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We’re incredibly excited to announce that Streamwatch is celebrating 30years of independent water quality data collection

Such a huge achievement for our dedicated volunteers

Streamwatch has found it’s new home here, at the Greater Sydney Landcare Network!

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It's time to find out your impact for 2021! Get Yo

It's time to find out your impact for 2021! Get Your Hands Dirty is having an end of year event on Sunday 13 Dec 🌼🌿🐌 We're heading to Castlereagh Nature Reserve for a bushwalk followed by session where we'll go through our friend @intrepidlandcare's Co-Design for Wiser Action Workbook. This is a chance to catch up, explore a site full of beautiful rare bushland and learn tools for making your ideas happen on-ground. The event is open to any young people keen to get involved. No need to have participated in GYHD or Landcare before. Registrations are via our website link 🌱

Last weekend we had the absolute pleasure of meeti

Last weekend we had the absolute pleasure of meeting 12 inspiring young people for Get Your Hands Dirty - Eco Campout at Mitchell Park in Cattai. It was fantastic to hear about all the activities everyone is already involved with from Landcare to wildlife and climate action!

The group helped smash a patch of mother of millions and trad in the Reserve. @toms_hooked_on_nature and Avianation took us on epic Nocturnal Nature Safaris and morning birdwalk. Massive thanks to @nswnationalparks for hosting and to everyone who came along! @richiebenson00
@wsintrepidlandcare
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#landcare #greatersydneylandcare #hawkesburylandcare #npws #spotlighting #bushregeneration #mitchellpark #westernsydney #landcarensw

A great day planting trees in Fairfield on friday

A great day planting trees in Fairfield on friday 9th October for the Creating Canopies team. It was a long but fun day out and exciting to be creating an urban native canopy at a hospital in this unusual COVID world!

Landcare NSW and Greater Sydney Landcare Network coordinated the planting of 1200 trees and companion shrubs, planted by about 20 volunteers. This work was supported by the Premier’s Priority Greening our City, Fairfield Hospital, South West Sydney Local Heath District and Fairfield City Council.

We want to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who helped with the tree planting. It was a big day, but well worth it to start an urban forest! #landcare #greatersydneylandcare #landcarensw #trees #treeplanting

Camping, Bushcare and watching for wildlife - coun

Enjoying the misty mountain view at Coorongooba Ca

Enjoying the misty mountain view at Coorongooba Campground. From our bushwalk on Day 2 of Get Your Hands Dirty - Living on the Edge

Huge thanks to the 8 volunteers from Sydney who jo

Huge thanks to the 8 volunteers from Sydney who journeyed out to Capertee Valley for GYHD - Living on the Edge! 👊🌿

The event was a partnership between Capertee Valley Landcare, Central Tablelands LLS and Friends of the Colo, who were the local hosts for the event, and Geater Sydney Landcare Network.

We got to help restore Capertee River by taking out massive privets, explore an abandoned shale oil works, see bushfire recovery in Wollemi National Park, camp out, and enjoy stunning views!

Thanks to the local Landcare groups and CS LLS for hosting us! We can't wait to do it again!
#landcare #landcarensw #cvlandcare #adventure #bushwalk
(Volunteers in the photo are in a domestic bubble.)

FREE Landcare Adventure coming up for young people

FREE Landcare Adventure coming up for young people. Keen to get out now that spring has sprung? 🌼 Come explore Capertee Valley and help restore the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. Registration url is in the comments 👇#landcare #conservation #adventure #youth #youthleadership #nature #wildlife #australia #LandcareNSW #sustainability #regeneration #ecology #hike #bushwalk

Greater Sydney Landcare Network had our first Crea

Greater Sydney Landcare Network had our first Creating Canopies planting day on Saturday. Robyn Preston MP - Member for Hawkesbury, Landcare NSW CEO Adrian Zammit, and seventeen volunteers gathered to plant 130 trees, which will contribute to an important local habitat corridor for koalas.

This is the first event, which will contribute to planting 100,000 trees across Greater Sydney in partnership between Greater Sydney Landcare Network and Landcare NSW.

