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    Join us for the first ever session of the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Bellamy Street Bush Regen group! Find out about what you can do to improve the condition of the bush at this southern gateway to Berowra Valley National Park.

    A new group of NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service volunteers is starting at the entrance to the park at the end of Bellamy Street, Pennant Hills with the first session on:

    Thursday 19th September, 10am to 12pm

    Refreshments will be provided.

    Learn new skills, have fun and get your hands dirty!

    If you are interested in coming along on 19th September, you can book online to give an indication of numbers for catering purposes or just turn up on the day

    https://www.trybooking.com/CVEET

    Ongoing sessions are planned for the 3rd Thursday of each month from 10am to 12pm.

    No experience required but enthusiasm for restoring our bushland is essential!

    On-site training will be available and tools supplied.

    If you are interested in joining on a regular basis contact us and we will show you how to sign up as a NPWS volunteer.

    For more information on the ecological restoration at the end of Bellamy Street go to www.friendsberowravalley.org.au/bellamy-st-bush-regen-group/

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    Bush Regeneration

    Redgum Ave Bush Regen Event

    A group of ‘friends’ and the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service got together at Redgum Avenue Pennant Hills for the first session of the Bush Regen group on 1st May 2024. A big thanks to Bill, Jenny, Bernadette, Tanya, Rob and Karen for their work on the day.

    This site is a beautiful Peppermint-Angophora Forest with the Atlas of Living Australian showing a large diverse species list with 1228 species including 15 mammals, 115 bird, 25 reptiles and 7 amphibians.

    For more information on the site.

    The new group will meet on the first Wed of each month from 9.30am to 12pm. No experience is required but enthusiasm for restoring our bushland is essential! On-site training will be available and tools supplied.

    If you are interested in joining please contact us.

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    Bush Regeneration Environmental Education

    How to Create a Wild Meadow

    Have you ever thought about converting your lawn into a wild meadow?

    Here are some very powerful reasons why you could consider this:

    • Native grasses and insects have co-evolved over millennia and they need each other to survive.
    • A healthy insect population means a healthy bird, amphibian, reptile and mammal population.
    • A meadow of native grasses frees you from relentless mowing, fertilising and applying pesticides.
    • Surrounding yourself with a healthy, diverse ecosystem will push back on the loss of precious habitat and the dramatic increase in threatened species currently threatening our biodiversity.
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    National Tree Day Planting at Stringybark Ridge

    To celebrate National Tree Day we held a tree planting session at Stringybark Ridge in Pennant Hills, Berowra Valley National Park. This is a very special ecological community and home to many threatened species such as the Powerful Owl and the Grey-headed Flying Fox.

    A huge amount of thanks goes to NPWS for including us in this exciting project and organising the fencing. Also a big thank you to the Warada Ngurang Community Nursery for supplying most of the plants.

    NPWS now have a fence in place to protect plantings from the wallabies and the canopy layer, shrubs and ground cover have been planted out.

    We are so fortunate to have a great team of people working together to restore and preserve our beautiful National Park. For more information on the project go to https://www.friendsberowravalley.org.au/stringybark-ecological-restoration/

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    Bush Regeneration

    Tree Planting at Stringybark Ridge

    A group of ‘friends’ got together on 11 July 2022 to make a start on restoring the small oval at Stringybark Ridge. Amazingly the sun shone and the rain stayed away until the next day. NPWS have installed a fence to protect the plantings from wallabies while they grow. A big thanks to Robin, Thomas, Ken, Madeleine, Mary and Karen.

    Before shot


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    Bush Regeneration

    Students for Nature

    Something very special happened on Friday 27th September. A group of students from Asquith Boys High School embarked on an environmental restoration project within the Berowra Valley National Park at the Lyrebird Gully track, Mount Kuring-Gai. This project celebrated the collaboration between Asquith Boys High School, the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hornsby Shire Council, the Friends of Berowra Valley and Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre. The aims of the day were to enable the students to further develop their connection to our natural word, learn from experts in the field, deepen their knowledge of bushland management and to teach the skills required for preserving natural areas into the future.