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 OFF photo competition theme is ‘The Natural World of Georges River Council Parks and Reserves’. The photos adjudged to be the best, will appear with full acknowledgement in the Oatley – Nature in the Suburbs 2018 Calendar. Read more>> OFF Photographic Competition  Eight OFF members set out for a walk along the Coogee to Bondi cliff path. After a little over an hour’s walk we arrived at the historic Waverley Cemetery. After a short lunch at Bronte beach we continued onto Read more>> Coogee to Bondi Walk
Council were notified and on Read more>> Oatley Bay Tree Massacre
Read more>> 90 Gungah Bay Road Application for Street Tree Removal  Preliminary research data from 202020 Vision made in a submission to Greater Sydney Commission shows changes in tree canopy and hard surfaces from 2009 -2016 in local government areas in Sydney. Read more>> Sydney Tree Canopy Study
OFF Field Day on Tuesday 15 August will be on Sheldon Forest Track, a 5-6 km walk from Turramurra Station through tall forest bordering Avon Creek and returning along Pymble streets. This is not a long walk Read more>> Sheldon Forest Track – OFF Field day
Read more>> OFF Launches Council Election Campaign With Mass Planting  On going saga of over trimming on Gungah Bay road street trees. Council response (4/7/17) attached. Why would Augrid remove the entire “western” side of the tree, which goes no where near the power lines? Or is this a convenient “out” for the Read more>> Inappropriate Trimming of Street Trees  On Friday 30th June 16 members of OFF took the train and bus to Centennial Park on a crisp, clear morning. Read more>> Centennial Park meander in the labyrinth & swamplands  Georges River Council is drawing on the expertise of specialist arborist from Sydney Arbor Trees to create nest boxes in dead trees that would otherwise have been cut down and mulched. Small chainsaws are used to ‘sculpt’ the hollows within the trunk or branch of the tree. The size and configuration of the hollow will depend on both the tree size and the target Read more>> Urban Habitat Creation  The developer of a dual occupancy that is currently being built at 111 Gungah Bay Road, wants to cut down a beautiful Eucalyptus Piluaris (Blackbutt) in the Read more>> Developer wants to cut large Blackbutt |
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A tree massacre has been bought to our attention at the Oatley Bay Memorial Boardwalk. A nearby resident was seen removing gum trees, mangrove trees casuarinas and others on the 13th of July. 
UPDATE – 02/08/17 – Following advice from council Tree Management Officer the applicant has revised the application and drawings in support of the street tree retention and protection of the Melaleuca quinquenervia, (Broad leaf Paperbark) located on
Today, Oatley Flora & Fauna Conservation Society (OFF) members and friends gathered to plant out a small portion of the reserve near Oatley station. The project was started in May with 300 plants and today it was
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