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Big Scrub Rainforest Day Sunday 16 October 2016 Rocky Creek Dam • 7Am to 3Pm 18TH ANNUAL BIG SCRUB RAINFOREST DAY SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 2016 ROCKY CREEK DAM • 7AM TO 3PM PRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL SPONSOR MAJOR SPONSORS Local Land Services North Coast CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF RAINFOREST RESTORATION AT ROCKY CREEK DAM KEYNOTE ADDRESS - BOB BROWN GUIDED BIRD, PLANT USE & RAINFOREST RESTORATION WALKS | PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS TALKS FACILITATED BY SOME OF AUSTRALIA’S LEADING ECOLOGISTS, BUSH REGENERATORS, NATURALISTS & SCIENTISTS | FABULOUS FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT | FUN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY | INFORMATION DISPLAYS & STALLS BYO PICNIC / FOOD & BEVERAGES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE / GOLD COIN DONATION AT ENTRY Full program available at www.bigscrubrainforest.org.au ORGANISED IN ASSOCIATION WITH NORTH COAST LOCAL LANDA BIT OF FUN ROUS COUNTY COUNCIL – TIME RAINFOREST RESERVE FLOW™ HIVE MARQUEE SERVICES MARQUEE WEED BIOSECURITY MARQUEE 8:00 to 2:00 SPOON CARVING - With Carol Russell 7:00- 8:00 Learn the art of spoon carving using hand tools on Camphor Laurel and make a spoon or two to take home. BIRD WALK $90 | MAX 10 PARTICIPANTS. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL AT WWW.BIGSCRUBRAINFOREST.ORG.AU Dave Charley - Wildsearch Environmental Services 9:00 to 4:00 RAINFOREST ADVENTURE TOUR - Mountain Bike Tours Byron Bay Australia & Ian Colvin – Geolink 7:00 - 8:00 BYO binoculars and join this early morning bird Ride through a range of scenic fre trails, tight single tracks and exhilarating downhills. This adventure takes place amid lush, subtropical rainforests, complemented by ancient volcanic terrain in the walk to identify birds around Rocky Creek Dam. World Heritage listed Nightcap National Park. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL AT WWW.MOUNTAINBIKETOURS.COM.AU FREE – BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL 12:00 to 2:00 WILD WEAVING FOR BEGINNERS - Alys Shiloh – Wildress Wild Weaving AT WWW.BIGSCRUBRAINFOREST.ORG.AU Learn basic weaving techniques and see some of the classic nasty weeds in a new light. Create a basic weaving project using vines provided. Ages 8+. Under 8 must have an adult supervisor. 8:00 – 10:00 8:00 – 10:00 9:00 – 9:30 FREE | MAX 20 PARTICIPANTS. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL AT WWW.BIGSCRUBRAINFOREST.ORG.AU LISMORE’S BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY & COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING NORTH COAST LOCAL LAND ROUS COUNTY COUNCIL – PUBLICATION LAUNCH SERVICES MARQUEE WEED BIOSECURITY MARQUEE Rous County Council, EnviTE & Big Scrub Landcare Theresa Adams – Lismore City Council Come and plant rainforest seedlings with us and Hear about some interesting projects being 9.00-9:50 celebrate 30 years of regeneration at the Rous developed at Council and how they can benefit you. THE INCREDIBLE FUNGI OF THE BIG SCRUB County Council Rainforest Reserve at Rocky Creek Dam. 9:30 – 10:00 Stephen Axford RICHMOND RIVER RESCUE Learn about the diversity and role of fungi in the Big Scrub Bring hat, gloves, sunscreen, enclosed footwear Dr Caroline Sullivan, Rod Bruem and Phil Terry and water. including recent fnds and learnings from research in Find out about the proposed not-for-proft China. See Steve’s recent portfolio of his collection of fungi community group focussed on working together time-lapses that were released in the BBC’s new David with all stakeholders to promote sustainable catchment management and to restore the Attenborough series “One Planet”. ecological health of the Richmond River. 10:00 – 10:50 10:00 – 10:50 10:00 – 10:20 10:00 – 10:50 10:00 – 10:50 10:00 -11:00 BUNDJALUNG PLANT USE AT RAINFOREST RESTORATION WALK CROWDFUNDING FOR YOUR LANDCARE GROUP OR GENETIC INTEGRITY IN BUSH REGENERATION TOOLS, TIPS & TECHNIQUES IN REGENERATION ROCKY CREEK DAM Jesse Vandenbosch – COMMUNITY PROJECT Dr Linda Broadhurst – CSIRO Dan Cox & Virginia Seymour - EnviTE Tamlin McKenzie Big Scrub Regen & Iain Mark White – Rainforest Information Centre Why we need to think about genetic diversity in Styche - EnviTE Participate in an interactive workshop & Cindy Picton and Planetfunder restoration including the use of local provenance and how focusing on weed identifcation and - Dorroughby Come on a Rainforest Learn about the Small Grants Program climate change is likely to change how we restore plant treatment techniques. Environmental Restoration walk and populations now and into the future. Education Centre available for Landcare projects. discuss successive years Come and discover of ecological restoration. 10:20 – 10.40 the many uses of CAMPHOR FOREST TO RAINFOREST This is a long walk not various plants around Mark Dunphy – Firewheel Rainforest Nursery, suitable for children. Rocky Creek Dam Rossco Faithful – East Coast Bush Regeneration using IPADs provided. & Peter Sutton – Earth Logistics. All ages. Hear about camphor conversion techniques and recently developed approaches. 