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Bat Night 2023

Saturday 23 September @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Whether your a night owl or night bat – come along to the Cultural Centre and discover the world of bats.

This is a family free event – no registration is required just your sonar senses.

The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) is hosting ‘Earth Laws Month’ again this September!

During the month of September AELA have organised a range of webinars, workshops and public lectures – all online, and all awesome!

Topics include law, economics, Indigenous knowledge and practice, education, deep ecology, science and much more.

Here is a taste of some of the events listed however much much more can be found at their events page – AELA’s Earth Laws Month – 2023 | Humanitix

More information on AELA can be found at www.earthlaws.org.au

Join us to learn about biodiversity at Wentworth Falls Lake

Bushcare Bake Off

The valley was awash with cakes of all shapes and sizes last weekend. I would like to thank all the volunteers who took part and the squid who judged the competition so eloquently with his thoughtful words. The team would like to thank everyone for coming and we hope you enjoyed the day.

Here is some of the entries for the day.

Remote Bushcare: Why?

Remote Bushcare: Why?

Great things are afoot this Saturday!

Shuffle on down to Sun Valley Reserve for our Annual Bushcare Thankyou Picnic.

What better way to heel the sole then being apart of this special day.

Bushcare Bake Off
Olympics
Pizza
Awards
Special thank you gift and more

Saturday 29^th July

Sun Valley Reserve

11:30am – 15:30pm

As this is a zero waste event please bring your plate, mug and cutlery.

Please RSVP by calling 4780 5341

Love Letters to the Land with Costa

This year, Junior Landcare is celebrating 25 years of opening children’s hearts and hands to landcare.

To help Landcare celebrate, we’ve teamed up with Junior Landcare ambassador, Costa Georgiadis, for a special letter writing campaign that’s calling on kids to share what they love most about the environment – and the steps they’re taking to protect it.

“The more you engage with nature, the more you appreciate it; and the more you appreciate it, the more likely you are to want to protect it,” shares Costa.
Costa Georgiadis https://juniorlandcare.org.au/love-letters-to-the-land

Whether you write your letters as a class, school or youth group; individual, early learning centre or family – we want to hear from YOU!

We also want to help you share your ideas and the actions you’re taking to care for the natural environment because we know children and young people have the power to positively influence those around them.

To help get your creative juices flowing, we’ve created a curriculum-linked learning activity available in the Junior Landcare Learning Centre, as well as special letter templates you are free to download. You can choose from a pre-filled template for younger learners or a blank template for older students.

You can also stand the chance to win a visit from Costa to your school or youth group by uploading your letters and/or a photo of yourself and/or your school/class holding up your ‘Love Letters to the Land’ throughout Biodiversity Month (September 2023). * One lucky entry will be randomly selected to receive a visit from Costa himself. Entries close October 20, 2023

For more information about the program follow this link: https://juniorlandcare.org.au/love-letters-to-the-land

Bushcare Picnic Cake Competition

Wombat Cake from the Women’s Weekly Cake cookbook

This year we are running our very own Bushcare Bake Off! This will take place at the Bushcare and Landcare Picnic held on Saturday 29^th July at Sun Valley Reserve. Everyone is welcome to show off their culinary talents and be in the running for the golden Bushcare knife.

We thought we would stick with the traditional theme of Bushcare. This could be interpreted as tastes of bushcare, designs centered around the bush, it may even include elements from the bush.

The cakes will be judged on how well they meet the theme and more importantly to our guest judge – how they taste.

Let your culinary creativity go crazy!

Competition details:

The following information will be needed upon entry:

– Name of cake

– Cake creator

– Ingredients list (for dietary requirements)

A designated Bushcare officer will be accepting cakes at our cake competition table. This will be located near the Pony Club kiosk. Please advise if your cake needs refrigeration (limited spots available).
Entry into the cake competition closes at 13:00pm on the 29^th July.
The cake competition judging will take place at 13:30pm with the winner of the golden knife being announced during the award ceremony afterwhich, everyone will be able to enjoy the cakes.

If you have any questions about the competition please contact:

Yolanda Pavincich

ypavincich@bmcc.nsw.gov.au