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March 2015

Amazing Wolli exhibition at Tempe House open days: April 11 and 12

The Wolli Creek Preservation Society will be present in the St Magdelene Chapel, Brodie Spark Drive, Wolli Creek, at the Discovery Point Heritage weekend on April 11/12 (10am -4pm each day).

The Chapel is a very short walk from Wolli Creek station.

There will be a display of WCPS’s historical panels, Amazing Wolli Poster Exhibition (view online here) and an information table staffed by volunteers. Come along, visit historic Tempe House (1830s) and the adjacent Chapel, and stop by the display and table to say hello and learn more about the Wolli Valley and the activities of the Society.

‘Bats and Plants’ afternoon walk on Saturday 11th April – from Girrahween Park to Turrella Reserve -NOW BOOKED OUT

Join us for a guided walk from Girrahween Park to Turrella Reserve on Saturday 11th April. The focus will be on the Grey-headed Flying-foxes that roost in a camp by Wolli creek at Turrella, and some of the plants that they rely on for food. We will encounter some of these native plants species along the way.

The walk will start at 4 pm and finish close to dusk. Stay on to watch the camp start to stir in preparation for fly-out, and then watch the amazing sight of the fly-out as many thousands of Flying-foxes exit their camp in search of food.

This is a one way walk, finishing near dusk, so if you need to return to Girrahween Park, you will need to catch a train from nearby Turrella station or arrange a pick up at Turrella Reserve.

Bookings are essential

Enquiries and bookings to bats@wollicreek.org.au

Save Wolli Creek bushland – protest rally Sat 14 March

The western gateway to the Wolli Creek bushland could be destroyed by WestConnex. So join us this Saturday 14 March at 3:30pm (sharp) and add your voice to the protest. It’s only for half an hour but it could have a big impact. Bring your family and fiends. Make a poster. Be colourful. Be there. See the attached flyer for more details and please email info@wollicreek.org.au if you are coming.
 
More and more people are becoming aware that WestConnex is a terrible idea. As Gavin Gatenby of EcoTransit Sydney says, it is crazy policy to spend $15 billion on a massive tollway system for a handful of peak-period motorists. “Commuters are turning to public transport in unprecedented numbers and our rail system is bursting at the seams in the peaks. For a fraction of the cost of WestConnex we could build a public transport and freight rail system that would cause a dramatic fall in road traffic.”
As well, WestConnex threatens to destroy two hectares of high quality bushland at the western end of the Wolli Creek valley – bushland that should have been included within the Wolli Creek Regional Park except the RTA/RMS withheld it for its own purposes. We need to make it clear that the community opposes this development. See you on Saturday 14 March at 3:30pm.

Walk the Valley on Sunday 22nd March – the full (4.5 km) Valley walk from Bexley North to Undercliffe

This is a leisurely guided walk down the Wolli Valley with  historical and environmental commentary, starting at 8.45 am at Bexley North, and finishing around 1.30 pm at ‘The Bluff’ at Undercliffe. The Wolli Valley is easily accessible by public transport.

 

Along the way we will visit significant spots in the Wolli Valley and provide information about issues affecting it, including the threat to the bushland from the Westconnex tollroad project.

We will pass a number of bush regeneration sites, the Wolli Grey-headed Flying-fox camp, and the fishway at Turrella weir, ascend Nannygoat Hill and take in the panorama from there, stop at historic Jackson Place for an historic video, and a talk about the history of Jackson Place and its lovely sandstone cottages (plus a rest and a cuppa ) – and more.

Further information provided following registration.

Sunday 15th March – visit threatened Wolli bushland. Join us on a walk from Bardwell Park to Bexley North

On Sunday 15th March, come and walk with us along this short, (1.6 km) section of the TVT (Two Valley Trail) route in the Wolli Valley.

Come along and see important bushland threatened by WestConnex. Find out more about what’s happening with WestConnex. Get some early morning exercise.

Starting promptly at 8.30 am,  the walk will finish at the Western Gateway bushland at Bexley North around 10.30 am. Both start and finish are very close to Bardwell Park and Bexley North stations.

For more info. and bookings contact us at info@wollicreek org.au Further walks may be organised if numbers warrant.