Lane Cove Bushland & Conservation Society

Current Guided Walk

Stringybark Creek Guided Discovery Walk

Sunday 14th September 2025 9.30 am – 11.00 am

Grade: Easy
Distance: 1.5km

Stringybark Creek flows through Lane Cove North to the Lane Cove River. Commencing in Stringybark Creek Reserve, guided by our local expert, you will learn about: the history of this pocket of Lane Cove; Harry Howard who, in his role as Council’s Landscape Architect, played a key role in the greening of Lane Cove; the precious remnant ecologically endangered forest that was added to the reserve in 2024; the sandstone quarry where stone was extracted to build up Centennial Avenue, bridging the creek; the constantly changing native plant communities beside Stringybark Creek through Batten Reserve to Mindarie Park. You will also learn about the impacts of stormwater and weeds and how they are being managed by Council and volunteers.

The walk will end at Mindarie Park where there are picnic tables, toilets and a kiosk.

Self Guided Walks

The Lane Cove area is home to diverse flora types and is part of one of the mega-diverse floras in the world. One of the most beautiful and spectacular is the Sydney sandstone flora on the upper slopes of the Lane Cove Valley. This has its main flowering in Winter/Spring with a diverse understory of Pea flowers, Heathland plants, and Banksias to name a few. Honeyeater birds such as the New Holland and the Eastern Spinebill can be seen feeding on the nectar flowers.

Still present in Lane Cove bushland are examples of the original major community types, wetlands, dry sclerophyll forest (open woodland or forest), heath and wet sclerophyll forest (tall forest). Follow us on Facebook page or this website to keep up to date.

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