Riley's Island regeneration

A group of volunteers and staff from the National Parks and Wildlife Service joined together to regenerate bushland on Riley's Island on November 8.

Riley's Island, just north of St Hubert's Island, makes up around 48 hectares of bushland and encompasses a variety of habitats including seagrass, mangroves, dry sclerophyll and coastal saltmarsh, according to event coordinator Ms Deb Holloman.

The group targeted and removed a number of weeds in the area including lantana, bitou bush, asparagus fern, whiskey grass, arum lilly and pampas grass

National Parks and Wildlife Service staff provided volunteers with tools and instructions on how to remove the weeds as well as a free morning tea.

Email, 2 Nov 2009 Kate Consterdine, Gosford Council