Our recent Evening Urban Wetland Walk at David Winterbottom Park was a super evening. We were On Country with Uncle Al Murray from Duduroa Dhargal Aboriginal Corporation (DDAC) who shared his thoughts about the importance of wetlands and also touched on the amazing work being undertaken at Ryan’s Lagoon by DDAC and their partners. Al also shared spear making tips, how to keep your tucker cool and where to find bush lollies.
Ben Humphries from BirdLife Australia, Birds on Farms, Southern NSW helped us fine tune our binoculars and we spotted 18 bird species in around 2 hours, including the threatened and declining, Blue-faced Honeyeater.
We were also grateful to have Neil Offner, the coordinator of Friends of David Winterbottom Park, on hand to explain the monumental amount of work which has gone into the restoration of the wetland at Huon Creek and Karen Retra who, as always, highlights the little things and really makes us open our eyes and tune in our senses; lerps, bees, butterflies and more.
We are looking forward to another session in the Wodonga Hills with Duduroa Dhargal Aboriginal Corporation and Birds on Farms Southern NSW, at Susan Campbell Reserve on Thursday 3rd April from 9.30 am – 11.30 am.
To register for that event, or for more details, please visit events.humanitix.com/wodongas-birds-and-hilltop-views
WULN thanks Highways and Byways – Healing the Land, Healing Ourselves, Together for their support to enable both of these events.
