Fairfield CC Natural Resource Calendar 2025 by Fairfield City Council

2025

Environment

Fairfield City Council’s Free Environmental Workshops

To book a free workshop, visit www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/events and go to the date the workshop is on or contact Fairfield City Council on 9725 0222. Booking opens one month before the workshop.

Workshops

Gardening for biodiversity

Guided walk –Cabramatta Creek

Breakfast with the birds

Date and time Location Description

Nalawala

Saturday, 8 February 9:00am – 12:00pm

Saturday, 1 March 9:00am – 11:00am Panorama Reserve, Cabramatta

Saturday, 15 March 7:30am – 11:00am End of Hollywood Drive, Lansvale

Nocturnal mini beasts Friday, 11 April 6:30pm – 9:30pm

Backyard habitat for kids Thursday, 24 April 9:am – 12:00pm

Guided walk Orphan School Creek Saturday, 10 May 9:00am – 11:00am

Backyard habitat for kids Thursday, 10 July 9:00am – 12:00pm

In the night sky

Do you want a larger variety of native animal species visiting your garden? This workshop will look at helping you decide what you are trying to attract to your garden and then developing a plant list that will suit the soil and location of your garden. Even a garden of pot plants on a balcony still provides habitat for insects and animals.

Learn about the features of the natural biodiversity along Cabramatta Creek and the Georges River as well as the past management practices around creek lines of Fairfield City. The walk will start at the end of Panorama Avenue, at Panorama Reserve, Cabramatta.

Join us on a walk and talk as we highlight the variety of birdlife that abounds. Please wear comfortable shoes, sun smart clothing and bring water and binoculars. Please note that this walk is on uneven ground. Meeting at the end of Hollywood drive, Lansvale. Brunch will be provided.

Fairfield Park Join us on a citizen science project. A guided adventure through Fairfield Park. We will investigate the mini-beasts within the park and learn how to record the information in Australia’s fauna data bases.

Nalawala A fantastic workshop designed to introduce kids to the local animals and bugs that live alongside us.

Christie Street Learn about the features of the natural biodiversity along Orphan School Creek and the Indigenous Flora Park as well as the past management practices around creek lines of Fairfield City. Meet at Christie Street in Prairiewood.

Nalawala A fantastic workshop designed to introduce kids to the local animals and bugs that live alongside us

Tuesday, 15 July 2:00pm – 4:00pm Gough Room in Whitlam Library

Propagation for kids

Breakfast with the birds

Fairfield City’s hidden nightlife –spotlighting

Propagation of native plants

Frogs of Fairfield City

Propagation for kids workshop

Managing weeds in an urban environment

Thursday, 17 July 9:00am – 12:00pm

Saturday, 9 August 7:30am – 11:00am

Friday, 29 August TBC

Saturday, 6 September 9:00am – 12:00pm

Friday, 26 September TBC

Thursday, 9 October 9:00am – 12:00pm

Thursday 20 November 10am – 12:00pm

Nalawala

Irelands Bridge Reserve

Here is a chance to find out about the creatures that are flying around in our night skies. This workshop focuses on microbats and mega bats. This workshop is your opportunity to get up close and personal with these animals. The workshop concludes with fun activities relating to all the creatures that you have just encountered.

A terrific workshop focused on teaching kids and the young at heart how to propagate and grow plants using a variety of techniques

Join us on a walk and talk as we highlight the variety of birdlife in our City. Please wear comfortable shoes, sun smart clothing and bring water and binoculars. Brunch will be provided. We will meet at Irelands Bridge Reserve, Lansvale.

TBA Have you ever wondered what creatures come out at night? Come for a night walk along one of Fairfield City’s creeks and use your senses to explore what Fairfield City has to offer. You will need to wear warm clothes, mosquito repellent and bring a spotlight or torch.

Nalawala

Do you have a fear of gardening? Or do you want to learn to grow native plants? This workshop is designed to encourage garden novices to come and enjoy an experience of learning how to propagate seedlings and how to keep them alive.

