Year started: April 2010

Meeting day: Second Saturday of the month, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Group starts 1:30 in Winter, 2:00 pm in Summer (daylight saving time). Work aims primarily to rehabilitate a degraded Blue Mountains Swamp on the headwaters of Banksia Streamlet.

Bushcare officer: Monica Nugent

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Kerry Nettle, phone 0430233558, kerry@nettle.org

Alternative contact: Monica Nugent, phone 4780 5623

Bush regeneration and revegetation along the unformed section of road in Cumberland Street. The walkway is an important link between South Leura and South Katoomba.

Year started: November 2006

Meeting day: Every Not currently meeting, to

Special events three time per year. Check Bushcare Events.

Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson

Land manager: BMCC

Alternative contact: Jane Anderson, phone 4780 5523, email jlanderson@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

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Meeting day: First Sunday of the month, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Meet at the Gully Heritage Centre, 23 Gates Avenue, Katoomba at 8.45am.

Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson

Local contact: David King, mobile 0412 664 599

Alternative contact: Bushcare Office, phone 4780 5528

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Year started: March 2020

Meeting day: Second Wednesday of the month, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Meeting Place: Meet at Dulhunty Street, Katoomba at 9:15

Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson

Land manager: Co-managed by The Gully (GTO) and BMCC

Alternative contact: Jane Anderson, phone 4780 5623

Involved in Bushland Management issues along Katoomba Creek and in Reserve north of Wattle Tree Road

Year started: March 1996

Meeting day: First Friday of the month, 9:30 am to 1:00 pm

Land manager: BMCC, Department of Lands, NPWS

Local contact: Veronica Paul, phone 4782 6042

Alternative contact: Lyndal Sullivan, phone 4780 5623

Friends of Katoomba Falls Creek Valley Bushcare group cares for the upper part of the Katoomba Falls catchment using Bush Regeneration techniques.

Year started: 1989

Meeting day: Second Saturday of the month, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

This is one of the first Bushcare Groups to commence in the Blue Mountains. They have actively worked in the catchment of The Gully since starting in 1989 and now focus mainly on the area between Wells St and the old race track in the northern end of the Katoomba Falls (Upper Kedumba) Creek Valley. The group usually stays to lunch at the co-coordinators' home 12:00 - 1:00pm.

Bushcare officer: Monica Nugent

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Les Peto and Rosemary Brister, phone 4782 1418, mnugent@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Alternative contact: Bushcare Office, phone 47805528

Bush regeneration and management of Minnehaha Falls Reserve. We are working towards protecting the catchment around Yosemite Creek.

Year started: 1991

Meeting day: Fourth Sunday of the month, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Bushcare officer: Steve Fleischmann

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Maeve Dunnett, phone 4782 3397

Alternative contact: Bushcare, phone 4780 5623

Bush regeneration on RSPCA land

Meeting day: Fourth Wednesday of the month, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Meet behind the shelter at 121 Mort Street, North Katoomba

Bushcare officer: James Bevan

Land manager: RSPCA

Alternative contact: James Bevan, phone 4780 5623, email jbevan@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Meeting day: Fourth Friday of the month, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Bushcare officer: Steve Fleischmann

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Fiona Lumsden, bushcare@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Alternative contact: Steve Fleischmann, phone 4780 5623, email sfleischmann@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Bush regeneration in the Katoomba Falls Catchment. Kundibar – Pine Street area.

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Year started: 2009

Meeting day: First Saturday of the month, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: David Rae, mobile 0427 586 914

Alternative contact: Bushcare, phone 47805528