Special Membership Offer

Our membership year runs 1 July – 30 June and remains fixed at just $20
Your options are:
– Pay cash at the next meeting
– Contact David Matheson for the club bank account details for a direct transfer
– Renew online HERE

Remember, for ANGFA NSW memberships, you can ONLY join or renew direct with us – NOT through any other State or National

Special Offer

Renew or join now and for just $10 extra receive a copy of Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums, a set of 5 ANGFA posters or a Gunther Schmida poster while stocks last.

This is a limited time offer, until end of March 2024.

Select AUSTRALIA or INTERNATIONAL to securely order now

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June ’24 Meeting

Despite it being a long weekend and much of the Sydney basin having just endured another deluge, we had 22 attendees at todays’ meeting – thanks to everyone that came along and especially to all those that renewed your membership….remember, you MUST be a current financial member to nominate or vote at the forthcoming AGM.

There was a group discussion around the merits, or otherwise, of limiting the number of non-native species being put through our major auctions. Many opinions were put forward and the general consensus was it has its’ merits but we need to agree a fair and transparent method, to avoid disappointing anyone. Suggestions have been noted and will be further discussed at the next Committee meeting in July.

The Members Draw was won by Ben Walker and the raffle was won by David Matheson who selected an air pump and breeder box donated by NotaFishOLee and Stan Lee took second prize of a $30 voucher donated by AllFish2U. Thanks to our generous sponsors!

Thanks also to Lyn King for donating the books to the auction.

Auction lots comprised…

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April ’24 Meeting

The meeting directly following a Super Auction is usually very quiet and poorly attended, not so today!
Despite the unusually early kick-off at 10am, we attracted 24 members and 1 guest to the meeting.

David facilitated a group discussion on field trip best practices and breeding basics that was both interactive and engaging. Thanks to all those who asked questions to make it all the more engaging.

The Members Draw was won by Linda Middleton – Linda, your $25 e-voucher is in your inbox and can used used in person in exchange for goods or in an auction, or spent in the online shop.

The raffle was won by recent new member Mark Falconer who chose a pair of Honey Blue Eyes and 2nd prize of a hang-on breeder box went to Graham Lathleiff.

We had 44 Lots in the mini-auction that returned nearly $400 to members, including:

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March – Autumn Super Auction 2024

Well, that was fun!

Thanks so much to everyone that made the day so successful.
We cleared 392 Lots in just under 5 hours of frantic bidding taking $9295 in auction sales and paying out $7555 to our members!

A huge thanks to our very generous donors and sponsors of raffle prizes, won by Gary Dunn & Philip Crossley…
* Craig Poulton, NotAFishOLee, for donation of the canister filter and AC/DC dual outlet air pump
* Chris Lamin, Middle Creek Farm, for the donation of the Yarra Pygmy Perch
* Jim Morris for the donation of his 3D printed filter

Congratulations also go to the winners of our Members Draw, celebrating breaking the 100 members barrier (now at 109 for the year!!!)
* Erin Matheson – $100 ANGFA NSW voucher
* Julie Brown – ANGFA NSW embroidered polo shirt
* William Shi -ANGFA NSW embroidered cap

A well stocked Trade Table added to interest at the meeting, including botanicals and brine shrimp from Blackwater Aquatics

Species / items sold today…..

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February ’24 Meeting

What a way to kickoff the New Year!

A huge thanks to Andrew Rogers for a fantastic presentation, including live Show & Tell, on Australian Freshwater Turtles.
Footage of the presentation is available via our Facebook page

We have taken delivery of lots of new books for the Trade Table and are in the process of re-stocking foods. Remember – members get 20% of everything in the Online Store until the Autumn Super Auction on 9th March AND you can use Afterpay to spread the cost of your order over 4 equal payments!

Congratulations to Members Draw winner Adam Bull – your $25 e-voucher is in your inbox.

Also raffle winners Jonathan Love & Oto Zubzander

Species through today’s mini-auction included….

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December Meeting

For a day that hit 43C in Sydney, we had a good turnout for our End of Year meeting and we thanks everyone that braved the conditions to celebrate a hugely successful 2023 for ANGFA NSW.

We enjoyed a Q&A style presentation from Liam & Brendan Moar on blackwater fish keeping and the use of native botanicals, followed by a Christmas feast buffet of prawns, ham, chicken a variety of salads and sweet treats – Thanks to David, Brendan & Lyn for pulling it together at very short notice due to the fire ban.

