Creating A ‘Landscape Language’
Urban rivers like ours have been so altered over time, that it can be difficult for anyone to understand how they work…or doesn’t. By understanding the urban ecology, we can begin to understand the challenges to rehabilitating the river.
On Sunday November 3, Alexa McAuley (Civille Landscape Design), Taylor Coyne (UNSW, Yarrabingin) and Jason L’Ecuyer (Cooks River Alliance) discussed how to interpret the complex landscapes of an urban river as part of the ‘The Catchment’ exhibition at Airspace Projects in Marrickville.
Thank you to everyone who made it to this talk and a big thank you to Holly O’Neal for live illustrating the event. Stay tuned for more talks like this one.
Catchment Groups Unite!
We recently got together with our friends Parramatta River Catchment Group, Georges Riverkeeper, Sydney Coastal Councils Group and Inner West Council, to take a tour of Sydney’s urban waterways. We learned about shared problems (stormwater, rubbish, historical lack of public access) and potential place-based solutions.
Big thanks to the Waterways team at Sydney Water for bringing our catchment groups together. Sydney Water are a partner organisation in the Cooks River Alliance.
Collaborations like these are essential to transforming our waterways. It’s great to see such solidarity between the catchment groups and Sydney Water. We’re more powerful together!
‘Local music, strong community, healthy river’
Goolay’yari Sounds is an immersive, family-friendly and vibrant showcase of local creatives, that reconnects our neighbourhood through music and storytelling. Featuring: Dog Trumpet, Stiff Gins, Malaika Mfalme, The Minties and more!
When: Saturday December 14, from 3pm
Where: Marrickville Golf Course
Cost: Free!
For more information, visit Goolayyari-sounds.com
Remembering RiverWorks
Sculptures by the Sea gets a lot of attention in the media this time of year (and rightly so). But did you know we had our own version by the Cooks River?
‘RiverWorks.’ was a competition that ran from 2006-2008. Constructed works had to reflect the Cooks River and most materials were sourced from Reverse Garbage. This was a hugely successful event with over 220 entries.
The competition was inspired by Mudcrabs volunteer Bronwyn Tuohy’s successful entry in the 2005 Sculpture by the Sea. Brownyn’s work, titled ‘Aftermath,’ brought rubbish collected from the Cooks River to Tamarama Beach.
Maybe it’s time for someone to bring this event back to the banks of our river? For more information on RiverWorks, visit the Cooks River Valley Association’s website here.
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