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2010 CRVA COMMUNITY FORUM will be held on Saturday 8 May 2010. See Forum Section for more details

LANDCARE ACTIVITIES

Community Planting at Ewen Park

During 2009 over 5000 local native plants were put in at Ewen Park along the river foreshore. Local residents joined the Mudcrabs and the Friends of Ewen Park to complete the plantings over an 8 week period.

For more information contact Nell Graham at the City of Canterbury on 9789 9422.

Foord Avenue Bushcare

The Mudcrabs and the City of Canterbury have formed a partnership to regenerate the remnant native vegetation on the sandstone outcrop adjacent to the cycleway at Foord Avenue, Hurlstone Park.

If you would like to join in, contact Chris Bartlett on 9558 2656 or Liz Milne at < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it >.This is an exciting project that is really starting to show great progress

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MEETING VENUE CHANGE!

In 2010 general meetings will be held bi-monthly on the 4th Tuesday of the month at the Hurlstone Park Bowling and Recreation Club. Marcia Street, Hurlstone Park. Start time:7pm. General meetings on the even months of the year (Feb. April, June, Aug. Oct.). All welcome.

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Congratulations to Chris Bartlett, founder of The Mudcrabs who was Canterbury Citizen of the Year for services to the environment !!

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Keep a look out for CRVA and Mudcrabs members who regularly clean up the River on their walks: we know there are a quite a few out there. Well done!

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Many people have been asking questions about the number of dead fish seen in the Cooks River
on Thursday 27 November 2008. Cooks River Valley Association Water Quality Co-ordinator Gayle
Adams reports:

"The Department of Environment and Climate Change has confirmed that the cause of the fish kill
was a toxic discharge from a stormwater drain directly into the Cooks River in Canterbury LGA. We
understand Canterbury Council will be following this matter up.

DECC has ruled out any connection between the Cooks River Bank Remediation Project [opposite
the former Sydney Olympic Sports Club site and along Ewen Park] and the fish kill.”

If you see any more suspicious pollution incidents particularly dead fish or unusual discharges from
drains [eg heavy flows in dry weather, milky or coloured water] please do the following:

1. Take photographs if possible.
2. Ring Department of Environment and Climate Change 24 hr Pollution Line 131 555
3. Ring the local Council
4. Send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
5. Put a note in your diary [date, time, tide, odour, colour, number and species of fish, etc].
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In late 2008 The City of Canterbury Council approved a Plan of Management for Ewen Park which includes 2 new mini soccer fields, provision for community facilites in the building to replace the former Sydney Olympic Sporting Club which will be under Council management and a new larger car park.

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Work on removing the sheet steel piling river edge near Ewen Park by DECC is now complete. Worth a look.

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Our Streamwatch co-ordinator from Sydney Water, Celia Busteed, nominated CRVA's Streamwatch water testing group for an award under their Rewards and Recognition Program and the group has won the award for the best Community Group out of 80 groups in the Sydney Water Streamwatch program. The prize is $500 to put toward a suitable environmental project and the presentation was at the 1 November Forum.

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The Two Valley (TVT) Project continues and the website for the TVT is now operational www.tvt.org.au. It is a fantastic website and well worth a look as well as a walk along the trail. The website also has links to the Two Valley Trail educational resource which is another outstanding project developed by the 5 community groups active in the valleys (WCPS, Friends of Ewen Park, RiverLife Tours, CRVA & Mudcrabs).

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