Southern Sydney

Email: ssydney@npansw.org.au

Website: www.npanswssb.org.au

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ssbnpansw

About the group       

History:

Originally formed 1975 as Sutherland group (a subgroup of Central Region). Early figures included Phil Proops, Gary Schoer, Maureen Baker, Jim Callaway (1936-2018) and Rick Nelson. Became Southern Sydney Branch on 6 Aug 1986.

 

 

About the region

Bioregion(s)

Terrestrial:

Sydney Basin

Marine:

Hawkesbury Shelf

Principal waterways

Cooks, Georges and Hacking Rivers, Botany Bay, Port Hacking

Protected areas:

Important reserves include:

 

Boat Harbour AR
Cabbage Tree Bay AR
Cape Banks AR

Shiprock AR
Towra Point AR
Georges River NP

Heathcote NP
Kamay Botany Bay NP
Royal NP

Towra Point NR
Wolli Creek RP
Gandangara SCA

NPW RACs:

Greater Sydney