10 Site Project

We are working with Sydney Water to carry out bush regeneration and weed management works across ten of their sites over the next six years! Our team is highly skilled in these areas and specialises in rehabilitating various sites like these. We are undertaking works on the following sites:

Caddies Creek and Smalls Creek (Rouse Hill Development Area)

Our team has been undertaking primary clearing of woody weeds (primarily Lantana camara, Ligustrum lucidem, Cestrum parquii and Ligustrum sinense) and treatment of vines such as Lonicera japonica, Anredera cordifolia, Acetosa sagittata and Cardiospermum grandiflorum. We focused on completing primary works in the early months of winter to minimise the disturbance of local fauna who would use the thickets of woody weeds to nest or roost in in Spring/Summer. We have raked back sections of Tradescantia fluminensis and flame weeded the ground along sections of Smalls Creek to try and stimulate native regeneration.

Elizabeth Macarthur Creek, RHDA

Maintenance works throughout the project site has been regularly conducted. Our priority treatment has been on noxious weeds while also managing treatment for environmental weeds and vines. Additionally, we have been conducting aquatic weed management throughout the whole site. We have also monitored the amount of debris accumulating along the creek line and removed it as required.

Breakfast Creek, Quakers Hill

The site has progressed very well as our services significantly reduced woody weeds and improved the overall flow of the creek line. The targeted removal of Erythrina crista-galli throughout the creek has been conducted. We have also had the canopy lifted in order to limit the amount of debris caught up. Additionally, brushcutting of reeds on the upper banks will allow for a better flow of water to come through as well as reduced nutrient levels on the banks, limiting weed growth. Further works will involve treatment of emerging vines throughout the site and the removal of sediment and rubbish including trolleys to improve the water flow and quality.

Eve Street Wetland, Arncliffe

Our team have focused on reducing herbaceous weed levels while doing staged, primary treatment of woody weeds for this site.

Freshwater Creek

We have been undertaking aquatic weed control, herbaceous weed treatment as well as focused control of Asparagus asparagoides and Bryophyllum delagoense around all the planting beds as well as around the endangered Acacia pubescens.

Cooks River Campsie and Canterbury

Manual removal of herbaceous annuals and grasses throughout the site has been conducted. We also spot sprayed young, herbaceous annuals with a selective herbicide. We monitor the site for any new weed incursions and the fence line for any structural issues.

Our team has been transplating Commelina cyanea into the lower slopes of the naturalised area to encourage a dense native groundcover.

We have been maintaining the sections of Saltmarsh via careful manual removal of herbaceous species and Cynodon dactylon while monitoring the growth of mangroves.

Prospect Nature Reserve, Prospect

We have focused our efforts on undertaking bush regeneration through the riparian zone of this site. We will be revegetating sections with low resilience with provenance species.

Woollahra Wetland, Double Bay

Our works have targeted aquatic weed control throughout the whole site. This includes the aquatic weeds Salvinia molesta and Ludwigia peruviana. Working on this site we have ensured the outlet and inlet channel can flow freely while allowing the gross pollution trap (GPT) to be accessed.

O’Neill Park Yagoona

Maintenance works have been targeting herbaceous species throughout the zone on the eastern side of the creek. Regular monitoring will be carried out for any aquatic weeds on site and will be treated appropriately if needed.

Here are some of the photos of the rare and threatened flora and fauna on our sites: