Location: Katoomba
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Banksia Park
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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: Elissa McFarlane
Land manager: BMCC
Local contact: Kerry Nettle, phone 0430233558, kerry@nettle.org
Alternative contact: Elissa McFarlane, phone 4780 5623, email emcfarlane@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
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Cumberland Walkway Bushcare Group
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
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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Garguree Swampcare Group
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Meeting day: First Sunday of the month, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson
Local contact: David King, mobile 0412 664 599
Alternative contact: Bushcare Office, phone 4780 5528
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Gulguwa
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Year started: March 2020
Meeting day: Second Saturday of the month, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Meeting Place: Meet at Dulhunty Street, Katoomba at 1:15
Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson
Land manager: Co-managed by The Gully (GTO) and BMCC
Alternative contact: Jane Anderson, phone 4780 5623
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Katoomba Creek Bushcare Group
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
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Katoomba Falls Creek Valley
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
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.
Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson
Land manager: BMCC
Local contact: Mark Weir, phone 0457 573 958, mark5916@gmail.com
Alternative contact: Jane Anderson, phone 47805623, email jlanderson@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
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Minnehaha Falls Bushcare Group
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
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Narrow Neck Bushcare Group
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Meeting day: First Saturday of the month, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Meeting place: A short distance along Glenraphael Drive (off Cliff Drive), Katoomba.
Land manager: BMCC
Local contact: TBC
Alternative contact: Karen Hising, phone 4780 5623, email khising@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
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RSPCA Landcare Group
Bush regeneration on RSPCA land
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Meeting day: Third Friday 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
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Upper Katoomba Creek Bushcare Group
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