# THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER # FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 21ST ANNUAL 11 # SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER # SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Big 9 13 12 8 15 7 14 Scrub RAINFOREST DAY 19TH, 20TH, 21ST & 22ND SEPTEMBER 2019 6 5 PRESENTED BY IN ASSOCIATION WITH 2 10 EXPERIENCE THE RAINFOREST 1 JOIN IN OVER 15 ACTIVITIES ACROSS 4 DAYS IN IDYLLIC LOCATIONS LEARNING ABOUT OUR CRITICALLY ENDANGERED LOWLAND SUBTROPICAL RAINFOREST ‘THE BIG SCRUB’ AND ITS MAGNIFICENT BIODIVERSITY. NATURE CONNECTION | LANDHOLDER FIELD DAYS | COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING GUIDED RAINFOREST WALKS | SCIENCE AND ECOLOGY TALKS | FUN FAMILY ACTIVITIES 3 Further info visit www.bigscrubrainforest.org or email [email protected] #bigscrub 16 SUPPORTED BY BAILEY ENVIRONMENTAL, BIG SCRUB REGENENERATION PTY LTD, BRUNSWICK VALLEY LANDCARE, BYRON BIRD BUDDIES, BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL, CAPE BYRON DISTILLERY, ENVITE ENVIRONMENT, GARY OPIT, HERITAGE PARK LANDCARE, LISMORE CITY COUNCIL, NAN NICHOLSON, NORTH COAST LOCAL LAND SERVICES, NORTHERN RIVERS BUSHWALKING CLUB, NSW DPI FISHERIES, NSW GOVERNMENT SAVING OUR SPECIES PROGRAM, PETER POROPAT, STEVE AXFORD, SUMMERLAND HOUSE, VISION WALKS ECO TOURS, WILDSEARCH AUSTRALIA This project has been assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust and the New South Wales Government’s Saving our Species program through its Office of Environment and Heritage. 4 THE BIG SCRUB RAINFOREST DAY PROGRAM THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER IDENTIFYING RAINFOREST BUSHWALK TO SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 6 9 PLANTS WALK 3 WATERFALLS WHAT IS THE CELEBRATING 26 YEARS OF SCIENCE IN THE PUB 1 Nan Nicholson, Terania Publishing, with Darren Bailey, Northern Rivers Bushwalking Club Inc. RAINFOREST ‘BARKS AND BIG SCRUB RAINFOREST? BIG SCRUB LANDCARE Lismore City Council Bailey Environmental 12 Join the Northern Rivers Bushwalkers Club to visit three TRUNKS’ WALK Prior to European settlement, the Big Scrub covered 75,000 Big Scrub Landcare (BSL) was formed in 1993 as the After this walk you’ll be able to recognise and name many breathtaking waterfalls in the lower Nightcap National Park How can practitioners in bushland management and Peter Poropat, Author and Ecologist ha. It was the largest contiguous area of lowland subtropical community’s response to overcoming threats to the survival restoration best respond to the challenges of climate common species in the subtropical rainforest. We’ll learn the and Whian Whian State Conservation Area: Minyon, Condong change? Come along to a relaxed evening of Science in the basics to help ID plants, including the difference between a and Boomerang Falls. On this walk you’ll discover the basics of how to identify rainforest in Australia, accounting for 38% of the total area. of the remaining remnants of critically endangered lowland trees using the methods in Peter’s books Barks and Trunks. Pub and find out. simple and compound leaf. And we’ll pay special attention to WHERE: Minyon Grass off Nightcap Range Road, Nightcap subtropical rainforest in the Big Scrub region of north-eastern identifying common Big Scrub rainforest plants. National Park Big Scrub Flora Reserve in Nightcap National Park Tragically, 99% of this magnificent rainforest was cleared, WHERE: Lismore Bowling Club WHERE: NSW. Since that time, BSL has evolved to become one of Booyong Nature Reserve 9am to 3pm (arrive at 8.30am for a 9am sharp (see getting there box below) leaving only 1% as fragmented remnants scattered across the TIME: 5.30pm (register) for 6pm to 8.30pm WHERE: TIME: the largest, most active and successful Landcare groups in TIME: 10.30am to 12.30pm (arrive at 10am for a 10.30am departure) TIME: 10am to 12pm (arrive at 9.30am for a 10am sharp landscape between the northern NSW towns of Byron Bay, Science in the Pub is presented by Lismore City Council, as part of Australia, with more than 500 members, thousands of social sharp departure) WHAT TO BRING: Water, lunch and morning tea, hat, departure) its Biodiversity Management Strategy to empower the community Ballina and Lismore. Booyong Nature Reserve entrance sturdy shoes/boots, leg protection (gaiters, long pants). BRING: Insect repellent, a snack, water, and wear covered media followers and an outstanding record of achievement in of Lismore to protect and enhance biodiversity. NIGHT VISION WALK MEETING POINT: 4 BRING: Insect repellent, a snack, water, and wear covered COST: Free – register as a guest of the Club. shoes, long pants and a hat. These remnants are internationally significant, with species restoring lowland subtropical rainforest. Vision Walks – Eco Tours with Wendy Bithell shoes, long pants and a hat. BOOKINGS: Apply at least three days before the event. BOOKINGS: