North Head Sanctuary Foundation
is working with Government agencies
towards the establishment of
Car-rang-gel Sanctuary
on North Head
at the gateway of Sydney Harbour
- a flagship for Australia's
environmental resolve
and a celebration of
our natural and cultural heritage.
Car-rang-gel Sanctuary on North Head, Sydney
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Damaged Arch
February 2008
2007 in Review - leasing of School of Artillery site buildings - opening of Visitor Centre in the Gatehouse.
Truck damages the Arch leading to North Head.

Arch reconstruction
April 2008
Work has begun on the damaged Arch.
Flora and Fauna talk by Nick Skelton.
New Secretary - Kathy Ridge
Database of plants begun.

Proposed Nursery area
June 2008
The shed and the concrete washdown bays will house the Education Room and Nursery.
Business Plan for Nursery Operation

Arch finished

July 2008
Mike Baird attended a protest meeting entitled Penguins not Police.
Bushcare Training Course;
Walking Coastal Sydney inaugural walk - North Head section.


Dignitaries at launch
August 2008
Walking Coastal Sydney launch.
AGM and a walk to the site where the Nursery will be.
Building Backyard Habitats talk.

ESBS
September 2008
North Fort Management Plan
Penguins not Police protest.
Nature of Manly exhibition
Banksia Scrub to Wetland Walk.

Eastern Suburbs
Banksia Scrub

October 2008
Community Partnership Agreement signed between Sydney Harbour Federation Trust and North Head Sanctuary Foundation. Wild about Manly competition. Threatened Species Network Grant awarded to the Foundation.


ESBS
November-December 2008
Thanks to Sydney Harbour Federation Trust for donating furniture; Ocean Care Day; Seed collection has begun for the Nursery operation.


Featured Flora and Fauna from the newsletters:

February 2008

Boronia ledifolia
Boronia ledifolia Photo: Geoff Lambert
April 2008

Banksia ericifolia
Banksia ericifolia Photo: Jenny Wilson
June 2008

Woollsia pungens
Woollsia pungens Photo: Judith Bennett
July 2008

Acacia longifolia
Acacia longifolia Photo: Jenny Wilson
 August 2008


Banksia marginata Photo: Jenny Wilson
September 2008


Pimelea linifolia Photo: Jenny Wilson
October 2008


Lambertia formosa Photo: Jenny Wilson
November-December 2008


Actinotus helianthi Photo:Jenny Wilson
 
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