Saturday, 6th April 2019 Join us on Fungi Foray in the Lower Mountains. Have you ever wanted to learn more about different fungi and where to look for them? Volunteer Liz Kabanoff has offered to lead us into this fascinating and colourful world and help identify down to the genus level. You don’t need any […]
This newly formed catchment group are meeting to to explore the environmental issues impacting on the Jamison Creek ecosystems and to implement strategies to improve the overall catchment health. The group will be meeting monthly for the set up phase of the group. Meet in Blue Mountains Council Administration building foyer 2.50 pm for a 3pm […]
Deferred due to wet weather. Join us in removing / treating a range of bird dispersed woody weeds, primarily Holly. We will be working up on the ridge above Popes Glen. The site has easy and short access from the road but includes some easy and challenging terrain depending on your abilities. Morning tea is […]
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 […]
The Wild Pollinator Count gives you an opportunity to contribute to wild pollinator insect conservation in Australia. We invite you to count wild pollinators in your local environment and help us build a database on wild pollinator activity. You can join in by watching any flowering plant for just ten minutes sometime in our count week. You don’t […]
Spend some time exploring the headwaters of the Grose River. We will continuing on from previous work to stop the weed invasion further downstream and into the swamp. Be prepared for the possibility of wet feet. Morning tea and lunch will be provided. Please book with Grant by 18 April by phone 4787 3112 or […]
Continue the great work done by volunteers over 16 years in a remote section of Katoomba Creek. Bush regeneration and bushwalking experience is essential as there is off-track walking and wading along the creek. Morning tea and lunch supplied by Hominy. This is a joint NPWS and BMCC activity, and numbers are limited.
Get involved in a fauna workshop this autumn at The Gully. Come along to one or choose to go to all three. Book each session separately. SESSION 1: WELCOME TO COUNTRY & FAUNA SET UP Saturday 27th April, learn from our fauna survey specialist the equipment and techniques used to do a fauna survey, as […]
Session 2: SPOTLIGHTING Saturday 27th April, join us for an evening walk spotlighting for animals big and small. We could detect small ground mammals, tree dwelling arboreal mammals, invertebrates and reptiles. There may be microbats to see as well. This is an outdoor event walking mainly on formed roads but may venture on bush […]
Session 3: EARLY MORNING FAUNA AND BIRD WALK Saturday 28th April, enjoy the early morning walk to see check what animals have moved around at night. Listen to the chorus of birds and find out what birds are making the calls. This is an outdoor event on a bush trail, walking over uneven ground and […]
Come along and support the Braeside Bushcare group. We will spend the day walking through the swamp in search of weeds especially Gorse and Broom. Morning Tea and Lunch provided. Please book with Grant by phone 4787 3112 or by email grant.purcell@environment.nsw.gov.au by 21 April.
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 […]