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How many birds can you count in the catchment?

The Cooks River Alliance and BirdLife Australia are calling on local residents to spend 20 minutes taking part in the Aussie Backyard Bird Count this October. You can count birds wherever you are – in your backyard, on the river, in...

Cooks River Alliance Deputy Chair, Strathfield Councillor Maryanne Duggan, and Canterbury Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour, stand at the junction of Coxs Creek and the Cooks River

Coxs Creek the focus of $200k in NSW EPA litter grants

Image: Standing at the junction of Coxs Creek and the Cooks River – Canterbury Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour and the Cooks River Alliance Deputy Chair Strathfield Councillor Maryanne Duggan.   The City of Canterbury Bankstown and Strathfield Council have...

Cooks River Rescue Prize 2018 winner announced

A beautiful work reflecting cracks in mudflats and our gaps in knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture has won the 2018 Cooks River Rescue Prize.   It was one of many incredible sculptures dotting Kyeemagh’s Cook Park landscape for...

Cooks River Coastal Management Program under way

The Cooks River Alliance will begin a scoping study for the first Cooks River Catchment Coastal Management Program from early 2018 thanks to funding from the NSW Government. The management of the Cooks River catchment is currently fragmented across...

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,...