Due to COVID restrictions this event has been Suspended.
Burnt bush needs your help. Come along for the joint BMCC and NPWS event – targeting Gorse and Broom across the Popes Glen Catchment.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL FOR CATERING PURPOSES RSVP below by Friday 1 October.
Book only once!- either with BMCC or NPWS, who you book with is where on the site you will volunteer.
NPWS contact Grant Purcell (NPWS) on 0499 699 150 gpurcell@environment.nsw.gov.au
• 2020: Bushcare Team Leader • Bushcare / Landcare Picnic COVID style • Bushcare Awards – Group and Individuals • Vale Lachlan Garland • Remote Bushcare • Cicadas • RSCPA Landcare • Vale Liz Kabanoff • Popes Glen Bushcare Group – Local Heros • Vale Thelma Murphy – Bushcare Icon • Swamped by Threats Project reaches halfway mark • Redgum Park – Timing is everything • What’s On!
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Spend some time exploring the headwaters of the Grose River.
We will be continuing on from previous work to stop the weed invasion further downstream and into the swamp. Be prepared for the possibility of wet feet. Morning tea and Lunch will be provided.
Book by Friday the 18th of October with Grant on 0499 699 150 or grant.purcell@environment.nsw.gov.au
This multiday activity is ideal for the fit and adventurous who want to spend a full 3 days rock hopping and weeding along the Grose River. Some experience at overnight self-reliant camping is required and numbers are limited.
Book by Monday 23rd September with Grant on 0499 699 150 or grant.purcell@environment.nsw.gov.au.
Spend the day extending the efforts of Popes Glen Bushcare Group by working downstream to stop the weeds spreading further into the National Park. Some work is in the creek, so prepare for some wading. This is a joint NPWS and BMCC activity with morning tea and lunch provided.
Please book by Monday 18 February with Grant by phone: 47873112 or by email vanessa.richardson@environment.nsw.gov.au
Saturday 9 December 2017
Continue the fantastic work in another remote section of Katoomba Creek searching for weeds. Bush regeneration and bushwalking experience is needed. This activity involves off track walking and wading along the creek. This is a joint NPWS & BMCC activity and numbers are limited. Morning tea and lunch supplied. Book with Lyndal by 1st December.
Headwaters of Grose River, Mt Victoria 9 – 3pm
Spend some time exploring the headwaters of the Grose River. We will continuing on from previous work to stop the weed invasion further downstream and into the swamp. Be prepared for the possibility of creek wading. Morning tea and Lunch provided. Book with Vanessa on 4787 3112 or vanessa.richardson@environment.nsw.gov.au by 6 March.
Continue the fantastic combined efforts of BMCC and NPWS volunteers in another remote section of Katoomba Creek searching for weeds. Bush regeneration and bushwalking experience is needed.
This activity involves off track walking and wading along the creek. This is a joint NPWS & BMCC activity and numbers are limited. Morning tea and lunch supplied. Book with Lyndal on 4780 5623 or lsullivan@bmcc.nsw.gov.au by Monday 13th Feb.
Sassafras Gully, Faulconbridge 9 am – 4 pm
A bushwalk from Faulconbridge Station to help the work of the Jackson Park Bushcare Group. We will work along the creek and track treating weeds as we find them as well as following up on a slope of scattered weeds – ginger lily and privet. Contact Lyndal Sullivan 4780 5623 or lsullivan@bmcc.nsw.gov.au to book by Fri 7th October.
Come along for a short walk to target large and small Holly plants below the Frogs Hollow Bushcare site (Minyago Street)
Booking essential to find out meeting place and more details about the day.