This report covers a site visit at the Nangarin Landcare site in the Southwest of Sydney near Picton. The Landcare sites are in and around Nangarin Vineyard Estate. The estate is accessed off Barkers Lodge Road and bounded by Long Gully hydroline to the north and Stone Quarry Creek to the east and south. The woodland onsite
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Special Event for Nangarin Residents – Sunday 19 June 2022 You and your family members are invited to participate in a special Nangarin Nature Safari conducted by Naturalist and Ecologist Tom Covell. This Community event is organised by Greater Sydney Local Land Services and assisted by the NSW Environmental Trust. Bookings are essential and numbers are
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Nangarin Landcare is one of six local Landcare Groups participating in a ‘Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grant’ managed by Lisa Gibson from Upper Spring Creek Landcare. Working closely with the Robin Davies Wollondilly Community Nursery, two seed collection workshops were planned, one in mid-November and the second in early December 2021 to harvest seed from
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Nangarin team at work near Picton. Landcare and bushcare volunteers in the Macarthur region have continued to rally for the local environment despite the challenges brought on by Covid-19. A Greater Sydney Local Land Services [GS LLS] survey has found volunteer groups contributed more than 2,811 hours of environmental service in the 2019/20 financial year.
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The Landcare Group wrapped up 2020 with two activities: Following the November AGM, Damion Stirling from Wollondilly Shire Council delivered a general information session for Nangarin residents, providing valuable insights into Nangarin Estate’s unique environment and history of the area. Damion spoke about fauna and flora, stories from first nation inhabitants and the importance of
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Despite Covid19 and associated restrictions on gatherings, our team of residents have achieved a great deal in progressing the effective management and reduction of invasive lantana, African Olive and Moth Vine. Our focus continues to be the 6.1 hectare eastwest nature corridor of critically endangered, remnant Cumberland Plain Woodland (CPW).
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