispossession, restrictive government policies and about two hundred years of fairly widespread disinterest, little knowledge of these places seems to have survived. This does, of course, make these places special because they are signposts to a different period of Aboriginal survival.
After the engravings we had a cuppa at the picnic ground, mindful of the chilling wind and the potential of branches to fall on us! Then we took a slow short walk to visit Red Hands Cave - the AHO has a tradition of walking a short distance and talking a lot to get there. There is so much to see and think about, even over a short distance. In the lee of the wind, with the wonderful red hand stencils beside us, we could shelter from the cold to enjoy the sun and think about what a wise place this was to camp and spend time over the millennia. A good place to sit and enjoy the view today was a good place to sit in the past.
We finished with a quick visit to the fantastic engravings along the Basin Track. Someone remarked it was a perfect day, except for the wind. Someone else noted that the strong wind helped us to appreciate the differences between sites and seasons. Thanks to Andrew et al for organising the day, and all the walkers for braving the wind.
PhilHunt–AboriginalHeritageOffice
Note: Phil Hunt is an archaeologist with the Aboriginal Heritage
Office who has more than 20 years experience in all aspects of
Aboriginal heritage management. As well as preparing Aboriginal
site surveys and management plans in regions across Australia, he
has been involved with international cultural and natural heritage
including mapping areas of cultural heritage in Peru and Russia and
surveying endangered Snow Leopards in Mongolia.
pin point YoUr spotNorth Sydney Council Bushland Management is developing a downloadable App for the Android smart phone. Think of it as a tour guide of our bushland reserves. What we’d love is your help picking the places to highlight. Maybe it’s a favourite tree, a perfect view or a great wildlife area. Pick your favourite bushland spot, write a few lines about what’s special about it and perhaps include a photo or two. If you can include the longitude and latitude for your spot that would be helpful. Email: [email protected] iPhone users don’t despair an iPhone App is planned.
This project has been assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust.
HayleyBates-UrbanSustainabilityProgram
BUshCare adventUresBushcare is providing five school vacation activities for children these September school holidays, see the Bushcare Events Calender 2012 on the back page or Council’s website for details. Book early to secure a place at www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/greenevents or call the Bushcare Officer on 99368100.
AndrewScott–BushcareOfficerPhil Hunt guides Bushcare participants around engravings at West Head
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welCoMe new staFF MeMBer – he len ha iGhHi everyone. I am very excited to be starting in this new role of Bushcare Community Nursery Coordinator at the Coal Loader. I have always enjoyed working outdoors and with plants.
I moved to Sydney about seven years ago after a year of work and travel in England where I worked in a large wholesale nursery and helped maintain some spectacular English gardens. Prior to travelling I volunteered on Raoul Island (half way between NZ and Tonga – yes, I’m a Kiwi) where we carried out weed control.
When I moved to Sydney I discovered the glamorous job of bush regenerator had similarities to the work I had been doing on Raoul Island. Working as a bush regenerator helps me feel more balanced living in a large city and Sydney is in a unique position to have remnant pockets of bushland so close to commercial centres.
I have worked in numerous nurseries, both retail and wholesale, throughout my years at university and afterwards. I have not worked in a native Australian nursery but I am looking forward to the new challenge and to working with the volunteers.
I will be working Wednesday and Thursday at the nursery helping to establish a seed bank and propagating plants for Bushcare and other sites. On the other three days a week I’ll continue in my role as a bush regenerator at Willoughby City Council. I look forward to meeting you all down at the Coal Loader.
Native community nurseries are a great way to get more volunteers involved with conserving the bushland and holding on to what we have left. Other existing community nurseries are great resources and we are lucky to have a sharing native community nursery network.
Helen Haigh – Community Nusery Coordinator
t inY north sYdneY nat ive havenThe small street-side native garden next to the Iora Apartments at 1 Kiara Close, North Sydney is a mass of blossom as we come into Spring. In what was once a neglected area on a dry ridgetop, pink and white Spider Flowers (Grevillea sericea) are thriving, as well as Wax Flowers (Eriostemon myoporoides), Heath Banksia (Banksia ericifolia) and Wonga-wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorana).
From Spring through to Summer other shrubs come into flower, they include the Red Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus), Tick Bush (Kunzea ambigua), and Common Correa (Correa reflexa). Beneath the shrubs, tufty groundcovers and grasses including Lomandra, Dianella and Isolepis nodosa have helped stabilise the soil on the steeply sloping site.