After gorging ourselves, the raffle was won by Brendan Moar, who chose the hang-on breeder box & Jonathon Love who won the AC/DC air pump.
Richard Simpson was selected as the winner of the Members Draw – Congratulations Richard, your $25 e-voucher is in your inbox.

The biggest prize of the day went to Liam Moar who won the Annual Breeders Draw and $175 in vouchers for AllFish2U – thanks Chris Alogdelis for your exceptional support sponsoring this prize for the last few years.
The Breeders Draw is an important initiative that encourages members to put their fish through our auctions and to focus on rarer species.
This year we expanded the scope to include ALL native fish for one entry or two entries for a species on the Breeders Draw list, as a way to encourage their keeping and breeding more.
This change of scope resulted in a total of 432 entries into the draw, compiled from each auction held in 2023!

Species through the auction….

On behalf of the entire Committee, we wish all our members and guests throughout the year a very happy Christmas and look forward to welcoming you all back to our next meeting on Saturday 10th February 2024 at our regular venue Club Rivers in Riverwood, who have very generously donated the use of their premises free of charge to us for another year.

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Spring Super Auction

Standing room only!

That was a monster day and a massive thanks is due to everyone that came along to support the club.

Special thanks to Club Rivers to donating use of their premises once again, especially on Remembrance Day, when they had so much going on.

Special callouts also to…

• Craig Poulton of NotAFishOLee, for donating our raffle prizes – a canister filter and brine shrimp hatchery
• Lothar Voigt for donating the Book raffle prize – “Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia”
  Ticket sales raised $495 for the club! A huge congratulations to our winner, Dan Mangano from Victoria.
  Also for pretty much his entire fishroom hardware – heaps of tanks & racking to be cleared ASAP due to his impending relocation. Reach out via the contact page if you’re interested in anything.
• Mats Lintenbrink for bringing botanicals and brine ship eggs to our trade table. Mats is a relatively new member and runs Blackwater Aquarium and brings a new element to our meetings.
• Dave Wilson for donating some rare species egg mops.
• Cahly Matheson for driving our social media presence, Lyn King for looking after the trade table and keeping us all honest with the cash box, Jim Rorris & birthday boy Lachlan Nevinson for assisting with the auction, Graham Lathleiff fighting the laptop and of course David Matheson our auctioneer extraordinaire.

We also welcomed back 2 returning members, Ich Hao Hinh and Ron Williamson and 2 new members, Liz Cherry & Andrew Bellis.

The bit you’ve been waiting for…
We took a total of $7948 and paid out $3548 to members from a grand total of 391 Lots auctioned and nothing passed in.

The species / items list sold…..

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October Meeting

Traditionally, the meeting before a Super-Auction tends to be fairly quiet. Not today!

A really well attended meeting with a great slideshow of the Northern Rivers Field Trip in September and a great illustration that we have active members outside of metro-Sydney participating in these activities – nice job Scott & Dan!

We have 80 current members and encourage anyone that hasn’t renewed, to do so now or you’ll drop off the mailing lists and your website account will be deactivated at the end of October – you’ve been emailed.

The Raffle was won by recent new member Stephen Kim Jew, who selected a pot of Dymax food and $30 voucher, both donated by AllFish2U. Second prize went to….you guessed it…Chris Vorbach. Chris took home the same book he donated to the raffle and a pot of Dymax food from AllFish2U.

The Members draw was won by another recently new member, Nathan Kiddle – congratulations, your e-voucher is sitting in your email inbox.

We ran 68 Lots through the auction, of which 21 were generously donated by Lothar Voigt, Ron Newell & Stephen Kum Jew. Items included:

We have an online raffle running for a copy of this awesome and very rare book, generously donated by ANGFA NSW Life Member, Lothar Voigt…

Tickets are just $5 each and can only be purchased in person at the Spring Super Auction or through our THIS LINK to our online shop.
The winner will be drawn at the Spring Super Auction on Saturday 11th November

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June Meeting

A strong turn-out considering it was a public holiday weekend. Thanks to everyone that came along.

David opened the meeting with the review of previous minutes and officers updates.
Notably, ANGFA NSW has completed the transfer of a $500 donation the Save Ayamaru Lakes project – the endangered home of the iconic Boesemani.
We gratefully acknowledge Marten Salossa for the important work he is undertaking and hope our donation makes a difference.

Our VP, Richard Blake, entertained us with tales of the FNQ field trips undertaken over the past few years by ANGFA NSW that generated a good deal of audience interaction. The new HUGE screen in the meeting room also made it that much more engaging with the great photos. Thanks Richard!

We welcomed two new members, Ken James & Ben Walker and processed 11 renewals during the meeting.

Remember, you must be a current, financial member to nominate or vote at the AGM in August, so get your renewal orders in now.

The members draw was won by Christian Le Moy and raffle was won by Chris Vorbach who picked the Evolution & Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates book and second prize went to Graham Lathleiff, a $30 voucher and Dymax prebiotic flake, generously donated by key sponsor AllFish2U.

The Auction was busy for a regular meeting, with 95 lots being sold and returning over $1300 to members, comprising…

Heads up – Sunday 18th June 10am – Midday, AllFish2U are hosting an ANGFA NSW special field trip – in store!
Get along to witness first hand the amazing store Chris and his team have created and take advantage of the weekly special offers. You won’t be disappointed!

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April Meeting

The first meeting after a Super Auction is always relatively quiet BUT we were entertained and educated by Dr Tony Gill, one of our long serving members, with his presentation on the Taxonomy of Anthiadine Fishes.

Despite the school holidays, we still drew in 20 people and gained another new member – welcome to Jeremy Roach.

Raffle winners were Gary Spokes and Dr Tony Gill.
Members Draw winner was recent new member Tony Blewitt – Tony, your $25 voucher is on its’ way.

Species through the auction included:

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Autumn Super Auction

Wow, what a day!

Easily the biggest auction we’ve had for years in terms of attendance – thank you to everyone that came along and contributed to it being such lively auction.

Thanks also to all our supporters – the members who put items through the auction, especially those who very generously donated their proceeds directly to the club.
Also to our sponsors, AllFish2U, NotafishOlee and Kongs (AquaOne) for donating raffle prizes and Aquarium Industries & Aquagreen for providing us some great fish.

A special thanks to Club Rivers for providing their awesome facilities to us free of charge again.
For regular meeting attendees, membership of Club Rivers is only $5 a year and gets you discounts on drinks, meals and access to the secure car park on Littleton St.
Show them your support in appreciation of everything they do for us and save yourself a few bucks at the same time.

Without all of you, we couldn’t make these days the success they are or continue to provide the level of member benefits we return to you.

In just over 4 hours of frantic bidding we got through 347 Lots and collected a total of $7137, of which $4097.60 was paid out to the members that entered items for sale….if that’s not encouragement to start raising fish for the Spring Auction in November, I don’t know what is!

Items / Species sold were:

Members draw was won by Will Goodwin – your voucher has been emailed to you and can be used in our online store or at a meeting in exchange for trade table goods or in an auction within the next 12 months.

Raffle was won by Ilia Lee who chose the Aqua One tank, second prize went to Stephen Kumjew who chose the $50 AllFish2U voucher and third prize went to Derek Girkin who got the Artemia hatchery courtesy of NotAFishOLee

Congratulations!

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February ’23 Meeting

Great kickoff to a New Year.

Thanks to long time member and sponsor Craig Poulton, of NotaFishOLee, for his presentation on breeder boxes and kind donation of raffle prizes and giveaway water conditioners.

The Members Draw was won by Adam Bull and raffle prizes went to serial winners, Jim Rorris & Chris Vorbach – congrats to all!

Items through the auction:

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December ’22 Meeting

What a fantastic end to a busy year and thanks to everyone who joined us today, especially the team from our keystone sponsor ALLFISH2U and our newest Life Member, Lothar Voigt.

We celebrated with THREE Members Draws – congrats to Adrian Stephen, Jim Rorris & Nick Serbin, who each receive a $30 voucher from ALLFISH2U

The raffle was won by recent new member Henry Murray, who picked the AquaOne Aqualume 23 integrated aquarium, courtesy of Kongs…what a great way to start out with ANGFA NSW!

Second prize went to Chris Vorbach who won a $50 voucher from ALLFISH2U

The annual Breeders Draw was won by David Matheson, who generously declined to accept the prize and returned it to be split and re-drawn. After numerous draws of his tickets, two $75 ALLFISH2U vouchers were eventually won by Lachlan Nevinson & Graham Lathleiff.

A massive shout and thanks to Richard Blake, Carmelo D’Urso and Brendan Moar for manning the BBQ and to David Matheson for bringing the grill, doing the shopping and making the kebabs.

Entries through the auction were:

Biggest and best bargain of the day was an extremely generous donation from Lothar…..

