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Rabbit	January 2023 In December, Peter Mitchell gave a fascinating talk on the geology of North Head. Click here for a summary of Peter's talk; Rabbits; Echidna;Young Adult Hospice on North Head; Platysace lanceolata,Third Cemetery - Plague victims
Casualty ward	February 2023 Education Room; Plant Nursery; Defence of Sydney; Underground facilities in the tunnel system at North Head including a Casualty Ward: Third Cemetery - during the Plague, burials in graves numbered 97-100; Haemodorum planifolium
Gift of $10,000 from Max. Matthew, Max and Jenny	March 2023 Special General Meeting on March 18 to vote on changes to the constitution and the speaker will be John Dengate talking about Northern Beaches' Wildlife; Max Player has donated $10,000 to our organisation for nature conservation; Stage 1 of the Lookout upgrades is complete; A liking for lichens article; "Species at Risk" art exhibition at The Botanical Gardens Mar 18 - Apr 2;

Fleabane	April 2023 Thank you, John Dengate; Plants supplied by our volunteers for North Fort upgrade; Fleabane - a weed; Acacia terminalis; Aboriginal place names; Third Cemetery - plague victims in 1900
Igloo with new cover	May 2023 Igloo cover replaced; Echidna; Processionary caterpillars; Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden walks; Third Cemetery - 1900 - bubonic plague deaths of William Hayden and Walter Haynes - both were in their early 20s.
St Andrews Cross Spider	June 2023 General Meeting June 17 at 2pm in Building 20 - Speaker: Wendy Grimm BSc, MPhil from Australian Plants Society with the topic being Orchids; Spiders often seen on North Head; Nursery Group volunteers; Remembering Rory Linsky who volunteered with our organisation; Third Cemetery - plague victims who died in Quarantine in 1900AD.
New Lookout	July 2023 Education Room and Nursery - volunteers invited to help on either of these activities; Back in time - 1900 when there was the plague in Sydney; New Lookouts at North Head together with revegetated surrounds;  The demise of the Christmas Beetles; Third Cemetery - William Brown died from the Plague; Northern Beaches Council ‘Caring for our Bushland’ 2023 EcoAward winner - Jenny Wilson.
Volunteer weeders	August 2023 Annual General Meeting - September 16, 2023 - at 2pm in Bandicoot Heaven; The speaker will be Dr Helen Smith, Technical Officer in the Arachnology section of the Australian Museum and her topic will be Spiders and their Silky Secrets; Volunteers plant specimens from our Nursery at North Head and pull out weeds; Spring Wildflower Walks; Open Day at the Quarantine Station - Sunday September 10, 2023; Pterostylis concinna; Whisky Grass - a weed;  The Plague cases at Quarantine Station in 1900.
Spring flowers	September 2023 Annual General Meeting - September 16, 2023 - at 2pm in Bandicoot Heaven; The speaker will be Dr Helen Smith, Technical Officer in the Arachnology section of the Australian Museum and her topic will be Spiders and their Silky Secrets;  New volunteers needed; Spring Wildflower Walks; Open Day at the Quarantine Station - Sunday September 10, 2023; Philotheca buxifolia; Red Cross supported people returning from the First World War in 1919. Some died in Quarantine.
Echidna	October 2023 New volunteers needed; Native Plant Nursery; Q-Station Open Day; North Head Sanctuary Master Plan - have your say; Thank you Dr Helen Smith for the fascinating talk about Spider Silk on Sept 16; Echidna seen in the sandstone wall; Back in Time - an article written in 1933; The Third Cemetery - the Bubonic Plague of 1900.
Python	November 2023 Fire bans on North Head; Need for more volunteers in Bandicoot Heaven; repair of North Fort sandstone wall; Pythons on North Head; Third Cemetery - a death from bubonic plague in 1901.
Katie with her painting	December 2023 Thank you, Tom Hazell for the wonderful Nov 27 talk on Birds of Manly Lagoon; New volunteers needed; Farewell to volunteer Katie Meyer who has contributed to our display area and has provided environmental information to visitors over many years; survey of native plants; James Griffen, MP - speech to parliament recognising the contribution of NHSF volunteers over the years - especially Jenny Wilson who writes these newsletters; article from Sydney Morning Herald, from March 1901; Death in 1901 from plague of James Ernest Derrington. 10 year celebration of North Head Sanctuary Foundation; Ocean Care Day; My North Head by Janet Fish; Third Cemetery - World War I returnees; Billardia scandens