Exotic shrubs once struggled in this well-drained, north west-facing garden, but natives have thrived despite having received very little attention – just an occasional hand watering until established, and a thick layer of mulch. The garden is also a magnet for insects, especially bees, as well as native birds.
This project shows that you don’t necessarily need a large land area to participate in Council’s Native Havens Program. Council’s Bushcare Officer is available to advise residents on the most suitable plants for your chosen site and the plants are provided free of charge.
snap to i t photo CoMpet i t ionDo you have an eye for photography and are you a current Bushcare or Streets Alive volunteer? Well ‘Snap to it’ and submit a picture that reflects one of the following categories to win a great prize.
1. My Group2. Flowers3. Wildlife
Submissions will be judged by the Mayor of North Sydney Council and announced at the Bushcare and Streets Alive Christmas Party on 9 December. Winning photos will be enlarged for display at the Coal Loader Sustainability Centre, incorporated into the Bushcare Events Calendar 2013 and used for Council promotions. For specific details email Council’s Bushcare Officer at [email protected] or phone 9936 8100.
Winner of the Wildlife Category 2011, Wildlife Bug
by John Brewer
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north sYdneY ’ s Green and Gold representat ives Wattles technically known as Acacias are tough, quick growing and opportunistic shrubs or trees that quickly colonise cleared or disturbed ground. The Golden Wattle is Australia’s national floral emblem (A. Pycnantha) but Acacias are not confined to this country and may not have originated here. Acacias are also widely distributed in Africa, South America and India, although Australia has the majority of species. It is estimated that there are about 1,200 species of Acacia with more than 900 native to Australia where they occur in habitats ranging from rainforests to the driest parts of the interior. Over 60 species of Acacia occur naturally in the Sydney district and within North Sydney we have 15 known species which include: Acacia buxifolia, Acacia decurrens, Acacia elata, Acacia fimbriata, Acacia floribunda, Acacia glaucescens, Acacia implexa, Acacia linifolia, Acacia longifolia, Acacia longissima, Acacia myrtifolia, Acacia parramattensis, Acacia suaveolens, Acacia terminalis ssp terminalis and Acacia ulicifolia.
Identification of Acacias is best accomplished by first grouping them on the basis of foliage and inflorescence.
Group1 Wattles with bipinnate leaves.
Group2 Wattles with cylindrical flower spikes.
Group3 Wattles with globular flower heads; phyllodes with pungent points.
Group4 Wattles with globular flower heads and flowers borne singly, in pairs or clusters; phyllodes not pungent pointed.
Group5 Wattles with globular flower heads borne in racemes; phyllodes under 7cm long.
Group6 Wattles with globular flower heads borne in racemes; phyllodes more than 7cm long.
(Native Plants of the Sydney District, A. Fairley & P. Moore).
All species of Acacia produce pods or legumes containing a single row of seeds. The seeds have a tough outer coat which must be split, usually by fire, for germination to occur. The seeds are commonly harvested by ants which are attracted by an oil-rich organ called an Aril on the seed.
The seeds of some local species were collected by Aboriginies and roasted as food. The gum of some species was also used as food. Acacia leaves and bark were important to Aboriginies as ‘fish poisons’ and several local species were used in that way. Early colonists discovered that the bark of Acacia decurrens was an excellent substitute for tea.
Winter is a great time to keep an eye out for North Sydney’s brilliant flowering Acacias. Take your camera for reference shots and see how many you can find and identify. Post them on the Bushcare Facebook Page if you like.
TristramThomas–BushlandOperations
Acacia longifolia var. longifolia
Acacia suaveolens
Acacia terminalis ssp. terminalis
Acacia ulicifolia.
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The Adopt a Plot program has been going well. Contracts have been sent out to past participants to allow them to continue with the program for the next 12 months. Due to the wet weather and cool temperatures, weeding has focused on Trad (Tradescantia fluminensis), Onion Weed (Nothoscordum inodorum) and Madeira vine (Anredera cordifolia) that are unfortunately doing splendidly on a number of plots.
Planting has begun on most sites to allow the plants to get their roots settled before the warmer growing seasons begin. We hope to see a spurt of native growth.
The corporate group Serco has maintained its commitment to Adopt a Plot with five staff members working on site each month. We have been able to begin some long overdue weeding on an old plot and in-fill planting on our regular site.
