Field trip to Cromer

Tom Fink, Conny Harris, Grahame Douglas and Helen Wilson 

Some of us enjoyed an interesting field trip after the last State Council in Sydney in November. The Sydney Branch organised a visit to some land in Cromer on the Northern Beaches with a mysterious connection to NPA. We met at Little Willandra Rd. 

The land isn’t obvious or well signposted and is behind a residential area. A fire had been through recently so it wasn’t at its best. There wasn’t a clear track. Nevertheless, walking through was a journey of discovery about the ecology of a secluded gully. It is mostly Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest with a small pocket of Illawarra Warm Temperate Forest. We were surprised to find Coachwoods here.  Even more interesting was the story of its ownership and role in NPA.