Spaces are limited, bookings essential $5 whose lineage goes back more than 180 million years to the Shane on 0427 557 823 or [email protected]. (children free) at www.bigscrubrainforest.org BSL is the voice of the rainforest. A unique opportunity to explore the Big Scrub rainforest at BOOKINGS: Spaces are limited bookings essential $5 great rainforests of Gondwana that once covered Australia. (children free) at www.bigscrubrainforest.org Spanning over 30 years, Peter Poropat’s interest in identifying FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER night! We’ll search for nocturnal wildlife without disturbing it The Northern Rivers Bushwalking Club runs a variety of The remnants support an incredibly rich biodiversity, home to Our mission is promoting, facilitating and undertaking long- with a torch and wearing military grade night vision goggles. Nan and Hugh Nicholson have been involved in rainforest bushwalking and other activities each week in the National Parks, Australian rainforest trees has led him to publish two books. He Each person will enjoy a one-hour session with the night horticulture, regeneration and protection since 1974. Their well- State Forests and coastal areas of the North Coast Region. The can link rainforest trees to their family by bark characteristics, many hundreds of species including over 38 threatened flora term restoration and ongoing care of critically endangered textures and trunk shapes. Books available at half price for WILSONS RIVER FIELD DAY vision goggles and a souvenir photo of them wearing their known publications have complemented their work as activists Club has been operating since 1976. species and 61 threatened fauna species. lowland subtropical rainforest. 2 night vision goggles. endeavouring to conserve all remaining rainforests. www.northernriversbushwalkersclub.org.au purchase at the walk. & TREE PLANTING www.rainforestpublishing.com.au WHERE: Meet at Victoria Park Nature Reserve, Alstonville Rous County Council in association with Big Scrub WHEN: Friday 20th September Darren Bailey is an environmental consultant specialising in bush regeneration and tree identification. He has 25 years on ground Landcare TIME: Walks departing 8pm, 9pm and 10pm RIVERBANK TREE FUNGI OF THE BIG SCRUB RAINFOREST experience undertaking rainforest regeneration projects at various 10 13 15 : People can wear glasses, but contacts WALK ECOLOGY WALK Help restore the Big Scrub by planting 1,000 rainforest trees WHAT TO BRING private and public sites in the region. PLANTING are easier. All participants must wear covered shoes and ROUS COUNTY COUNCIL THANK YOU TO THE along the Wilsons River. Then join us for a guided walk Wilsons River Landcare supported by Lismore Helping Steve Axford, Fungi Photographer Gary Opit, Ecologist where we’ll discuss creating healthy vegetated riverbanks bring their own water, jackets etc. Hands, Lismore City Council, Big Scrub Landcare, Learn about the history of the Big Scrub’s flora and fauna by preventing cattle access, how we can establish endemic COST: $50 adult, $45 concession (student/pensioner), It’s another world on the forest floor amid the decaying wood WATER FROM THE BIG SCRUB PRESENTERS & SUPPORTERS over 50 million years and discover some of the species natives in frost and flood affected areas, and about weed $30 child (10–17 years old) with 100% of ticket sales being DISTILLERY & Richmond Landcare and the Rouse family. and decomposing leaf matter. Join this walk and learn about 7 that live here and their role in the ecosystem. Gain an Rous County Council (RCC) is the regional water supply The Big Scrub Rainforest Day has been built and sustained control and bush regeneration techniques. donated to Big Scrub Landcare. (This tour is usually $145pp). Join this community tree planting on the riverbank in the fascinating world of fungi in the Big Scrub. Warning: you RAINFOREST TOUR understanding of how humanity exists as a part of the BOOKINGS: Bookings essential on 0405 275 743 or Lismore restoring riparian rainforest and protecting may develop a life-long interest in fungi after this walk. authority providing water to approximately 100,000 people over the past 21 years by a passionate community of patrons, WHERE: Wilsons River Tidal Pool, Lismore living surface of this unique planet and how our survival is [email protected]. A maximum group size of 7 people. Cape Byron Distillery Lismore’s riverbanks from floods. Big Scrub Flora Reserve in Nightcap National Park in the local authority areas of Lismore, Ballina, Byron and supporters, volunteers and partners. We take pride in our 8.30am to 12.30pm WHERE: dependent on the survival of our natural habitat. TIME: Kids must be 10 years or older. A paying adult must Rainforest regeneration and award-winning gin meet on • 8.30am to 10.30am planting WHERE: Simes Bridge, Winterton Parade North Lismore (see getting there box below) Richmond Valley.