Location: Springwood
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Beefarm Rd Bushcare Group
Bush regeneration behind Bee Farm Road
Year started: March 2004
Meeting day: Fourth Saturday of the month, 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Meeting point: Beefarm Road
Private access, Landcare group
Bushcare officer: Jane Anderson
Land manager: BMCC
Local contact: Rennae Loydell, phone 4751 4843
Alternative contact: Bushcare Team, phone 4780 5623
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Birdwood Gully Landcare Group
This group has changed from a Bushcare group working in the reserve to a Landcare group tackling the weeds above the site.
Visit this group’s own website
Year started: June 2015
Meeting day: Third Saturday of the month, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Meeting point: Boland Avenue
Meet on Boland Avenue to work the land above Birdwood Gully Reserve
Bushcare officer: Tracy Abbas
Land manager: BMCC
Local contact: Elizabeth Mitchell, phone 4751 4947
Alternative contact: Bushcare Team, phone 4780 5528
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Deanei Reserve Bushcare Group
Visit this group’s own website
Meeting day: Fourth Saturday of the month, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Meeting point: Contact Bushcare Officer
Ring Bushcare office for meeting point: 4780 5623
Bushcare officer: Elissa McFarlane
Land manager: BMCC
Local contact: Rob Agars, phone 4754 3351
Alternative contact: Elissa McFarlane - Bushcare Officer, phone 4780 5623, email emcfarlane@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
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Else-Mitchell Park Bushcare Group
Bush regeneration in Else-Mitchell Park
Visit this group’s own website
Year started: May 1993
Meeting day: Third Saturday of the month, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Meeting point: Prince St Picnic Shelter
Bushcare officer: Karen Hising
Land manager: BMCC
Local contact: Michael Purtell, phone 4751 2143
Alternative contact: Karen Hising, phone 4780 5623, email khising@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
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Fairy Dell Restoration Committee
The group works using bush regeneration techniques and advises on management of Fairy Dell and Picnic Glen area in Springwood.
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Year started: 1989
Meeting day: Third Sunday of the month, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Meeting point: Springwood Avenue
Bushcare officer: Tracy Abbas
Land manager: BMCC
Local contact: Diane Schnebli, phone 4751 6329
Alternative contact: Bushcare Team, phone 4780 5623
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Fitzgerald Creek Catchment Group
This Catchment group meets to plan and discuss conservation and ecological restoration of the catchment.
Meeting day: Fourth Saturday of the month, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Meeting point: contact the Bushcare Officer
Started in 2012.
Fitzgeralds Creek runs from Springwood, through Sun Valley and down to the Nepean River. The catchment includes some or all of the townships of Warrimoo, Winmalee, Sun Valley, Valley Heights, Springwood, Mt Riverview and Yellow Rock. It is home to platypus and has been recognized as having a high diversity of macro invertebrates.
The catchment group was formed as a result of concerns that the catchment needed to be protected to preserve its ecology and environmental values. It is a coalition of landowners, local environmental groups and recreational users of the catchment. Therefore, it is an umbrella organisation, representing both Bushcare and Landcare Groups that are actively involved in protecting the Fitzgeralds Creek Catchment.
One of these activities involves coordinating and supporting bush care projects within the catchment. The groups working in the catchment are:
- Long Angle Landcare Group,
- Cross Street and
- Deanei Reserve Bushcare Groups.
The Fitzgeralds Catchment Group has been meeting quarterly since 2012. With the support of the Council’s Environment Branch, the group was instrumental in securing a grant from the Greater Sydney Local Land Services for primary control of serious weeds infesting the catchment and post-fire bush regeneration works. The group happily reports that these works are well underway, with primary weed control complete along large stretches of the catchment.
Bushcare officer: James Bevan
For more information, please call Council’s Bushcare Section on 4780 5623, or use the form on the Join page