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and Commonwealth governments. Commonwealth and
and Wildlife Service and by project grants from Local, State State Local, from grants project by and Service Wildlife and
Inner West and Bayside Councils and the National Parks Parks National the and Councils Bayside and West Inner
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large number of points. See map inside. map See points. of number large • Wolli Creek Preservation Society www.wollicreek.org.au Society Preservation Creek Wolli •
Train lines and bus services in both valleys give access at a a at access give valleys both in services bus and lines Train
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runs along easy bush tracks and across grasslands, and gives gives and grasslands, across and tracks bush easy along runs
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shelter for many native birds, insects and lizards. The Trail Trail The lizards. and insects birds, native many for shelter From Campsie to Bexley to Campsie From
combination of native heath and forest provides provides forest and heath native of combination A escarpments.
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revegetated areas and playing fields, close to the river. the to close fields, playing and areas revegetated
runs on a shared bicycle path through attractive parklands, parklands, attractive through path bicycle shared a on runs
rail rail in sections by mangroves and native vegetation. Here the T the Here vegetation. native and mangroves by sections in
frontage provides a welcome corridor of green space, flanked flanked space, green of corridor welcome a provides frontage
Although the area is densely populated, the river river the populated, densely is area the Although heartland.
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valleys and their waterways: their and valleys
The Two Valley Trail explores two very different inner-city inner-city different very two explores Trail Valley Two The
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Volunteer Mudcrabs - Corridors of Green working to reinstate Cooks River vegetation - The Two Valley Trail forms a vital vegetation Liz Millen corridor of regional significance. Such vegetation corridors are important for the Darter - Voren O’Brien Many hours of work by survival of native plants because they provide community volunteers go into the continuous or closely-spaced tree and shrub maintaining and improving the On the track - Deb Little cover needed by native insects, birds and bats, Trail and its environment. Guided Walks along various sections of the Trail are available which in turn pollinate many of the plants and from time to time. For information on these please contact the spread their seeds. Please don’t make their Wolli Creek Preservation Society. work harder. Take your Education Resources have been created so that the Because of their extent and continuity, the rubbish with you and Two Valley Trail can be used as an outdoor classroom. foreshores of the two waterways are key leave the plants as you Teachers’ notes and activity sheets cover both the natural find them. elements in creating a ‘Green Web’ to link and built environments and a wide range of issues, including biodiversity and historical themes. For information on these up the various isolated pockets of remnant contact the Cooks River Valley Association or the Wolli Creek bushland in the wider Cooks River catchment, Preservation Society or access the materials online at which covers 100 square kilometres of densely www.wollicreek.org.au/activities/school Volunteer bush populated inner-suburban Sydney. regenerators Volunteers and new members are encouraged to join the restoring Wolli Creek bushland Two Valley Trail groups (contact details overleaf). Volunteers help to maintain and enhance the Trail and surrounding bushland. Volunteers are also involved in bird surveys, bat counts and turtle protection in the area.
Wolli Creek Regional Park is under the management of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Regional Park rules apply: • Dogs must be on a leash and droppings collected and removed • No bicycles or motorised vehicles are allowed • Please keep on the track • Do not cut, remove or trample any plants, even weeds • Help by removing litter on or adjacent to the Trail
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