🗓️ Date: Sunday Saturday 18 October 2025
⏰ Time: 10am- 2pm
📍 Location: South Lismore Duckpond, via 6 Ostrom St South Lismore
💧 Instructions: Follow signage, park on-site or on Ostrom St or Union St. Please wear gloves, boots, long sleeves and pants, sun & insect protection and BYO water bottle
🌿 Sunscreen and insect repellent, tools and light refreshments provided
🌱 All welcome – no experience needed! Family friendly!
Join South Lismore Duckpond Landcare and Rainforest to River project partners as we celebrate Richmond Riverfest in South Lismore, with a community tree planting day!
Bring the kids and be part of regenerating Lismore’s endangered rainforests. With the support of experienced bush regenerators and ever-caring Landcare volunteers, we’ll be planting >1000 native rainforest plants on the bank of Leycester Creek. Holes will be dug, trees and mulch placed out ready- all you need to do is plant! Your hands-on support will help restore critical floodplain and riparian habitat, improve biodiversity, and build a greener, more flood-resilient city- right way, river way.
Please arrive for a Welcome To Country at 10am, and sign on at arrival.
This site is located on Widjabul Wia-bal Country, and is cared for by the South Lismore Duckpond Landcare group.
This site is not wheelchair accessible. The nearest public toilets are located at South Lismore train station, Union St.
The event will be postponed in the case of wet weather.
Registration is encouraged for catering and communication purposes.
This event is presented by South Lismore Duckpond Landcare and Lismore City Council, in partnership with Richmond Riverkeeper, as a part Richmond Riverfest 2025 and the Rainforest to River Project.
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Richmond RiverFest is a month-long celebration of the Richmond River catchment – its people, landscapes, and lifeblood. This collaborative festival runs for four weeks and brings together individuals and organisations committed to the ecological, cultural, and social health of our river system.
See the calendar at
https://richmondriverfest.com/
Richmond RiverFest has been made possible with support from the Australian Government and North Coast Regional Landcare Network through the Care for Catchments project.
The ‘Rainforest to River: Restoring Lismore’s riverbanks’ project will enhance the condition, extent, and connectivity of 42 hectares of critically endangered, EPBC-listed, Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia Threatened Ecological Community. Centred on biodiversity hotspots in Lismore, the project will maximise benefits for native species and improve site resilience to major threats including flooding, W**d invasion and pollution through Culturally and scientifically-informed ecological restoration.
For further information contact the Environmental Strategies team on 6625 0500.
This project is funded by the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust under the Urban Rivers and Catchments Program, with the support of Lismore City Council, Rous County Council, Wilsons River Landcare Group Inc, Richmond Landcare Inc, Widjabul Wia-bal Gurrumbil Aboriginal Corporation, Ngulingah Local Aboriginal Land Council, South Lismore Duckpond Landcare Inc, Lismore Lake Inc Landcare, Far North Coast Canoe Club, Richmond Riverkeeper, Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy Inc, OzFish Unlimited, Revive Northern Rivers, North Coast Local Land Services, and Birdlife Australia: Northern NSW Chapter.
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