TBA Come and listen to a talk on frogs in the local area and learn how frogs are the indicators of the health of the environment. The evening will conclude with a stroll to see what frogs we have in Fairfield City

Nalawala A terrific workshop focused on teaching kids and the young at heart how to propagate and grow plants using a variety of techniques.

Whitlam Library Did you know our gardens are the greatest source of environmental weeds? Learn what plants in your garden can spread to our precious natural areas, how they spread and how we can prevent this from happening. Look at alternative plants that serve the same function as those classified as environmental weeds. You will also receive some free native plants for your garden.

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)

Feather-horned Beetle (Rhipicera femorata)

Jacky Dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus)

Front cover photo: Martin Ratcliff Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura)

Photos by: Anna Milienou (Rainbow Lorikeet), Allan Rutherford (Pink flower), Emiy Flood (Feather-horned Beetle), Michael Kacprzak (Jacky Dragon)

Events

Chemical Clean-Out and e-Waste Drop Off Day

Clean Up

Australia Day

Community Nursery Open Day

23 February Fairfield Showground

2 March All day

8 March 9am – 1pm

Earth Hour 22 March

8.30pm – 9.30pm

Various sites in Fairfield City

Community Nursery, Nalawala

Sustainability Centre Fairfield Showground

Your house

National Tree Day 27 July 9am – noon TBC, Planet Ark web page

Community Nursery Open Day 20 September 9am – 1pm Community Nursery, Nalawala

Sustainability Centre Fairfield Showground

Spring Clean Drop Off Day

Chemical CleanOut and e-Waste Drop Off Day

TBC Fairfield Showground

Environmental Volunteer Group workdays

Volunteer Group Date and time Location/ Venue

Fairfield Community Nursery

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30am – noon

Community Nursery, corner Greenfield and Moonlight roads, Prairiewood

Fairfield Indigenous Flora Park

3rd Saturday of each month 9am – noon

Sustainable Living Tips

Christie Street, Prairiewood at the entrance to the Flora Park

Safely dispose of your hazardous and electronic materials at Council’s free drop off day.

Be a part of the largest community based environmental initiative in the country by cleaning up your local area. Visit www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au to find a site or register your own.

Come and explore our community nursery and gardens site, meet the volunteers, pick up some free native plants plus get some plant and gardening advice, enjoy the native animal display and so much more. A great experience for the whole family.

Join millions of people worldwide by turning off all lights and non-essential electrical appliances such as TVs, computers and phone chargers for one hour.

National Tree Day is Australia’s largest community tree planting event. By planting trees, you will be joining thousands of individuals in making a difference, connecting people with nature, beautifying neighbourhoods and inspiring positive environmental change. BBQ lunch will be provided.

Bring along your unwanted bulky household items and garden waste to Council’s free collection day. This event is for Fairfield City residents only.

Safely dispose of your hazardous and electronic materials at Council’s free drop off day.

Fairfield Community Nursery is a native plant nursery and garden project located at Fairfield Showground, Prairiewood. We are looking for new volunteers to join our vibrant social volunteer group. There are volunteer positions remaining on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday mornings. Activities include a wide range of nursery, environmental and gardening. All ages and abilities welcome. Drop in or call 02 9725 0222 to inquire.

The Fairfield Indigenous Flora Park Group was the pioneer environmental volunteer group in Fairfield City, established in 1991. The group are at a stage where native regeneration is greater than weed regeneration. They need your help to maintain this area and continue the native regeneration. Tasks include hand weeding, track maintenance, seed collecting and monitoring.

Visit www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/sustainableliving for tips on how to make your home more sustainable and save money.

Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami)

Rock Daisy (Brachycome angustifolia var. angustifolia)

Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio aegeus)

Botany Bay Weevil (Chrysolopus spectabilis)

Photos by: Helen Pollard (flower), Daniel Flood (Botany Bay weevil), Reiner Davies (butterfly), Martin Ratcliff (turkey)

January 2025

Wed 1 New Year’s Day Thu 2

5 Mon 6

15 Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Indigenous Flora Park Bushcare Group Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25 Sun 26 Mon 27 Australia Day Tue 28 Wed 29 Lunar New Year Thu 30 School resumes Fri 31

Photos by: Martin Ratcliff

Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

Golden Orb Weaving Spider (Nephila sp.)

