Mambo Wetlands is under threat – FROM OUR COUNCIL
You may be aware Port Stephens Council intends to develop 3 areas around the Tomaree Library and Community Centre – which form part of the ecologically sensitive Mambo Wetlands buffer zone protected by State legislation and many of Council’s own policies, including its own Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management?
Join us at the Mambo-Wanda Wetlands Conservation Group Community Forum this Saturday 30 May to hear about what is proposed, the impacts to the Mambo Wetlands and alternate ideas to produce much needed housing without destroying our precious wetlands.
BE THERE – Sat 30 May 2pm
Tomaree Library & Community Centre
We hope to see you there.
Liz Wynn & Sue Olsson
Co-editors
Is history repeating itself?
Is Council maximising the value of Council-owned properties to the detriment of our natural environment – in retaining koala habitat, endangered ecological communities, and protecting the wetlands? How can Council act as land-owner, applicant, approver AND the authority looking after the public interest, socially and environmentally?
They simply cannot!
Help STOP further destruction of the Mambo Wetlands
See the potential for what is possible …
COMMUNITY calendar
MAY
Wed 27 May 6pm Don’t Pea Afraid – Identifying Native Pea flowers with Shirley McLaren
Now – 31 May Wings Over Wetlands ART Competition. Register your entry by 31 May, with digital artwork to be received by 31July 2026
Sat 30 May 2pm Community Forum – MAMBO: Good Planning, Great Outcomes for Housing in Port Stephens: BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
JUNE
Wed 3 Jun Walk: Tomaree’s Twin Peaks with National Parks Association – visit Tomaree and Stephens Peaks
Wed 3 Jun Online Screening: Voices for Nature and CEO Update by Nature Conservation Council NSW
Sat 6 Jun am Community Planting Boat Harbour ~ 🌱 finishing a fantastic job. Come along!
Wed 10 Jun Walk: Maitland Station to Rathluba Lagoon Loop with National Parks Association
Thu 11 Jun Coal & Climate Webinar with Lock the Gate Alliance – Join the zoom webinar and find out what’s going on with coal and climate in NSW, and why your participation at upcoming IPC meetings for these big three expansions, will make a difference.
Sat 13 Jun Power in the Regions: The online conference for nature in NSW – An excellent opportunity to hear and share best practice in environmental change, turning local passion into collective power.
Sat 13 Jun pm Shorebird Habitat Restoration and Education – Curlew Point with NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
Sun 14 Jun am Walk: Salamander’s Hidden Lakes with National Parks Association
Wed 17 Jun Walk: Historic Morpeth with National Parks Association
Sun 21 Jun With the Seasons: A Winter Solstice Sustainability Day – at Shepherd’s Ground Eco Farm and Village in Butterwick NSW
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