Issue 3 - January 2026 Long Reads on Restoration All About AABR – from the AGM. Peter Dixon Peter goes through what AABR has done and what is planned for the next year. The President's Report. When Good Intentions Meet Cold-Blooded Reality: Rethinking Habitat Management for Melbourne's Threatened Reptiles and Frogs. By Steve Llewellyn [...]
When Good Intentions Meet Cold-Blooded Reality: Rethinking Habitat Management for Melbourne's Threatened Reptiles and Frogs By Steve Llewellyn - Based on a presentation by David De Angelis, Senior Consultant Zoologist/Ecologist, ABZECO AABR Field Day- S Llewellyn On a sunny September morning in 2025, around 30 bush regenerators gathered to hear ecologist David DeAngelis [...]
Register to attend Join us for a relaxed end-of-year social gathering with AABR, set just north of Sydney. We’ll begin the morning in Cowan, meeting at a local bushcare site to discuss the bush regeneration approaches used in the area. From there, we’ll take a short stroll to visit two nearby native gardens, both owned [...]
Explore Myles Dunphy Reserve’s endangered Riverflat Paperbark Swamp Forest and flying-fox camp on a 2 km guided walk. Learn from experienced bush regenerators about the site’s history, weed invasion challenges, and ongoing efforts to restore this vital wetland
AABR End-of-Year Blue Gum Bushwalk Late in 2024, AABR hosted the Blue Gum Walk, Talk & Gawk. The Blue Gum Walk is in northern Sydney starting in Hornsby linking Rosemead Road Park to the Fishponds and The Great North Walk. The day was a wonderful success, bringing together 17 attendees from across Sydney and the [...]
Sharon Mason, Accredited AABR Member In May 2024, AABR hosted an excursion to Hurstbridge (Diamond Creek riparian zone near Ben Frilay oval). Our Guide was Michael Smith, Naturalist and Educator with 14 people attending on an overcast morning. Context First, I will give a small bit of context of the area before I write about [...]
Register to attend the Field Trip This AABR-supported event is rescheduled after postponements cancellations in 2022 due to floods and Covid. The President of the Friends of Lane Cove National Park, Tony Butteriss, will be guiding us through the different sections of the site: To look at a combination of community planting and regeneration over several [...]
Following on from an informative webinar on What Can Drones Do, AABR has planned a field day demonstrating the capacity of drones in bushland management for Friday 11th February, 9am-noon at Hexham Wetlands, Hunter Wetlands National Park (NSW). Phil Milling of Sky & Land Management will be providing a drone demonstration and an overview of the [...]
