April 13, 2024
WAIT ! Don’t chop down that tree.
The ‘10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice for New South Wales (10/50 Code)’ was introduced following the devastating 2013 NSW bush fires,…
Environment
February 13, 2024
Is it possible to keep wallabies from eating the garden?
If you’ve tried everything and failed to stop wallabies from eating your garden, a recent study published in Nature Ecology…
December 13, 2023
Enough is Enough
Roaming dogs and another dead wallaby (The following is a first hand account from a local offshore resident) Late in…
November 13, 2023
Bushfire and Our Ecology
West Pittwater RFS members were fortunate enough to get a visit from Rachel Whitely from Hornsby Council’s Biodiversity Team (and…
June 13, 2023
The Call of the Bays
Avid readers of BayNews will no doubt remember the recent discovery of a rare plant, Santalum Obtusifolium, at Rocky Point….
June 12, 2023
A Murmur….
One of the delights of the Bays is bird watching and being struck by the agility, speed and intelligence of…
May 13, 2023
Last year, the world built more new solar capacity than every other power source combined.
Despairing about climate change? These 4 charts on the unstoppable growth of solar may change your mind Andrew Blakers, Australian…
April 15, 2023
How forests reduce their own bushfire risk
Read about the red tingle eucalypt and how it can affect fire behaviour: Fire management in Australia is approaching crisis…
March 13, 2023
Just another Bushcare morning
It was a gorgeous Monday morning on Rocky Point with the Bushcare group sitting around our log circle for a…
February 11, 2023
The Blue Ringed Octopus
Despite the fact that we’ve all learned to love the octopus since the documentary film My Octopus Teacher, the Blue…
December 11, 2022
That siren-imitating lyrebird…
He lost his song culture and is now absorbed some of ours. A fortnight after five lions escaped at Sydney’s Taronga…
December 10, 2022
It’s Snake Time in the bays
Snakes! Maybe it’s a biblical Adam and Eve thing but snakes engender a ripple of dread in most people. For…
November 13, 2022
Friend, not foe: the Common Shining Cockroach
This little fella, the Common Shining Cockroach (CSC), is native to Australia and prevalent in the south-eastern states. And perhaps…
October 13, 2022
Termites Love Global Warming
the pace of their wood munching gets significantly faster in hotter weather When we consider termites, we may think of the…
October 9, 2022
Is a Fossil Fuel Free Future Feasible?
We all understand that fossil fuels need to be phased out and the sooner the better. A recent report by…
October 9, 2022
Seeing in the dark
It’s a moonless night. You’ve crossed from Church Point to the Bay, tied up at the wharf and stepped off…
August 10, 2022
Not Just Pests
Growing up in the 50s and 60s in leafy suburban Sydney, Christmas beetles were common. Not just the small brown…
May 14, 2022
Why an electric outboard motor?
Well, why not? Let’s look at the plus side: They’re quiet. Quiet is nice for the humans but it’s also…
March 12, 2022
Flood Kill 21 Australians. Adapting to a harsher climate is now life-or-death.
The devastating floods in Queensland and New South Wales highlight, yet again, Australia’s failure to plan for natural disasters. As…
February 14, 2022
Australia is the lucky country when it comes to snakes
Australia has a global reputation as a land full of danger, where seemingly everything is out to kill you. Crocodiles…