Program

2025

Oatley Flora and Fauna Society have organised  another exciting year of speakers and walks for 2025. 

FEBRUARY

17th Monday Meeting – 7.30pm

Matt Smith – Impact of kangaroos on Thick-billed Grasswren populations.

23rd §Sunday – Field day

Curracurrang Falls, Royal National Park.

Leader:  Lesley Wylie

MARCH

17th Monday Meeting – 7.30pm

Lisa Albino – Radio-tracking Brush-tailed Phascogales – their tree usage and home range in a fragmented agricultural landscape.

30th Sunday – Field day

Manly Dam. 

Leader:  Graham Lalchere

APRIL

27th Sunday – Field day

Red Hand Cave, Blue Mountains.

Leader:  Matt Allison

28th Monday Meeting – 7.30pm

Tim and Jenny Griffiths – Antarctica: a wild, white wilderness.  Followed by social supper.

MAY

7th Wednesday – Field day

The Habitat Nursery, Ryde.

Leader:  Susan Ghosn

19th Monday Meeting – 7.30 pm

Lucy Smithett – Greening our city, and Penshurst tree canopy.

JUNE

16th Monday Meeting – 7.30pm

Liz Cameron – Insects in our backyards.

29th  Sunday – Field day

Centennial Park.  Leader:  Liz Cameron

JULY

21st Monday Meeting – 7.30pm

Nic Clyde (Lock the Gate) – Status of coal and gas mining in NSW.

27th Sunday – Field day

Simmo’s Beach Recreation Reserve.

Leader:  Lesley Wylie

AUGUST

18th Monday Meeting – 7.30pm

Judy Bush – Urban Environmental Policy.

31st  Sunday – Field day

Two Valley Trail, Cooks River.

Leader:  Vicki Bolling

SEPTEMBER

15th Monday Meeting – 7.30pm

Graham Fry – Costa Rica.  Social supper.

28th Sunday – Field day

Wallumarra Track, Royal National Park.

Leader:  Lesley Wylie

OCTOBER

20th Monday Meeting – 7.30pm

Rachael Gray – Sea lions at Kangaroo Island.

26th Sunday – Field day

Garawarra Farm, Royal National Park.

Leader:  Deb Andrew

NOVEMBER

17th Monday Meeting – 7.30pm

Callum Fitzpatrick – The fertile island effect: how shrub size shapes dryland ecosystems.

30th Sunday – Field day

Sutherland to Woronora loop track.

Leader:  Lesley Wylie

DECEMBER

1st Monday – Christmas Picnic in Oatley Park

FEBRUARY 2026

2nd Monday – AGM – 7.30pm

MEETINGS: OFF meetings with monthly guest speakers are held at the Oatley Uniting Church Hall. We also conduct these meetings on-line, using the video conference application Zoom. Details can be found in the Newsletter published prior to each meeting.

You can download ZOOM for free via this link: https://zoom.us/ or from Play Store (Google) or App Store (Apple). You should run a test before meetings to ensure you can connect on the night. Please login before 7.30pm: You will receive an invitation prior to meetings or use the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3742141020?pwd=i_daK5memiUVeVb7bERgr5WgKybj2w

YOUTUBE: OFF presentations and earlier movies can now be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd_PLK8og40D0ekuYAys3lQ