10.40 – 11:00 THE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS APPROACH Tony Kenway – Building Forest Design Learn about large scale reforestation using Big Scrub Timber species. 11:00 – 11:15 11:00 -12:00 OFFICIAL OPENING Welcome to Country, message from Rous County Council & Big Scrub Landcare. 11:15 – 12:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION A BOB BROWN Keynote address from Bob Brown: environmentalist, chair of the Bob Brown Foundation and founder of Bush Heritage Australia. BOB BROWN 12:00 – 1:00 12:00 – 12:50 12:00 – 12:50 12:00 – 12:50 DISCOVERY: THE BIG SCRUB THE FLOW™ HIVE STORY ORIGINS OF THE LOCAL RAINFOREST RAINFOREST SEED COLLECTION & PLANT PROPAGATION Barb Jensen – Stuart Anderson - Flow™ Hive Dr Robert Kooyman - Macquarie University/Royal Botanic Phil Murray – Direct Action Bush Environmental Gardens Regeneration & Paul Nelson – Firewheel Educator Come along and listen to the Flow™ Hive Learn how traits like seed size, shape and dispersal Rainforest Nursery 12:00 - 1:00 journey; a Northern Rivers family invention 10 What makes a infuence rainforest communities and fnd out how Learn from professional seed collectors rainforest? Come on a years in the making. A surprising local story landscape-level dynamics, biogeographical history and with 25 years of experience about walk with your family and the hilarious pitfalls along the way. functional factors shape the distribution of rainforest and collection, germination techniques and and fnd out! genetic diversity in rainforest tree species. storage of over 200 rainforest species on the Far North Coast. 1:00 – 2:00 1:00 – 1: 50 1:00 – 1:50 1:00 – 1:50 RAINFOREST WALK PANEL: THE WOODFORD METHOD AND BEYOND; 30 YEARS OF BIRDS OF GONDWANA RAINFORESTS NEST BOXES FOR WILDLIFE Tim Roberts – Le REGENERATION AT ROCKY CREEK DAM Jan Olley - Byron Bird Buddies Emma Stone – Border Ranges / Richmond Botany & John Nagle Valley Landcare Network – North Coast Local Jesse Vandenbosch, Mike Delaney, Rosemary Watch a presentation examining some of the birds that 1:00 - 2:00 Land Services Joseph, Rohen Davis, Damien O’Dwyer, Brett inhabit the denser parts of the Gondwana Rainforest of Learn ways to provide more habitat for Weissel & Anthony Acret Australia and learn about where these birds are found in wildlife at your place, by installing nest Come on a rainforest boxes for mammals, birds and bees. walk to learn Discuss successional years of ecological the forest structure. about sub-tropical restoration and alternative approaches at Learn how to build one or purchase a rainforest species and Rocky Creek Dam. take home fat pack nest-box build-it- restoration. yourself kit. 2:00 – 3:00 2:00 – 3:00 2:00 – 2:20 2:00 – 2:20 2:00 – 2:50 PLANTING FORESTS FOR RAINFOREST IDENTIFICATION PROPOSED CHANGES TO BIODIVERSITY LAWS PRIVATE LAND CONSERVATION NATIVE BACKYARD LANDSCAPING BIODIVERSITY, CARBON, WALK Nina Lucas – NSW Environmental Defenders Offce Gabriel Anderson – Nature Conservation Trust and Alison George Roberts – Roberts Eco Restoration TIMBER AND SUSTAINABLE Hugh and Nan Nicholson Ratcliffe – Brunswick Valley Landcare and Shane Banks – Booyong Rainforest AGRICULTURE - Terania Rainforest The NSW Government’s law and policy Creation Publishing reform package is a serious backward step What is Private Land Conservation? Options for landholders can be confusing. Hear about the mechanisms available to Discover how to incorporate native Kevin Glencross Come on a rainforest and removes many long-held environmental you as a landholder. plants within backyard landscapes to and Doland Nichols walk, collect botanical protections. encourage diversity of fora and fauna – Subtropical Farm specimens and learn and promote a healthier garden. Forestry Association how to identify them 2:20 – 2:40 2:20 – 2:40 and Southern Cross University using the Digital SPECIES SELECTION FOR RAINFOREST REVEGETATION PRIVATE LAND CONSERVATION IN SUBTROPICAL RAINFOREST LANDSCAPES Identifcation Key. Mark Dunphy - Firewheel Rainforest Nursery Lui Webber 2:00 - 3:00 Explore the emerging markets for a range Learn what rainforest plants to use when Hear from a landholder of a private conservation property of goods and planning and undertaking revegetation about the diference a single property can make as a services that can projects. The right plant in the right place will stepping stone in the broader landscape. help to encourage increase the likelihood that your planting will landholders to be a success. replant rainforest 2:40-3:00 2.40 – 3:00 species. WORK IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT; FROST AND WORKING TO HELP SAVE KOALAS IN OUR BACKYARDS FLOODS IN RIPARIAN ZONES. Ros Irwin - Friends of the Koala Jesse Vandenbosch – Big Scrub Regen Taking action to help save and take care of koalas Discover strategies and species to create a in our backyards. Implementing the Regional Koala framework for a future forest. Communications Plan – Think,
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