RachelGleeson,AdoptaPlotSupervisor
Asthma Weed, Parietaria judaica
Parietaria judacia, better known as Asthma Weed is in the family URTICACEAE that includes Stinging Nettles. From August onwards active growth commences, accompanied by emerging flowers that produce fine pollen which can irritate the lungs of asthmatics. It is a diffuse perennial herb, 30cm-90cm high. Leaves are lanceolate-ovate and both leaves and stems are covered with crisped hairs. Asthma Weed flowers are small, born in axillary clusters emerging from each leaf axil. They have unisexual or bisexual perianth segments enclosing the tiny black seed upon maturity. Infestations occur in rock crevices, around old buildings and disturbed sites. To remove this weed, use a boning knife or trowel, working the implement down into the soil and levering up until the pinkish roots are exposed. Pull and remove as much of the roots as possible, if you leave any of the larger roots behind they will set new growth. If plants are too difficult to remove by conventional means, cut it back to the stump and apply either slightly diluted or neat herbicide.
MarkWolff,SmootheyParkBushcareSupervisorandauthorofWinning the War on Weeds and The Weed Book
sChool vaCat ion events – BUshCare adventUresBookingsforBushcareAdventures: www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/greenevents or the Bushcare Officer on 9936 8100
sChools tree daYThis year at North Sydney Boys High School we are celebrating our Centenary. Throughout the year we have had many events to commemorate the occasion. As part of the celebrations the student leaders from the Environment Group, Oliver Tan and Kevin Zhou, decided to plant a tree for each year. So, on 10 August we had a Centenary Tree Planting day, where representatives from each group planted their tree. We planted four Sydney Red Gums, one Christmas Bush and one Banksia on the school grounds. It is hoped that these trees will last for a 100 years and be part of the bicentenary celebrations.
LauraSacchetta,NorthSydneyBoys
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septeMBer13 Ground Orchids of Lane Cove Presentation | Thursday 13
September, 6.30pm | RSVP: 12 Sept | Bookings: Lane Cove Council 9911 3583
18 Regeneration & Resilience Lecture | Tuesday 18 September, 8pm | Bookings: Lane Cove Council 9911 3583
22 Lane Cove River Boat Cruise | Saturday 22 September, 11am-1.30pm | RSVP: 19 Sept | Bookings: Lane Cove Council 9911 3583 | Cost: $20
oCtoBer6 Growing Native Plants from Cuttings | Saturday 6 October,
9am-12pm | RSVP: 3 Oct | Bookings: Lane Cove Council 9911 3583
10 Ecolological Endangered Community Excursion | Wednesday 10 October, 9.30am-2pm | RSVP: 5 Oct | Bookings: Willoughby City Council 9777 7877
18 Introduction to Sydney Frogs | Thursday 18 October, 6.30pm | RSVP: 17 Oct | Bookings: Lane Cove Council 9911 3583 or the Bushcare Officer on 9936 8100
20 Introduction to Wildlife Watch – Part 1 | Saturday 20 October, 9am-1pm | RSVP: 20 Sept | Bookings online preferred: www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/greenevents or Bushcare Officer on 9936 8100
noveMBer3 Vegetation Community Walk & Talk | Saturday 3 November,
9am-12pm | RSVP: 26 Oct | Bookings online preferred: www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/greenevents or Bushcare Officer on 9936 8100
11 Wildlife Watch Walk – Part 2 | Sunday 11 November, 7.30am-10.30am | RSVP: 2 Nov | Bookings online preferred: www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/greenevents or Bushcare Officer on 9936 8100
22 Sydney Spider ID Presentation | Thursday 22 November, 6.30pm | RSVP: 21 Nov | Bookings: Lane Cove Council 9911 3583
24 Art in Nature Workshop | Saturday 24 November, 10am-12pm | RSVP: 22 Nov | Bookings: Lane Cove Council 9911 3583
deCeMBer1 Seed Collection Field Trip | Saturday 1 December, 9am-12pm
| RSVP: 27 Nov | Bookings: Lane Cove Council on 9911 3583
9 Bushcare & Streets Alive Christmas Party | Sunday 9 December | RSVP: 23 Nov | NorthSydneyVolunteersOnly on 9936 8100
13 Stinkhorns & Mushrooms Presentation | Thursday 13 December, 6.30pm | RSVP: 12 Dec | Bookings: Lane Cove Council on 9911 3583
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