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Landing Lights Wetland

Landing Lights Wetland Restoration

Landing Lights Wetland Restoration   Bayside Council has recently completed a 3 year intensive on ground restoration project at Landing Lights wetland. As part of the Cooks River Alliance On-ground Works Program, the Alliance provided funding and assistance to Bayside...

The River Starts at your Place

There are over 500,000 residents living and/or working in the Cooks River catchment which covers an area of around 100km2. Some people live right by the river and some not at all. But regardless of proximity to the river,...

Cooks River Culture and Country event

Thank you to everyone who attended the Cooks River Culture and Country event We hope you enjoyed the day and learning more about Aboriginal connections to the Cooks River. A soft copy of the Aboriginal History Along the Cooks...

Three black Aboriginal totem poles with orange and red markings including hand prints

Aboriginal Connections with the Cooks River

Aboriginal people have lived along the Cooks River for more than a thousand generations, watching the lower river slowly take form over many millennia. The clans of the valley were known as the Wangal, Cadigal and Gameygal, ‘gal’ meaning...

Vegetable garden at residential property

Roof to River tour

The Alliance participated in a Roof to River tour with Canterbury-Bankstown Council on Saturday 24 September. Participants visited Cup and Saucer Creek wetland where they were able to learn about the river bank naturalisation project. Next stop was an amazing...

Forrester Reserve completed raingarden

Forrester Reserve Raingarden Completed

We are excited to announce that Canterbury-Bankstown Council have completed the new raingarden at Forrester Reserve in Kingsgrove. The raingarden will capture and treat stormwater runoff from nearby streets and help prevent pollutants from being washed into the Cooks...