Grey Headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)

Baby Australian Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)

Sat 1

February 2025

Sun 2 Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground

Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Sat 8 Gardening for biodiversity Sun 9 Mon 10 Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu 13 Fri 14 Sat 15 Indigenous Flora Park Bushcare Group Sun 16 Mon 17 Tue 18 Wed 19 Thu 20 Fri 21 Sat 22 Sun 23 Chemical Clean-Out and e-Waste Drop Off Day Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26

Thu 27 Ramadam (Evening of Thu, 27 Feb 2025 – Sat, 29 Mar 2025) Fri 28

Photos by: Sky Virgin

Male Bull Ant (Myrmecia tarsata)

Coral Fungi (Clavulina vinaceocervina)

Giant Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia brevinoda)

White Flank Orange Braconid wasp (Callibracon sp.)

March 2025

Sat 1 Guided Walk – Cabramatta Creek

Sun 2 Clean up Australia Day Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground

Mon 3 Seniors Week World Wildlife Day

Tue 4

Wed 5

Thu 6

Fri 7

Sat 8 International Women’s Day Nursery Open day Sun 9

Mon 10

Tue 11

Wed 12

Thu 13 Seniors Festival Events

Fri 14

Sat 15 Breakfast with the Birds Indigenous Flora Park Bushcare Group Sun 16

Mon 17 Tue 18 Wed 19

Thu 20 March equinox

Fri 21 Harmony Day

Sat 22 Earth Hour World Water Day Sun 23 National Eucalyptus Day Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Eid ul Fitr (estimated) Sun 30 Mon 31

Photos by: Helen Pollard

Eggs and Bacon (Daviesia ulicifolia)

Common Anthelid Moth (Anthela sp.)

Chocolate Lily (Arthropodium strictum)

Clematis (Clematis glycinoides)

Tue 1

April 2025

5 Sun 6 Day light saving finishes Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground Mon 7 Tue 8 Wed 9 Youth Week Thu 10 Fri 11 Last day of school Nocturnal minibeasts Sat 12 Sun 13 Bring It On! Youth Festival Mon 14

Tue 15 Senior Bus Tour (TBC) Wed 16 Thu 17 Senior Bus Tour (TBC) Fri 18 Good Friday World Heritage Day Sat 19 Easter Saturday

Photos by: Daniel Flood

Eastern Blue-tongue (Tiliqua scincoides)

Australian Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)

Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)

Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)

Native bees roosting

May 2025

3 Sun 4 Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground

10 Guided walk – Orphan School Creek Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Indigenous Flora Park Bushcare Group Sun 18 Mon 19 National Volunteer Week Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 International Day of Biological Diversity

Photos by: Martin Ratcliff

Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami)

Eastern Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)

Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)

June 2025

8 Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground World Oceans Day Mon 9 King’s Birthday

Photos by: Sky Virgin

Lappet Moth (Pinara cana)

Sweat Bee (Lipotriches flavoviridis)

Dainty Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilo anactus)

Fan Flower (Scaevola albida var. albida)

Magpie Moth (Nyctemera amicus)

Plastic Free July

Tue 1

Wed 2

Thu 3

Fri 4 Last day of school

Sat 5

July 2025

Sun 6 Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground NAIDOC week

Mon 7

Tue 8 NAIDOC Family Fun Day

Wed 9

Thu 10 Backyard habitat for kids

Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13

Mon 14

Tue 15 In the night sky

Wed 16

Thu 17 Propagation for Kids

Fri 18

Sat 19 Indigenous Flora Park Bushcare Group

Sun 20

Mon 21 School resumes Tue 22

Wed 23 Thu 24 Fri 25 Sat 26

Sun 27 National Tree Day

Mon 28 Local Government Week

Tue 29

Wed 30

Thu 31

Love Creeper (Glycine tabacina)

