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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, kerry@nettle.org

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

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

When: 3 times per year

Meeting point: various locations

Check Bushcare Events for times and locations.

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, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Meeting point: The Gully

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 1:00 pm

Meeting point: various spots

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, mark5916@gmail.com

Alternative contact: Jane Anderson, phone 47805623, email jlanderson@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: various locations

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

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: 121 Mort Street

Meet behind the shelter at 121 Mort Street, North Katoomba. Group meets every 3 months. In 2023: 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

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.

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Year started: 2009

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

Meeting point: various locations

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: Vale Street/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, khising@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

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