Supported by AABR
Weed ID Walk & Talk
Primrose Park Matora lane, Cremorne, NSW, AustraliaJoin North Sydney Council’s Bushland Team for a stroll through Primrose Park to Folly Point to identify and discuss a variety of exotic invasive plant species common to Cremorne and surrounds. This activity will appeal to novice bush regenerators. Please wear enclosed shoes and sun protection, wet weather gear (gum boots) in case of rain. [...]
Bushcare Visit – Taren Point
North Sydney Council 200 Miller Street, North Sydney, NSWBus to Taren Point with the Bushland Team to work alongside Sutherland Shire Council Bushcare to rehabilitate important migratory bird habitat. We visit Sir Joseph Banks Park Botany besides Sydney Airport Runway #3 on our return journey for a guided tour of remnant bushland with Bayside Council staff and volunteers. Donate to support AABR's Walks [...]
Bushwalk – Gore Cove / Berry Is.
Wollstonecraft Cafe Platform 2, Wollstonecraft Station, Wollstonecraft, NSW, AustraliaJoin the North Sydney Bushland Team for a guided walk from Smoothey Park to Berry Island via Gore Cove. Learn about a variety of vegetation communities including Sandstone Gallery Rainforest, Angophora Foreshore Forest and Swamp Oak Floodplain on this relatively easy walk. Please wear enclosed shoes & sun protection and bring a bottle of drinking [...]
Look-a-Likes (Weeds vs Natives) Workshop
Primrose Creek Carpark Young Street, Cremorne, NSWJoin the North Sydney Bushland Team for a walk and talk to compare a variety of native plant species with similar weed species. This introductory workshop is for those new to the coastal plant communities of Northern Sydney and will enable you to remove the correct species from the bushland with confidence. Please wear enclosed [...]
Living with Termites
Ros Crichton Pavillion 200 Miller Street, North Sydney, NSWJoin Margo Blues an arborist and licensed pest controller for a talk about the importance of termites for ecosystem processes and habitat creation, as well as how to protect your property from damaging species and an update for North Sydney's termite management program in Balls Head. Habitat hollows can take over a hundred years to [...]
Ku-ring-gai Bicentennial Park, West Pymble: a guided walk
Ku-ring-gai Bicentennial Park Prince of Wales Dr,, West Pymble, NSW, AustraliaThis short walk will be led by geologist Dr John Martyn, author of Field Guide to the Bushland of the Lane Cove Valley and Rocks and Trees . This Park contains a basalt dyke in the old, abandoned quarry face of sandstone. While it is more accessible than most, weed growth obscures the heavy weathering. It is [...]
Browns Field Walk, Wahroonga – Flora of a Diatreme
Entrance to Browns Field next to 97A Campbell Drive (opposite Boyne Place) Wahroonga (off Fox Valley Rd)Images: courtesy Conroy, R.J. Martyn J.E, Mitchell P.B., Robinson A.M. et al. (2022) The Natural and Cultural History of the Ku-ring-gai Geo-Region, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 144, 129-226. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/article/view/17009 Leading off Campbell Drive a proposed geo-trail leads to accessible geo-sites around Browns Field, the cleared parkland in [...]
Talk by Dr Peter Mitchell OAM – The natural and cultural history of Ku-ring-gai & luncheon
The Roseville Club, 64 Pacific Highway, Roseville 64 Pacific Highway, Roseville, NSW, AustraliaPeter will describe the area (440 km2) and its most significant sites and the reasons for recognising Ku-ring-gai as a geo-region, a community project initiated by the Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment (FOKE). Peter’s talk wraps up the FOKE Ku-ring-gai Geo-region series, with a FOKE fund-raising luncheon that AABR is pleased to support. This series has [...]
Crowdy Bay NP bush regen camp
Kylies Beach Campground Kylies Beach Campground, Crowdy Bay National Park, NSW, AustraliaCrowdy National Park Bush Regen Camp Monday 8th to Tuesday 14th May An update from Tom Clarke Recently Sue Baker, Ranger Ben and myself systematically visited all the volunteer sites in Crowdy Bay NP and the great news is that everywhere is just going off and responding to our previous efforts like mad. “Nothing to [...]
Sheldon Forest Walk, Turramurra (NSW)
Image: Figure 26. Blackbutt dominant forest growing on Mittagong Formation with native indigo (Indigofera australis) in full flower, Sheldon Forest, Turramurra Courtesy:Conroy, R.J. Martyn J.E., Mitchell P.B., Robinson A.M. et al. (2022) The Natural and Cultural History of the Ku-ring-gai Geo-Region, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 144, 129-226. [...]