Catch yourself 3 bags of fish, from either:

• A pair of rainbows (boesemani, Cato R., bleheri, praecox, Mt Poverty, duboulayi
• 6 juvenile rainbows
• 4 cichlids (Red Empress, Maingano, Mpanga, Yellowtail Acei, Kribensis, Multies)
• 4 others (Red-claw Crays, Pearl Gouramis, Blue or Apricot Paradise Fish, Endler’s, Bristlenoses, Gold White Clouds, Neons)
• Stuff yourself 3 bags full of plants. 

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ANGFA NSW Spring Super Auction!
Proudly supported by AquaOne, AllFish2U and Aquarium Industries

Well, that was fun!

A massive thanks to everyone who attended the auction – our best attendance in a long time and standing room only by starting time!

https://www.instagram.com/tv/Ck2IJvspRwq/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

We also welcome 6 new members, joining at the auction – Daniel Coulton, Richard Dowdall, Nicola Enilane, Ich Hao Hinh, Derek Arnaiz & Ridz Hasan

In 4 hours we cleared 322 Lots and paid out $6413 to members!
The full list was:

The Members Draw was won by Helen Baker, who receives a $25 voucher to use at a future meeting or online purchase.
Our Sponsored raffle prize winners were Jasper Nevinson who picked the AquaOne aquarium, Ich Hao Hinh chose the $30 AllFish2U voucher.

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Vale John Buckley

It’s with the greatest sadness, we share news that today, 16 September 2022, on his 76th birthday, we say goodbye to ANGFA NSW Life Member, long-time committee member and dearest friend, John Buckley.

Whilst small in stature, John had a huge heart and love for this club and the hobby as a whole. His enthusiasm was infectious and generosity, boundless.

We will miss him terribly and send our love and deepest condolensces to his family at this difficult time.

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August ’22 Meeting & AGM

Great two-stage meeting today.

We started with our AGM, where a new Committee was elected (mostly by default as positions were unopposed).

Our 2022/23 Committee are:

President, Treasurer & Rivus Editor – David Matheson
Vice President – Richard Blake
Public Officer & Digital Media Co-Ordinator – Graham Lathleiff
Auction Co-Ordinator & Minutes Secretary – Lyn King
Field Trip Co-Ordinator & Threatened Species Liaison – Lachlan Nevinson
Ordinary Members – Brendan Moar, Jim Rorris, Helen Baker and welcome to Carmelo D’Urso to the team

Following the AGM, our regular meeting kicked into full swing with a fantastic presentation from Dr Fish, Adam Kereszy. Check it out on our Facebook page.

The raffle prize was kindly donated by Aqua One distributor, Kongs. A fantastic Focus23 integrated aquarium, and was won by Jim Rorris.

The members draw was won by Bozena Hochwallner and accepted by Manfred – a signed copy of Adams’ book.

Species through the auction included:

M. ANGFA
Malanda Sp. Williams Ck
M. Trifasciata Yirrkala
M. Picta
M. Trifasciata Goyder R.
C. Bleheri
G. Pseudoincisus
M. Duboulayi Olney State Forest
M. Trifasciata Myka Ck
M/ Fluviatilis Edwards R.
M. Australia Drysdale R.
C. Campsie
M. Goldei
P. Furcatus
P. Luminatus
Peacock Gudgeon
Bristlenose Catfish – common & Long Fin
M. Spl. Inornata Flat Rock Ck
Mystery Snails
Java Moss
Louisiana Iris

Finally, a thanks to Derek & Lorraine for kindly donating copies of past editions of RIVUS to help fill in some of the timeline gaps in the Members Only area. They’re sure to engage and entertain.

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June ’22 Meeting

Thanks to everyone that made it along to the June Meeting. Despite is being the Queens Birthday long weekend, we were still educated in the culture of live foods, enjoyed a Murky Seb production on Rhadocentrus Ornatus in it’s natural habitat and our usual raffle & members draw, socialised and an auction, albeit smaller than usual. Lots auctioned off were:

M. Tri. Goyder River

M. Tri. Cato River

M. Boesemani

M. Sexlineata Fly River

M. Pygmaea

Empire Gudegons

Java Fern & Heaters

The raffle was won by Dr Tony Gill & Garry Spokes and the members draw by Oto Zubzanda. Congrats to you all!

No Opt-In fish draws until the weather warms up again now, due to risk of the fish perishing in transit.

A reminder, for anyone interested in the September combined clubs field trip to FNQ, you need to pay your $600 non-refundable deposit by 12 July to secure your place.

