NPA Branches – National Parks Association of NSW

Armidale and Tamworth Celebrating 50 Years

Posted by NPA NSWon May 29, 2024June 3, 2024in Winter 2024Leave a comment

Lynne Hosking, President Armidale Branch

In March 2024, NPA Armidale and Tamworth Branches began celebrating their 50th Anniversary year with a convivial lunch in the historic Bendemeer Hotel. This venue offered the opportunity for old friends to catch up and to greet new members. Participants included 4 founding members and it was wonderful to hear stories from Ron Webster, Tamworth Branch, Peter Metcalfe the first President Armidale, Ian Johnstone who initiated an Armidale Branch, and Kate Boyd who joined with her parents. Slides and commentary by Kate and by Barbara Webster highlighted the joys and benefits gained growing up in NPA families, connecting with nature on walking and camping trips. Robin Gunning, Tamworth NPA President, thanked everyone for travelling to the event and Lynne Hosking, Armidale President, read a poem as expressed in these extracts from By the Care of our NPA Roots and Branches we Grow:

Crowdy Bay National Park Bush Regeneration – 40 years of progress

Posted by NPA NSWon August 29, 2019September 11, 2019in Mid North Coast, Spring 2019Leave a comment

Mike Dodkin & Sue Baker, Mid North Coast Branch, National Parks Association of NSW

In May of this year the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and NPA Mid North Coast Branch celebrated forty years of habitat restoration, focusing particularly on Bitou bush removal in Crowdy Bay National Park, north of Taree, making this Australia’s longest-running Bitou eradication project.

Launch of Sydney Region Branch

Posted by NPA NSWon August 26, 2019in UncategorisedLeave a comment

Connect with NPA members and friends in a stimulating evening of conservation talks that celebrate our natural world and inspire new ways to experience our country. The newly formed Sydney Region Branch Committee of NPA has invited a panel of experts to share their understanding and experience of our oceans, mountains and Sydney national parks.

Macarthur Branch

Posted by NPA NSWon August 31, 2018August 30, 2018in Spring 2018Leave a comment

Macarthur branch was established in 1975 as a sub-branch of Sydney Branch, and became a fully autonomous branch in 1987.

Primary activities of the branch are nature talks, and developing proposals for protection of natural areas of the Upper Georges and Bargo-Nepean Rivers. The Branch has a Bushwalking Group and a Bushcare Group.

NPA Mid North Coast Branch

Posted by NPA NSWon March 1, 2018February 27, 2018in Autumn 2018, Mid North CoastLeave a comment

^{Sue Baker, Bush Regeneration Project Officer, Mid North Coast Branch}

Mid North Coast Branch is in its 39th year of bitou bush eradication and bush regeneration in the iconic coastal Crowdy Bay National Park. A severe bush fire ripped through the southern part of the park in 2013. This resulted in a mass germination of bitou seedlings. Not only did this undo years of hard work and financial investment but other fully-restored areas were under threat of reinvasion. The scale of the problem was beyond the capacity of our volunteers and NPWS to deal with. What on earth were we to do?

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NPA Illawarra Branch

Posted by NPA NSWon September 1, 2017September 1, 2017in Spring 2017Leave a comment

^{Graham Burgess, Illawarra Branch President, National Parks Association of NSW}

NPA Illawarra has a rich history dating back around 37 years. In 2010 there was a turning point as most of the long-standing and hardworking branch executive decided to call it a day and hand over to some fresh faces. Over the last seven years or so the new executive has focused its efforts on being part of the community conversation about protecting nature in our region. Most of our work relates to the impact of urban development on the Illawarra Escarpment and other bushland on our quite narrow coastal stip. With this focus our involvement on Wollongong Council’s community reference groups is an important feature and we have positions on two of these groups.