Past Events
March Forum
Member Forum - Thursday 18 March
All meetings are held at Havelock House, 85 Northbourne Ave, Turner at 5.30pm for a 6pm start.
Gold coin entry and free to member groups and ecoACTivists.
Jerrabomberra Wetands
The Jerrabomberra Wetlands are the most significant wetlands in the ACT.
The new East Lake Durban development is to be in close proximity to this important habitat and, as with all new developments has the potential to affect it’s delicate ecosystem.
A variety of environmental, community and governmental organisations will explain their involvement in the area and discuss what is currently being done to help minimise the threats to the Jerrabomberra Wetlands and its rare and beautiful birds and wildlife.
Forum Speakers
Trish Bootes and Sharon Lane • from Department of Territory and Municipal Services and ACTPLA - ACT Planning and Land Authority
Jennifer Pantano, • National Capital Authority. Jennifer studied architecture at University of Canberra (UC) and obtained the Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Design, followed by a Post Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She has been employed at the NCA for a period of 2 1/2 years as a Senior Town Planner with the NCA where she is generally responsible to assess in-coming development applications including the undertaking of public notification as required by the Plan and provide planning advice to the public as required / requested.
Jenny Bounds • Jenny is a passionate ornithologist involved in regional and local bird monitoring and conservation issues. At various times Jenny has been President of the Field Naturalists Association of Canberra and Canberra Ornithologists Group. Her portfolio interests in the Conservation Council are biodiversity (woodlands) which encompasses planning. She was active in the East O’Malley campaign, and North Gungahlin planning issues, including the ‘Options Paper’ for controlling cats in new suburbs abutting nature reserves.
Doug Laing • Doug is a keen ornithologist who leads bird watching walks at the Botanic Gardens and at Tidbinbilla. He led a bird watching workshop for residents of Gungahlin as well as bird walks through Floriade for tourists.
July Member Forum
This forum will have a panel for questions and answers, which will then flow into open discussion. Sitting on the panel will be Trish Bootes from TAMS, Kevin Frawley the author of the management plan and a representative from National Parks Association.
The Conservation Council ACT urges member groups in particular to take advantage of this opportunity and attend the forum to discuss issues arising from the plan.
Drinks and nibbles will be provided. Entry by gold coin donation, member groups and eco-activists free!
Member Forum
Thursday 18 March
All meetings are held at Havelock House, 85 Northbourne Ave, Turner at 5.30pm for a 6pm start.
Gold coin entry and free to member groups and ecoACTivists.
Jerrabomberra Wetands
The Jerrabomberra Wetlands are the most significant wetlands in the ACT.
The new East Lake Durban development is to be in close proximity to this important habitat and, as with all new developments has the potential to affect it’s delicate ecosystem.
A variety of environmental, community and governmental organisations will explain their involvement in the area and discuss what is currently being done to help minimise the threats to the Jerrabomberra Wetlands and its rare and beautiful birds and wildlife.
Forum Speakers
Trish Bootes and Sharon Lane • from Department of Territory and Municipal Services and ACTPLA - ACT Planning and Land Authority
Jennifer Pantano, • National Capital Authority. Jennifer studied architecture at University of Canberra (UC) and obtained the Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Design, followed by a Post Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She has been employed at the NCA for a period of 2 1/2 years as a Senior Town Planner with the NCA where she is generally responsible to assess in-coming development applications including the undertaking of public notification as required by the Plan and provide planning advice to the public as required / requested.
Jenny Bounds • Jenny is a passionate ornithologist involved in regional and local bird monitoring and conservation issues. At various times Jenny has been President of the Field Naturalists Association of Canberra and Canberra Ornithologists Group. Her portfolio interests in the Conservation Council are biodiversity (woodlands) which encompasses planning. She was active in the East O’Malley campaign, and North Gungahlin planning issues, including the ‘Options Paper’ for controlling cats in new suburbs abutting nature reserves.
Doug Laing • Doug is a keen ornithologist who leads bird watching walks at the Botanic Gardens and at Tidbinbilla. He led a bird watching workshop for residents of Gungahlin as well as bird walks through Floriade for tourists.
Community Fair O'Connor
On Sunday 20th of October the Conservation Council had a stall at the Inner North Community Fair. One of the highlights was a display on the proposed Banksia St wetland hosted by the Department of the Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water. The wetland has been designed to improve catchment water quality and to increase urban habitat. It will be Canberra’s?first retrofitted urban wetland to incorporate an ephemeral section, that dries out in summer. It turned out to be a very successful day with many people attending to enjoy the food and displays.
Bushcare Activity
On Tuesday 22nd September we went and helped Ranger Grant spread some Kangaroo Grass seed over bare patches made as a result of vehicles and machinery in the area to erect the Mulligans Flat Sanctuary fence. Although a little windy it was a lovely day and it was very satisfying doing something that was actively helping the recovery of Mulligans Flat. Thank you to Sybil Free who volunteered her time to help.
Bike Ride with a Ranger
What a great ride! Those who attended were treated to a special ranger led bike ride and heritage tour. We visited some special heritage areas and even held an aboriginal stone artefact! We then rode back to the shearing pens and had tea and damper that had been cooked on an open fire. Thank you to Ranger Grant who led this special ride.
Bird Watching Workshop
The Conservation Council in conjunction with Forde recently hosted a workshop on "An Introduction to Bird Watching".
Eighteen people turned up to the workshop early on Saturday morning. Our leader Doug Laing gave us a 10-minute introduction to Mulligans Flat and the bird life. We then went into Mulligans Flat for a walk along the Old Coach Road. It was beautiful weather and we spotted many different birds and learnt to recognize some of their calls. Two of the more exciting birds we spotted were the Superb Parrot and Jacky Winter. For a full list of our sightings, kindly provided by Malcolm Fyfe, click 'read more'.
June Library Display
Our display in the Gungahlin Library! In June we created a small display at the Gungahlin Library featuring some of the plants and animals you might find in Gungahlin's woodlands and grasslands. Gungahlin library is located in the corner of Ernest Cavanagh Street and Gungahlin Place in Gungahlin Market Place, Gungahlin ACT.
Gungahlin Market
On Saturday 22nd of August Tim and Anna had a stall at the Gungahlin Markets to promote our website. We were giving away our Gungahlin’s Treasures booklet as well as bookmarks, cards and pamphlets about the Conservation Council and local nature reserves. It was also a good opportunity to meet Gungahlin Residents.