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Year started: April 2010

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

Meeting point: 8 Bourne Street

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: Elissa McFarlane

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Kerry Nettle, phone 0430 233 558, email kerry@nettle.org

Alternative contact: Elissa McFarlane, phone 4780 5623, email emcfarlane@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

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

Meeting point: The Gully, Gates Ave

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 Saturday of the month, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Meeting point: Dulhunty Street

Gather at 1:15

Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson

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

Alternative contact: Jane Anderson, phone 4780 5623, email jlanderson@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

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 12:30 pm

Meeting point: First Ave

We work along the creek, so get in touch if you’d like to know where we’ll be if you plan to visit.

Bushcare officer: Steve Fleischmann

Land manager: BMCC, Department of Lands, NPWS

Local contact: Veronica Paul, phone 4782 6042

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

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 1:00 pm

Meeting point: 10 Wells Street (lower)

One of the first Bushcare groups 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 Streer and the old race track in the northern end of the Katoomba Falls (Upper Kedumba) Creek Valley.

Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Mark Weir, phone 0457 573 958, email mark5916@gmail.com

Alternative contact: Jane Anderson, phone 47805623, email jlanderson@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

The Catchment Group is comprised of Bushcare volunteers and interested local residents. Blue Mountains City Council environment managers support the Catchment Group.

Our aim is to improve the health of the natural bushland and monitor stream water quality in the Gordon Creek and Leura Falls Creek catchment areas, south Leura and Katoomba. To achieve improved ecological outcomes in the two catchments, we meet quarterly to formulate environmental repair and management strategies and liaise with relevant managers at Blue Mountains City Council, National Parks and Wildlife Service and other organisations.

Our vision is to integrate the management of established land uses and natural areas to achieve stable and functioning stream catchments by
• cleaning up,
• conserving,
• connecting the bushland expanses of the catchments,
• communicating with the people who care about and manage the catchments and
• protecting and restoring the riparian corridors of the catchments.

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Year started: 2012

When: 4 times per year

Meeting point: BMCC Admin bldg, Katoomba

All welcome! Please check with the organisers for meeting dates.

Bushcare officer: Elissa McFarlane

Land manager: A range of tenures

Local contact: David, phone 0417 253 373

Alternative contact: Elissa McFarlane, phone 4780 5623, email emcfarlane@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

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

Meeting point: End Minnehaha Road

Bushcare officer: Steve Fleischmann

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Maeve Dunnett, phone 4782 3397

Alternative contact: Bushcare, phone 4780 5623

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

Meeting point: contact the Bushcare Officer

Meeting place announced by email beforehand by Bushcare officer. If you’d like to pay a visit, please get in touch beforehand.

Bushcare officer: Karen Hising

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Pip, phone 0478 632 845

Alternative contact: Karen Hising, phone 4780 5623, email khising@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Representatives of the Katoomba Creek, Upper Katoomba Creek,  Minnehaha Falls, (former) Tree Fern Gully, Marmion Swamp Bushcare Groups, RSPCA and Brahma Kumaris Landcare groups meet with Council and NPWS staff to report on and monitor progress raise issues involving other agencies and plan future works in the catchment of the Katoomba and Govetts Creeks.

Year started: 2002

When: 2 times per year

After its formation following the 2002 fires, the first of our catchment groups to evolve is continuing its long term involvement in the catchment of the Katoomba and Govetts Creeks: North Katoomba and North Leura.

Bushcare officer: Steve Fleischmann

For more information, please call Council’s Bushcare Section on 4780 5623, or use the form on the Join page

Bush regeneration on RSPCA land

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

Meeting point: End of Mort Street, North Katoomba

In 2023 meetings - February, May, August, November.

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

Meeting point: Whitton St

Bushcare officer: Steve Fleischmann

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Fiona Lumsden, email 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.

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Year started: 2009

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

Meeting point: Pine St

We work in the Kundibar – Pine Street area. Please get in touch if you would like to visit a session.

Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: David Rae, mobile 0427 586 914

Alternative contact: Jane Anderson, phone 4780 5623, email jlanderson@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Restoration of remnant bushland around a creekline and creating natural areas where degraded or cleared.

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Year started: 1998

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

Meeting point: Cnr Vale Street and York Street

Meet at the intersection of Vale and York Streets.

Bushcare officer: Karen Hising

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Karen Hising, phone 4780 5623, email khising@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Alternative contact: BMCC Bushcare Team, phone 4780 5528, email bushcare@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Year started: 2023

When: 3 times per year

Meeting point: contact the Bushcare Officer

This new group will be meeting 3 times a year and tackling weeds using a seasonal approach – such as when things are in flower or seeding.

Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson

For more information, please call Council’s Bushcare Section on 4780 5623, or use the form on the Join page

This Group works in various locations across the Mountains, treating/removing stands of woody weeds.

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Year started: 2019

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

Meeting point: Mid - Upper Mountains

The Bushcare Officer will send out an email to advise of the meeting place for each work session. A schedule will also be updated regularly for confirmed and possible future work opportunities and locations.

Bushcare officer: Karen Hising

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Karen Hising, phone 4780 5623, email khising@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Alternative contact: BMCC Bushcare Team, phone 4780 5528