Santa joined local residents on Sunday 8 December at Tantallon Oval celebrating an early Christmas and handing out gifts to the children. It was great to provide a way for people to meet other and share in the festive spirit.
The SBCRA wishes all our neighbourhood a safe and happy festive season.
Thank you for all your support this year and looking forward to another action-packed year ahead.
Thank you to all that attended our AGM on 20 November at Tantallon Pavilion.
We had a full room to hear from Mayor, Clr Merri Southwood, and our West Ward Councillors Clr Scott Bennison, Clr Rochelle Flood and Clr Katie Little generating engagement on many local issues. We covered many topics including planning concerns, traffic issues, resident needs, the local bushland, and community facilities.
Thank you to the Mayor the West Ward Councillors and Clr David Roenfeldt and Clr Caleb Taylor for attending our meeting. Your contributions, leadership and support of our area is much appreciated. We look forward to continuing to work with you over the coming year.
The SBCRA Committee for the following year is
President – Guy Hallowes
Vice President – Kylie Bryden-Smith
Treasurer – Deborah Hill
Secretary – Alasdair Stuart
General Committee members – Geoff Graham, Diana Hallowes, Nat Koster, Belinda Swain and Suzanne Varall
Left to Right – Clr Scott Bennison, Clr Rochelle Flood, Mayor Clr Merri Southwood, Guy Hallowes, Kylie Bryden-Smith, Alasdair Stuart, Suzanne Varall, Clr Katie Little, Deborah Hill, Diana Hallowes, Geoff Graham (absent: Nat Koster, Belinda Swain)
Join us for the SBCRA AGM and hear from the newly elected Lane Cove Mayor Merri Southwood about her plans for Council’s new term and our area. The 3 West Ward Councillors Scott Bennison, Katie Little and Rochelle Flood will also be joining the meeting.
Tantallon Pavilion, Tantallon Oval
6.30pm Wednesday 20 November
Light refreshments will be provided
All Welcome!
Thank you to local Year 6 Mowbray student Hazel Varall for her artwork on the flyer.
Nearly 50 people of all ages including the newly elected Lane Cove West Ward Councillors – Scott Bennison, Rochelle Flood and Katie Little, joined us on a beautiful morning on Saturday 26 October to celebrate 30 years of SBCRA Bushcare and help weed and plant in the Batten Reserve just behind Mindarie Park.
Highlight of the morning was sharing morning tea and acknowledging the amazing work of the Bushcare volunteers including founding member and former SBCRA President Frances Vissel. The group also took a walk through the Batten Reserve bushland to sites where this industrious group have weeded and re-generated the bushland over the last 30 years. What an incredible improvement this volunteer group has made!
Did you know that the Stringybark Creek Bushcare group is Lane Cove’s longest running bushcare group? Volunteers have been caring for our local bushland for 30 years!
Join us at Mindarie Park to celebrate at a free family event including tree planting, guided bushwalks and a delicious morning tea.
Bookings – https://www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/Environment-Sustainability/Activities-Programs/Nature-Connections-Walks-and-Talks
DETAILS
Saturday 26 October
9am-midday
Mindarie Park, Lane Cove North (cnr Kullah Pdeand Mindarie St)
Wear suitable clothes for planting and walking through the bush.
Fire and Rescue NSW conducted a controlled hazard reduction burn on 26 March, 2024 in a central section of the Batten Reserve, the first for many years. Helping to reduce the large fuel load of many years of growth, the hazard reduction burn was a success, and the bushland is already regenerating. Nature is a wonderful process.
Over 250 people joined us at Mindarie Park on a beautiful sunny morning on 7 April, 2024 for a wildlife encounter presented by Australian Wildlife Displays. Children were introduced to a blue tongue lizard, ringtail possum, green tree frog, tawny frog mouth and a python.
Following the show participants enjoyed a free sausage sizzle courtesy of the SBCRA and guided bush walks through the Batten Reserve hosted by Lane Cove Council.
Huge thanks to Lane Cove Council for jointly presenting this event with us, SCBRA Committee and Bushcare Group and everyone who came along, especially those who joined the SBCRA. Your membership enables us to make events like this possible.
Over 50 locals including the Lane Cove Girl Guides joined forces to clean up our local bushland and streets on Sunday 25 February, 2024. Filling 20 large bags with rubbish including 94 alloys cans, 61 spray cans, 87 plastic bottles, 78 take away coffee cups, 71 plastic containers, fertiliser sprayer, metal furniture rails, a collection of “P” and “L” plates and even a child’s paddle pool.
Great to see the reduction in plastic bags and cans over the years. The Container Deposit Scheme and zero plastic bags in shops is certainly helping.
Thank you to In the Cove for the promotional support, Hummerston’s Gourmet Meats for the great sausages and Lane Cove Council for covering the BBQ costs and for the extra bags and gloves.
Come along and join us clean up our local bushland on Sunday 25 Feb for Clean Up Australia Day.
Register between 8.00am and 12.00pm at the grassed area adjacent to the Epping Rd Overpass Ramp on Johnston Crescent (opposite 66 Johnston).
Everyone is also invited to a BBQ that is being provided courtesy of Lane Cove Council.
Bring along – gloves, hats, sun protection, enclosed shoes, water (we can re-fill as needed) and lots of energy and enthusiasm!
The meeting point is opposite 66 Johnston crescent close to the footbridge
Bushcare big day out / tree planting etc
Was held on
10 September 2023 09.00 – 12 pm
Mindarie Park at end of Kullah Pde
About 40 people attended. Notable the number of children who much enjoyed the tree planting
