Today is the first day that the Neighbours Nurturing Nature Volunteer Project is getting their hands dirty!

Under the guidance of one of our bush regeneration contractors, volunteers will begin weeding the Teal Pond site, supported by the Park Rangers from Visitor Programs. Don't worry if you can't tell a weed from a native, we'll run through the basics so you'll be comfortable with species identification and technique.

We will also take the opportunity to conduct our final fauna survey to collect baseline data that we'll be able to refer to in the future to evaluate how effective our efforts have been.

The area we're looking at is Teal Pond at the end of the Louise Sauvage Pathway behind Newington. We will use predefined quadrats so we're working methodically.

The meeting location is the lawn area of Teal Pond (-33.845956, 151.052430)

Please bring a hat, sunscreen, water and wear enclosed shoes and long sleeves and pants. Weeding tools and gloves will be supplied, but bring your own gloves if you have them.

Also bring binoculars if you have them to assist you in correct identification of animals.

Please arrive at 9am so the group can be inducted to the site together. This is a requirement of volunteering on the site.