Primrose Park, Cammeray - Bushcare Groups

Groups meet on Sunday's on the third full weekend of the month and the following Wednesday from 9am to 12pm.

Dates: February 18 and 21, March 17 and 20, April 21 and 24, May 19 and 22, June 16 and 19, July 21 and 24, August 18 and 21, September 22 and 25, October 20 and 23, November 17 and 20

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

Meeting places alternate monthly between Lambert St. Cremorne and Folly Pt. Road, Folly Pt.

Lambert Street

Folly Point

* 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.

With Council support, residents came together to form Primrose Park Bushcare Group in 1994. Early efforts by the volunteers included the removal of a privet forest that dominated the area and then managing the resulting weed growth stimulated by the extra light in the understory. Bushland management strategies used to rehabilitate the park included pile burns, broad area burns, crushed sandstone capping, community tree planting days and bush regeneration.

The dominant vegetation communities here are Blackbutt Gully and Angophora Foreshore Forest that are associated with rainforest type species (e.g. native ferns and vines) to form a closed canopy on the steep slopes below Willoughby Falls.

The two Bushcare sites at Lambert Street and Folly Point are separated by a narrow and steep band of highly disturbed land below Churchill Crescent, Cammeray, a refuge to small birds and other wildlife. Primrose Park is an important link within the middle harbour cluster of bushland reserves, part of a wildlife corridor for North Sydney Council.

We always need extra support, come lend a hand!