Brightmore Reserve, Cremorne - Bushcare Groups

The group meets on Sunday's of the first and third full weekend of the month from 9am to 12pm.

Dates: February 4 and 18, March 3 and 17, April 7 and 21, May 5 and 19, June 2 and 16, July 7 and 21, August 4 and 18, September 8 and 22, October 6* and 20, November 3 and 17.

Groups meet between February and November, taking a break in January and December.

First meeting of the month is at Brightmore Reserve/Little Young Street. Meet at Little Young Street, Cremorne. 

 Brightmore Reserve/Little Young Street

Second meeting of the month is at Brightmore Reserve/Little Wonga Road, except for the cooler months of June, July and August. Meet at Young Street Carpark, Cremorne.

Brightmore Reserve/Little Wonga Road

* Meetings that fall on a long weekend or the Boorowa tree planting trip must be confirmed by the Group Convenor.

In the event of rain, call the Group Convenor for updates.

Volunteers are required to wear enclosed shoes, a long sleeved shirt, long pants and a hat. Bring sunscreen and a full water bottle.

Brightmore Reserve is located between Primrose Park and the strip of bushland along the foreshore below Wonga Road. It is an important link within the middle harbour’s cluster of bushland reserves and a wildlife corridor for North Sydney Council. The main vegetation communities here are Blackbutt Gully Forest and Angophora Foreshore Forest with a small remnant of Sandstone Gallery Rainforest that clings to the creek line below Little Young Street, Cremorne.

The foreshore slopes in this area have historically been impacted by surrounding developments and a tip below the access road at the end of the gully. In 2004, crushed sandstone capping was trialled in Brightmore Reserve below Little Young Street with great success, it was planted out with local native plants.

Brightmore Bushcare Group has been working to regenerate this site since 1994, they meet at two locations, Little Young Street and Little Wonga Road on the First and third Sunday of the full weekend from February through November.