Events

Hey guys, heading back down to the Hawkesbury for another sesh of barge cleaning!  For those of you whove not been along to one of these in the past, basically we rock up, all the gear is provided for us and then we jump on board the barge and set sail to a few different spots along the hawkesbury and clean up some of the drift-in garbage that is otherwise generally in-accesible. :) At some point we'll stop and have lunch somewhere along the river, and depending on our guide (Johno) may even visit some pretty cool spots at the end of the day! The actual beach cleanup is on the 7th of November, with us all meeting at the Deerubbun boat ramp, Mooney Mooney, at 8:50am. However if youre keen, a few of us are gonna head down the day before and camp at a nearby riverside walk in site (only about 400m from the cars) and possibly do some day hikes etc neaby :)  If youre keen go ahead and sign up, we'll likely make a messanger chat closer to the date to discuss all the little details so if youve been to events before all g, if not well probably shoot you an email just to get permission/ details to add you into the chat.  See you all there! :) 

Were all gonna go for a saunter in the kayaks and clean up the iron bark creek mangroves near the centre.   BYO appropriate shoes, clothes, gloves, hat, water and sunscreen. After we're done well clean up the kayaks and then tuck into the lunch that gets provided!

Well all meet up and help out the Ferncreek Gully landcare group by tree planting and weeding in the gully. After that theyll take us for a walk through awabakal to check out previous works like the squirrel glider habitats and do a little bit of an educational tour on the local plantlife :)  Once thats all done and dusted well meandre on down to the beach along the coastal trail for a swim and a picnic (snacks provided by nusec).  Meet up will be at  the end of ocean street, Dudley at about 8:30. Bring some decent walking shoes, hat, water, sunscreen and some gloves if youve got them. Also wouldnt be a bad idea to bring snacks and a towel/swimmers for afterwards! :)  See you all there, and as always pm if youve got any questions. 

Meet up at the Uni at 10am, carpool down to the Campground (about a 40 min drive from the uni). Then if everyones keen we can either go to some lookouts or start walking straight down to the waterfall for a little look see and swim :)  Some of the Nusec exec will bring plenty of food (can grab some Gf Vg etc stuff if people prefer it too) and fizzy/water etc and a bbq to cook up lunch for everyone, then depending how everyone feels we can either head home or check out some of the nearby stuff! 

Clean 4 shore are hosting another event in follow up to the recent Tomago barge cleanup!, but this time we get to paddle around some kayaks down at the Hawkesbury river. All the gear for the day will be provided, with there being two options for meetup; A) The first for people who can only come down for the day is to meet up at the Callghan campus at 7 am on the 21st then we carpool down.  B) The other option, some people are going down on thursday and camping the night nearby so if youre keen to tag along and have a tent then we can organise to get people down there the day before! :)  No matter which option you prefer just grab your ticket then maybe even shoot nusec a dm and well add you into the group chat and can sort it from there :) 

Each Year, tonnes of waste gather in the Hunter Estuary from tides and illegal dumping. Tag along to help out local landcare remove a good chunk of the rubbish from our local waterways.  We meet the Hunter Local landcare group by the river and all jump on board their barge before setting sail down the river and stopping along the way to clean up the normally hard to get to places, all you have to bring is a hat, water bottle and clothes/ shoes that can get wet.  If youve got any more questions feel free to send Nusec a dm and well get back to you ASAP :)