Huge thanks to all the volunteers for the day! 🌳🌳🌳 #CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW #koalas #trees #GreaterSydney #DPIE

Thinking about what to do after the COVID restrict

Thinking about what to do after the COVID restrictions are lifted? Apply for the Spring into Scavange program and lead your community to become waste-wise. They'll teach you the ins and outs of event organisation and community activation through hosting your own Scavenge event in September, October or November 2020 - dates may change. @seasidescavenge

Last Saturday Get Your Hands Dirty headed out to C

Last Saturday Get Your Hands Dirty headed out to Chipping Norton Lakes to take out lantana. They paddled to an island in Lake Moore, which hadn't been visited in years only to find a jungle! Huge thank you to everyone who came along. Also thank you to Liverpool City Council Australia and Bryon from Freedom Outdoors! 🚣‍♀️🌿👊

We're at WSU Western Fair today with Hawkesbury La

We're at WSU Western Fair today with Hawkesbury Landcare Network. Come say 'hi' and find out what's coming up your local area!

Our next Get Your Hands Dirty event is up! Are you

Our next Get Your Hands Dirty event is up! Are you 18 to 25 years old and want to make an impact on-ground? Come join us for this exclusive Conservation Kayaking day in Liverpool! Head over to Eventbrite to register 👇

Trekking from mangroves to rain forest we didn't l

Trekking from mangroves to rain forest we didn't let the wet weather stop us! Get Your Hands Dirty volunteers headed into Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park last Saturday to take out buffalo grass that was encroaching upon the native ecosystems along Cockle Creek. We saw some stunning landscapes and wildlife along the way, including crabs living below the mangroves and a lace monitor.

Thanks heaps to everyone who came along and to our Discovery Guide, Baz and Hester from the local Bushcare group, and NPWS North West for being stellar hosts! 🌿🦎🌸

Happy New Year!! 🎆 Are you a young person keen

Happy New Year!! 🎆
Are you a young person keen to make a difference to your local environment? Been thinking about it for a while and don't know where to start? We have an exciting series of events coming up this year for you!

Come join us for the FIRST Get Your Hands Dirty! event of 2020! We'll be spending a chill day exploring Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and controlling the weeds that threaten this stunning bit of bush 🤙🌿
Check out the Eventbrite page to lock in your spot👇
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/gyhd-gibberagong-track-tick…

Big news! We're proud to announce that we are part

Big news! We're proud to announce that we are partnering with the NSW Department of Planning and Environment and Landcare NSW to plant one million trees across Greater Sydney by 2022! We'll be preparing a short fact sheet for release next week, but in the mean time: please leave your questions and queries in the comments below.

You can read more about the program, and the Premier's Priority to plant five million trees by 2030 here: https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/News/2019/Quality-green-spaces-and-a-million-more-trees-by-2022-under-new-Premiers-priorities.

Last week, we had the pleasure to attend the Parli

Last week, we had the pleasure to attend the Parliamentary Friends of Landcare with @landcare_nsw, @habitatnetwork and newly appointed chair @dugaldsaundersmp. An annual gathering bringing together MPs and the wider Landcare movement. Watch this space for an incredible annoucement soon...

Unprecedented level of Catastrophic fire danger in

Unprecedented level of Catastrophic fire danger in Greater Sydney. Follow @nswrfs and listen to 702AM radio @abcinsydney for regular and emergency updates. Our thoughts are with the fire affected communities around the state.

We loved being there @koala_fest_hawkesbury and ca

We loved being there @koala_fest_hawkesbury and can't wait for next year! 🐨

Friday fuzzies with this lil' #waterdragon snapped

Friday fuzzies with this lil' #waterdragon snapped along the Nepean River. We're loving the spring flora and fauna popping out from winter during #bushcare

Tag us in your Landcare and Bushcare weekends - awesome seeing our community in action 👊

In Sydney? Keen to protect our native turtles? We'

In Sydney? Keen to protect our native turtles? We're now searching for volunteers to help stop the red-eared slider turtle in central #sydney. PM us to register your interest or email us at clare.vernon@greatersydneylandcare.org

@nsw_dpi #redearedslider #invasivespecies #volunteer

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Upcoming Events

Creating Canopies Nursery and Small Bird Habitat Workshop

February 9 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
All Things Trees – Fairfield Nursery workshop and tour

February 12 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Ecosystems in our city

February 28 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am

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