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Harrington Forest Frolic

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Created on Friday, 13 November 2015 15:56

Harrington Forest Frolic

Over 100 South Western Sydney residents celebrated the launch of Bush Mates, an exciting new community engagement program, at the Harrington Forest Frolic on Saturday, 7 November.  

Bush Mates, run by the National Parks Association of NSW (NPA), is a program to raise awareness and educate South Western Sydney’s 300,000 new residents on how they can have a positive impact on their local environment.

“New residents will be living whiskers to cheek with a host of animals including Koalas, Regent Honeyeaters, Eastern Bentwing Bats and Wallaroos. Through Bush Mates we want to encourage people to be good neighbours to the bush next door,” says Margot Law, NPA’s Citizen Science Officer. 

“As well as having highly visible impacts on the environment such as habitat loss, new suburbs pose less obvious threats such as cats hunting wildlife to garden plants becoming weeds. When these impacts combine, they put stress on the environment. Through simple changes to your lifestyle you can help to minimise these impacts and make a big difference to your local bushland.”

“Plant native species in your garden, build a birdbath or pop a nestbox into your tree – there are lots of easy ways to be a good mate to the bush.”

At Saturday’s launch residents were given an opportunity to learn more about their local environment and to meet some of the plants and animals that will share their new homes.

For all of you who went on the birds walk and talk, Mark Fuller from the Cumberland Land Conservancy has kindly sent us his bird list for the day - you can see the list and photographs of the 29 species on our Bush Mates Blog, including the Rufous Fantail which was our Bird of the Day.

The event was the first in a series of community engagement and educational initiatives that will be run as part of Bush Mates.

Camden Council, WWF-Australia, Greening Australia and The University of Sydney are working with NPA to deliver the program which is funded by WWF Australia and Greater Sydney Land Services through the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme.

“Living next to nature provides a wonderful opportunity to enjoy and learn about the world we live in. Bush Mates is about celebrating and appreciating one of the things that make Sydney such a great place to live – the wealth of beautiful bushland right on our doorsteps,” says Margot.

For more information on Bush Mates visit www.bushmates.org.au

Development Update - Forestgrove Drive

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Created on Wednesday, 18 November 2015 11:26

Dear Residents,

The roadworks on Oran Park Drive are progressing as planned and the new dual carriageway is starting to take shape.

Thank you once again for your ongoing patience and cooperation during this busy time. We understand that the current arrangement is of inconvenience to some residents and we are working closely with TRN to ensure the project is completed as soon as possible.

In order to further reduce the length of the construction program, there are two closures of Forestgrove Drive planned for the upcoming school holiday period.

During the two periods below, Forestgrove Drive will be closed completely at Oran Park Drive.

•          Wednesday 16^th December – Thursday 24^th December
•          Monday 11^th January – Friday 22^nd January

During these times please use the detour via Harrington Parkway to access Oran Park Drive.

These closures will allow critical road upgrade works to the intersection at Forestgrove Drive, and will expedite the overall construction period.  These are the only remaining planned closures of Forestgrove Drive.

Excluding the above closures, Forestgrove Drive will continue to operate as left in/left out only for the duration of the project.  We would like to remind residents that there is no right turn at this intersection as it is both a safety hazard and causes traffic delays for other road users. Please remember that road work signage is enforceable by the NSW Police and road users need to obey all road signs.

The final intersection configuration will include traffic signals and a dedicated right turn lane from Forestgrove Drive onto Oran Park Drive.

Once again thank you for your patience during this time and please remember to slow down, take care and drive safely during this busy period.  At the completion of these works, we will all benefit from an arrangement that is both safer and more convenient.

Kind regards,

Tim Goldacre

Development Manager, Harrington Estates 

Community Car Wash

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Created on Friday, 13 November 2015 15:55

The sun shone on Harrington Grove last Sunday as members of the Community prepared for a day of car washing and fundraising. All proceeds from the day went to Inghams Institute, in loving memory ot Aiden Hyde.

The Country Club was a buzz of activity as car after car lined up in the lower car park to get their cars washed by a team of amazing volunteers.

The amphitheatre was alive with rafffles, silent auctions, cake stalls, facepainting, a jumping castle, sausage sizzle plus plenty more.

Polair made a special visit in the morning when it hovered over the Country Club, much to the delight of the kids.

An array of show cars and emergency vehicles were on display for people to check out. For a donation the kids (and some adults) got to experience a ride in the big F650 truck which was a highlight on the day.

A whopping $15,827.30 was raised on the day. Thank you to all the committee and volunteers for making the day such an incredible success.

A big shout out to everyone who attended the day, for your generosity and for making this day so special.

This is an annual event on the community calendar, next year will be held on 6th November, please save the date.