The Cooks River Alliance is partnering with the Georges River Environmental Education Centre (GREC) to deliver the Cooks River Rescue School Stormwater Action Plan Program. Round 2 EOI applications are now open! The program develops environmentally literate students to lead...
Help us capture Cooks River history by sharing your river stories during covid-19! Humans can’t live without the environment. But with covid restrictions easing, how many people will remain connected to our precious patch along the Cooks? We want...
Calling all passionate Cooks River people to take a deep dive! There are lots of people doing great things together to improve and celebrate the Cooks River and its receiving waters in Botany Bay – and you can be...
The Cooks River Alliance is offering a free course for people wanting to join the passionate group of Cooks River people doing great things on the river. Read more about the course here. Apply using the online form below...
The Cooks River Alliance welcomes funding commitments for urban rivers and waterways and calls on all political parties to prioritise restoring urban rivers and waterways ahead of the State and Federal elections this year. Cooks River Alliance Chair and...
The Cooks River Alliance is currently undertaking a Scoping Study for a Cooks River Catchment Coastal Management Program (CMP). The Scoping Study is the first stage in the process of undertaking a CMP. This project is supported by the...
David Noble began taking photos of birds on the Cooks River about five years ago. The retired science teacher and Marrickville local shares these on his personal blog – http://www.david-noble.net/blog/ – which also contains other stunning images capturing his...
Professor Ian Tyrrell has spent the last 25 years working on a Cooks River history book. Recently published, River Dreams: the people and landscapes of the Cooks River, paints a vivid picture of life along the river since colonisation. Significantly, the...
The winner of the 2017 GreenWay Open Art Prize is Jody Graham who has won a $5,000 prize package for her work ‘Drawn from Discarded’. The Cooks River Small Sculpture Prize was awarded to artist Hannah Carroll Harris for...
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...