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OFF Activities Talks

October 2022 Meeting Changes after the Black Summer Bushfires

On 24th October, Scott Deller, from the NSW Rural Fire Service, spoke about the devastating bushfires of 2019/20 and bought us the latest information on hazard reduction burns and the associated environmental considerations.

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OFF Activities Walks

October 2022 Field Day Heathcote Creek and Tamaroo Ridge, Heathcote NP

This walk was cancelled due to flooded creeks.

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OFF Activities Walks

September 2022 Field Day Curra Moors Track Royal NP

OFF members and guests tackled the sometime sodden Curra Moors Track and were greeted by an exceptional and vibrant profusion of heath flowers.

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OFF Activities Talks

September 2022 Meeting Rewilding Minibeasts for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

Peter Contos, Phd student and OFF research grant recipient, told us about his work with restoring farmland with communities of invertebates and micobes (minibeasts).

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Fauna OFF Activities Talks

August 2022 Meeting Koalas and Loss of Habitat

Georgia Wallace-Crabbe and Greg Miller spoke at the Oatley Flora and Fauna Conservation Society meeting on 22 August 2022 on the documentary they are producing on the plight of koalas in Eastern Australia.

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OFF Activities Walks

August 2022 Field Day Woronora River Bridge Loop Walk

Nine OFF members enjoyed a lovely walk on this relatively unknown track around the Woronora area.

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OFF Activities Walks

July 2022 Field Day Oatley Lugarno Walk

An unfamiliar walk for some, even locals, from Jinna Rd Reserve, Peakhurst to Heinrich Reserve, Lugarno. Postponed from 31st July.