Bangalow · since 1998
Caring for Bangalow
Formed in 1998 to revegetate Byron Creek with native species, after algal blooms and a fish kill downstream of Maori and Byron Creeks.
The charter
Bangalow Land and Rivercare Group was formed in 1998 by a few locals who were concerned with water quality and algal blooms in Byron Creek. These had caused a large fish kill downstream from the junction of Maori and Byron Creeks so a group was formed to address the problem. Our charter is to revegetate Byron Creek with native species to improve water quality.
Welcome to the Bangalow Land and Rivercare website. This website has been created to document, inform and hopefully inspire people to become more involved in their environment.
1998
The group was formed by a few locals worried about water quality.
Byron Creek
The charter is to revegetate the creek with native species.
Saturdays
Working bees run 8.30am to 10.30am, every week.
Our work sites
Along the creeks
Start here
Bangalow Sportsfield
The public riverwalk: from the highway near the bowling club to Snow’s Bridge, planted, pathed, and still maintained by the Saturday working bee.
All Souls
From Snows Bridge behind the Anglican Church, around the bend in Byron Creek, to the Bangalow Parklands.
Paddys Creek
Edie Franks spent ten years planting about a kilometre of rainforest along Paddy’s Creek. The Saturday working bee still keeps her living legacy.
Little Maori Creek
A 200 metre planting behind Cedardale Estate, later extended on both banks with help from the Green Army and Bangalow Koalas.
Potters – Maori Creek
One of the first projects: 3,500 trees on a hectare at the junction of Maori and Byron Creeks, handed back to the landowner once the job was done.
Wetlands
A treatment wetland in Deacon Street, built with Byron Shire Council to catch Bangalow’s stormwater before it reaches Byron Creek.
Herrmann
Beside the Bangalow Pool. Stage 1 reached canopy in three years. Stage 2 put more than 3,000 trees along Byron Creek.
On the ground
Where the work sits
- Landcare sites along Byron, Paddy’s and Maori Creeks
- Big Scrub remnants still standing in the district
- Constructed wetlands treating stormwater before the creek
Membership
Help pay for the materials
Yearly membership is $25 per family or $15 single. It covers you with insurance on our sites. Patrons can give from $25 through to $1,000 a year.