Everyone welcome
*please note that cash is preferred for entry and purchases for our afternoon program.
Morning
10 am Attendees have a choice of one of three simultaneous walking tours as follows:
1 Wollongong Botanic Gardens, tour by Michael Swire, President - Meet at P1 carpark. Map here.
2 Wollongong University grounds, tour by Anthony Wardle, UOW landscape horticulturist / wildlife photographer. Meet at P5 South, carpark. Map here.
3 Wollongong Botanic Gardens, Annex, Puckey’s Estate Nature Reserve. The Reserve is home to around 130 different types of birds, and several endangered plant communities. Tour led by Tracee Lea, Illawarra APS Vice President and horticulturalist. Meet at Fairy Meadow Surf Club (carpark). Map here.
For safety reasons limited to 20 participants per tour.
After registering via the website, please select one tour ONLY and email your choice to Ruth Livingstone, Secretary ruth_livingstone@yahoo.com.au or Michael Swire, President mmswire@gmail.com by 10th Sept.
12 noon Lunch
BYO or visit many of the local eateries
1 pm Meet at Corrimal Community Hall
12:40 Afternoon program, 15 Short St, Corrimal Community Hall,
*please note,cash is preferred for entry and purchases for our afternoon program, we can
Acknowledgment to Country, Address by the NSW President
1:10 Speakers Leon Fuller & Emma Rooksby Indigenous Plants for Streets.
1:40 Afternoon tea / Raffle .
2:10 Speaker Dr Ann Young Dharawal National Park - environmental history.
2:50 Raffle draw
2:55 – 3:45 Plant and book /sales and signing.
The home page features Michael Swire's photo of Darwinia grandiflora growing on the Illawarra Escarpment Conservation Area. This plant grows in dry sclerophyll forest and woodland on poorly drained sandy soil, Woronora Plateau and Illawarra region, rare. Description courtesy of PlantNet.
