The Wolli Creek valley consists of multiple habitats from open parks and waterways, to open scrubland and dense coachwood forest, providing homes for a vast variety of birds. An analysis of Wolli Creek Preservation Society bird survey data was...
There are lots of interesting things going on around us in the natural world, but many animals keep their distance from humans so it’s easy to miss them. Sometimes you just have to be lucky enough to be in...
David Noble is a local Cooks River resident who regularly captures the natural beauty of the area on his walks along the river and its surrounds. David’s blog features spectacular Cooks River birdlife photography as well as his more...
The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRC WSC) has produced 13 factsheets to guide the repair or design of a living stream site on a flowing urban waterway. The site may be associated with a creek/stream channel,...
Written by Doug Benson, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. About the Remnant In November 1992 I visited a very interesting remnant of native vegetation on the banks of the Cooks River at the end of Third Avenue, Campsie. The site...
Sydney Water remediated 1.1km of deteriorated concrete stormwater canal along the Cooks River to incorporate more natural bank features with sandstone blocks and native plants. The $8.6 million project included over 100,000 local native plants, creating new areas of...
NSW Government guideline (2013) for assessing estuary ecosystem health. These protocols provide a standardised approach to estuary ecosystem health monitoring, analysis and reporting in New South Wales. Access the document here: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications-search/assessing-estuary-ecosystem-health-sampling-data-analysis-and-reporting-protocols-2013
Penrhyn Estuary in Botany Bay provides habitat for migratory birds protected by State and Federal legislation. The Port Authority implemented rehabilitation and expansion works of Penrhyn Estuary and monitored these works between 2012 and late 2018. This included measuring...
A guide to bring native plants and animals back to your garden, developed by City of Canterbury Bankstown.
The Cooks River to Iron Cover GreenWay runs through the urban landscape of the inner western suburbs of Sydney and contains small pockets of remnant native vegetation. Many of the remnant vegetation areas are very small, degraded and infested...