TIN volunteers have been regularly coastcaring on Newcastle's beaches since 2003. The coastal projects are made possible with grants from the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority, The Australian Government's Envirofund and site specific grants from Newcastle City Council and National Parks and Wildlife Services.
The main sites for TIN's coastcaring are Merewether and Burwood Beaches, King Edward Park and Shepherds Hill.
TIN volunteers have been regularly coastcaring on Newcastle's beaches since 2003. The coastal projects are made possible with grants from the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority, The Australian Government's Envirofund, site specific grants from Newcastle City Council and National Parks and Wildlife Services.
The main sites for TIN's coastcaring are Merewether and Burwood Beaches, King Edward Park and Shepherds HillTIN volunteers have been regularly coastcaring on Newcastle's beaches since 2003. The coastal projects are made possible with grants from the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority, The Australian Government's Envirofund and site specific grants from Newcastle City Council.
The main sites for TIN's coastcaring are Merewether and Burwood Beaches, King Edward Park and Shepherds Hill.
Ideally, in natural area restoration we have large bushland areas
within which we are working to re-establish on-site habitat or wildlife
corridors to even more extensive areas of native wildlife habitat
The reality is often much less than this: we are working in narrow
urban riparian reserves infested with Lantana, Privet, Bitou and
Camphor Laurel, or we only have our own backyard in which to work. Even
so, you can still make a substantial contribution to protection of
native wildlife in your area by creating a “stepping stone” oasis for
fruit-eating (frugivorous) wildlife.
TIN's annual planting additions to King Edward Park are on again for Schools Tree Day on Friday 31st July and National Tree Day on Sunday 2nd August from 9am till noon.
National Tree Day keeps growing bigger each year. We had over 170 people come along last year, we put on a BBQ and it's a great family morning, with 5000 plants to get in, plant early and plant often!
Several months ago (March 2008) a meeting was held by a group of local bush regenerators to formally discuss how they might act to resolve a list of issues common throughout the bush regeneration industry. Issues such as the urgent need for more resources in ecological restoration, retention of skilled people in the workplace, pay & conditions, competency standards and training were high on the list.
It was agreed that an independent organisation
