F RIENDS
OF
K U - RING - GAI E NVIRONMENT
NATIONAL TRUST
HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2016
PADDY PALLIN
WALK
SUNDAY 24 APRIL, 2016
F RIENDS
OF
K U - RING - GAI E NVIRONMENT
NATIONAL TRUST
HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2016
TURRAMURRA
to
SHELDON FOREST
WALK
SUNDAY 1 MAY, 2016
F RIENDS
OF
K U - RING - GAI E NVIRONMENT
NATIONAL TRUST
HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2016
FOKE at the CAFÉ TALK
Biodiversity Matters—
Ku-ring-gai Matters
SUNDAY 8 MAY, 2016
This Lindfield walk will focus on the achievements of
Paddy Pallin (1900-1991), pioneer bushwalker,
conservationist. Visit where Paddy Pallin once lived
and walk through the reserve that is named after
him. Special guests – Rob and Nancy Pallin will lead
the walk and talk about their reminiscences about
this legendary Australian conservationist and Tom
Moppett, another extraordinarily committed conservationist who with Paddy Pallin helped lay the
foundations of the modern NSW conservation
movement.
Note: The walk will be on the western side of
Lindfield which involves walking up some steep
hills. Bring hat, water, snack and wear good walking shoes.
Meet at Lindfield Railway Station Ticket Office.
Tour starts at 9.45am for 10 am start. Finishes at
12 noon. Free. For bookings ring (02) 9498
2402 or (02) 9498 7608.
E: janine_kitson@tpg.com.au
Walk through Turramurra’s unique village precincts
that includes the historic 'Hillview' site and learn
why its heritage values are so important to protect.
Then continue under South Turramurra’s remnant
Blue Gum High Forest for a final short visit to Sheldon Forest one of Sydney’s rarest forests. Learn how
the community continues to defend the endangered
Blue Gum High Forest along Sydney’s northern
ridgeline that is both a critical bird and wildlife sanctuary as well as being so important for the health,
wellbeing and safety for a future city of Sydney.
Note: The walk will involve some steep hills.
Bring hat, water, snack and wear good walking
shoes. The walk will finish at Sheldon Forest at 12
noon. Allow another 15 minutes for return walk
to Turramurra Railway Station, where the tour
begins. Meet at Turramurra Railway Station
Ticket Office. Tour starts at 9.45am for 10am
start. Free. For bookings ring Janine Kitson
(02) 9498 2402 or Mobile 0428 860 Email: janine_kitson@tpg.com.au
Enjoy a light lunch and coffee at the heritage Café
Pecorino, on the east side of Gordon Railway Station, while listening to a range of speakers who
will talk on why biodiversity matters so much in
Ku-ring-gai.
Cost $30
Meet at 12.45 pm Pecorino Café
77 Werona Ave, Gordon 9498 8020.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL FOR CATERING
Contact Janine Kitson (02) 9498 2402 or Mobile
0428 860 623
Email: janine_kitson@tpg.com.au
Ku-ring-gai’s Environment is
too valuable for Sydney to lose
Sydney’s Ku-ring-gai’s tall, magnificent remnant
forests, bushland escarpments and gardens all
contribute to making Sydney one of the most
beautiful cities in the world. As such, Ku-ring-gai
is too valuable to lose. However like many
environmentally sensitive areas across Sydney – it
is under threat.
FOKE was formed in 1994 to
promote
Ku-ring-gai’s cultural and
natural heritage.
The community has shown it wants more environmental protections, not less. Our unique natural
and built heritage needs to be protected by good
planning policy. However contemporary planning
appears to be captured by short-sighted, narrow,
financial interests. The economy cannot exist
without a healthy and resilient environment.
FOKE is a Ku-ring-gai
community group that defends
the environment by opposing
inappropriate and
unsympathetic
overdevelopment.
The flaws of Sydney’s contemporary planning
policies fail to consider the cumulative impacts of
multiple rezonings and their incremental damage.
The threats to Sydney’s environment are escalating with climate change and the recent 10/50
code which permit unprecedented tree removals.
FOKE PO Box 403, Killara NSW 2071
TEL (02) 9416 9007
Email info@foke.org.au
www.foke.org.au
www.facebook.com/friendsofkuringgai
Saturday 16 April - Tuesday 29 May 2016 –
Discovery and Rediscoveries
Discovery & Rediscoveries is the theme for
the 2016 National Trust Heritage Festival;
Discovery can encompass the experience of
discovering something for the first time or
rediscovering something that has been lost,
forgotten or concealed.
What is happening in Ku-ring-gai, is
representative of what is happening across Sydney.
Legislation needs to embrace the principles of
ecologically sustainable development (ESD) .
Currently the priority is on economic development. This is fuelling massive numbers of high
rise apartments for investment. Local communities are then left with its trail of environmental
destruction.