Hosted by: Friends of Tomaree National Park, The National Parks Association (Hunter Branch), Econetwork Port Stephens and the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
This community picnic is to celebrate Tomaree National Park turning 40 years since park gazettal.
There’ll be loads happening at this family friendly Picnic for Nature including:
- Activities, workshops and stalls — connecting the beach, bush and your backyard.
- Make an insect hotel or bird box (some styles pre booked & low cost)
- See a native bee hive in action
- Explore the Tomaree plants that encourage native bees, birds, beetles and bugs for your garden, and you may also like to buy some Tomaree plants
- Find out what’s in a frog hotel
- Participate in planting a few local coastal natives near the lookout and watch them grow
- Fashion clay animals or make some hand prints with national park Discovery & Worimi rangers
- Enjoy a guided post burn walk over the Fishermans headland (pre book)
- Explore the nearby high tide rocky shores of the Tomaree Coastal Walk
- Pack a morning tea or lunch, bring a chair or rug, enjoy your picnic, or pick up a sausage sizzle and coffee — and be sure to pick up a little nature quiz booklet and keep the kids entertained
- And don’t forget to REGISTER BELOW to go in the draw for a magnificent prize or two.
Cost: Free
Watch this space for more information about the activities, workshops and stalls.
Iris Moore has a large grassy area with covered picnic tables and on-site parking, as well as a wheelchair accessible ramp right up to the impressive ocean lookout. Alternative parking is nearby at the Scout precinct, Robinson Reserve or Fishermans Bay.
Some activities are pre booked with multiple times throughout the day
Living and working on Worimi Country