Fairy Aprons (Hybanthus stellarioides)

Photos by: Helen Pollard

Cobblers tack (Glossogyne tannensis)

False sarsaparilla (Hardenbergia violacea)

August 2025

Fri 1 Sat 2 Sun 3 Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground Mon 4 Tue 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Breakfast with the birds Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Indigenous Flora Park Bushcare Group Sun 17 Mon 18 Tue 19 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25 Tue 26 Wed 27 Thu 28 Fri 29 Fairfield City’s hidden nightlife Sat 30 Sun 31

Photos by: Martin Ratcliff

Ladybirds

Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys)

Jewel Beetle

Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)

September 2025

Mon 1 Wattle Day Tue 2 Wed 3 Thu 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Propagation of native plants Sun 7 Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground National Threatened Species Day

Mon 8 Tue 9

Wed 10

Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Indigenous Flora Park Bushcare Group Nursery Open Day Sun 21 Mon 22 Tue 23 September equinox Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 Frogs – indicators of a healthy environment Last day of school Sat 27 Sun 28 Moon Festival World Rivers Day Mon 29 Tue 30

Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)

Eastern Blue-tongue (Tiliqua scincoides)

Australian Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)

(Paropsisterna lineata)

Common Flatwing (Austroargiolestes icteromelas)

Photos by: Daniel Flood (Red-bellied Black Snake , Australian Water Dragon, Eastern Blue-tongue) Sky Virgin (Paropsisterna lineata, Common Flatwing)

Wed 1

October 2025

4 World Animal Day Sun 5 Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground Day light saving starts Mon 6 Labour Day World Habitat Day Tue 7 Wed 8 Thu 9 Propagation for kids Fri 10

11 Sun 12 Mon 13 School resumes Tue 14 Wed 15 Thu 16 World Food Day Fri 17 Sat 18 Indigenous Flora Park Bushcare Group Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21

Photos by: Helen Pollard

Guinea Flower (Hibbertia sp.)

Fringe Lily (Thysanotus tuberosus)

Yellow Buttons (Chrysocephalum apiculatum)

Baby Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)

Yellow Stars (Hypoxis hygrometrica)

November 2025

Get ready for the annual FrogID week

Sat 1

Sun 2 Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground

Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Sat 8 Pollinators Week Sun 9 Mon 10

Tue 11 Remembrance Day Wed 12

Thu 13 Fri 14

Sat 15 Indigenous Flora Park Bushcare Group

Sun 16

Mon 17 Tue 18 Wed 19 Thu 20 Managing weeds in an urban environment Fri 21 Sat 22 Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Volunteer Christmas Party Sun 30

Photos by: Martin Ratcliff

Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura)

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)

Stingless Native Bee

Cuckoo bee (Thyreus sp.)

Mon 1

December 2025

5 International Volunteer Day World Soil Day

6 Sun 7 Free Community Bike Rides WSCN, Fairfield Showground Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Last day of school Sat 20 Sun 21 Mon 22 December solstice Tue 23 Wed 24 Christmas Eve Thu 25 Christmas Day

Photos by: Helen Pollard

Pale Vanilla Lily (Arthropodium milleflorum)

Wonga Wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorea)

Native Indigo (Indigofera australis)

Fuzzweed (Vittadinia sp.)

Chocolate Lily (Arthropodium strictum)

FOOD ORGANICS & GARDEN ORGANICS FOGO The FOGO process

In early 2024, Fairfield City Council introduced the green FOGO (Food Organics & Garden Organics) bin to residents to tackle the issue of organic waste entering landfills.

Since its launch, food and garden waste has been diverted to a composting facility, where it breaks down into high-quality compost.

Together, we’re building a greener, more sustainable future!

AT THE COMPOSTING FACUILTY

The composting facility creates the right conditions for organic waste to break down. Regularly tilling the waste and maintaining a dark, humid space, allows microorganisms to decompose the organic waste through aerobic decomposition. The process can take 6-8 weeks to complete for all the organic matter to turn into quality compost.