Next meeting, we have Adam Kereszy presenting and it’s also our AGM.

Watch your email inboxes during July for Committee nomination forms. If you have any items for inclusion on the AGM Agenda, please email to angfansw@outlook.com no later than 7th July.

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April ’22 Meeting

Chris Lamin of Middle Creek Farm made the long trip up from Victoria to talk about how the business came into being and her work on conservation and breeding projects.
For those who don’t know Chris, the fish sold under licence at the March auction (Southern Pygmy Perch & Mogurnda Adspersa) came from her facility.

It was a really interesting presentation and you can find it posted on our Facebook page

The member draw was won by Peter Matheson (your $25 voucher is on it’s way).

The Fish Draw was won by Chris Vorbach, who selected the trio of M. Picta as his prize. Thanks to Lachlan for those.

The raffle was won by Lachlan & Jim.

Congratulations to all our winners and thanks to everyone for attending. The weather had threatened to spoil the day, but great to see so many of your supporting the club and showing appreciation for Chris’ attendance.

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Autumn Super Auction

Well that was a HUGE day!

We cleared 403 Lots in 5 hours and took nearly $5,900, paid out nearly $4,800 to members and made nearly $1,100 commission for the club

And to top it all off, we have new books in stock AND to make it even easier to buy through ANGFA NSW, we now have Afterpay available for all purchases made through the website, so you can spread the cost of any purchase over 4 installments

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February ’22 Meeting

Great kick off to 2022 with a really well attended meeting and back at our regular home at Club Rivers.

Members Draw

The members draw was won by Manfred Hochwallner, who prompting spent his voucher on one of the treats in the auction

Fish Draw

The Opt-In fish draw was won by new member Jack Li – what a great way to be welcomed into the club!
Thanks to Lachlan for donating the prize fish again this month.

Auction

We had 77 lots auctioned off, including:

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December ’21 Meeting

What a fantastic way to end another challenging year!

A huge thanks to the 1st Boronia Scout group for the use of their hall, without which this meeting wouldn’t have been possible.

AGM

We finally (thanks to COVID) got to hold our delayed AGM.
Positions are largely unchanged, except for Lachlan Nevinson taking over as Field trip Co-Ordinator and we welcome Brendan Moar onto the Committee as an Ordinary Member.

Remember, all members are welcome to join our Committee meetings – they’re not closed sessions – you just can’t vote if you’re not a committee member. Just reach out to Graham for a Zoom meeting link.

Breeders Draw

The breeders draw prize was very generously donated by our sponsor, ALLFISH2U, two $75 vouchers.

Our intention had been for one person to win a $150 prize.

The drawn winner was David Matheson, who equally generously forfeited his prize and asked for it to be re-drawn as two separate $75 prizes to give Others a greater chance.

Subsequently drawn winners were Lachlan Nevinson for M.Oktediensis and Graham Lathleiff for M. Spl. Tatei, each receiving a $75 voucher

Fish Draw

Trio’s of the following species are on offer this month, thanks to kind donations from Lothar.

John Sandstrom was the lucky winner and chose the Honey Blue Eyes from the prize pot, very kindly donated by Lothar – congratulations John!

With this space for details of the next Fish Draw, which will be drawn at the February meeting

Members Draw

Congratulations to Melanie Goldsmith for being drawn at random at the December meeting. Your prize is on its’ way.

Auction

Far more lots than expected and a fantastic range of species, some of which we very seldom, if ever, see through the auctions…hopefully a taste of things to come as our Breeders Draw programme matures.

Species / items through todays meeting were:

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October ’21 Fish Draw

Starting in October and tied in with our Breeders Draw a new initiative to help spread around those rarer fish, even while we’re locked down.

It costs you nothing to participate. The winner will be drawn at the end of the month and the fish sent to you by courier.

Thanks to Lachlan for donating the first draws’ prizes

The Winners of our first Members Fish Draw are….

1st prize – Kyle Antaw – 2 Pair of Chilatherina Fasciata Clearwater Creek
2nd prize – Sebastian Roe – 2 Pair of Pseudomugil Ivanstoffi

Congratulations to you both!

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June ’21 General Meeting

Thanks to all our members and (very welcome) visitors for attending the June meeting.
Another good turnout and awesome array of seldom seen species through the auction, including…

March ’21 Super Auction

Thanks to everyone who braved to awful weather to make the event such a huge success.
Over $1500 was raised for the club funds from the auction commission and a fantastic variety of fish & plants were shared amongst members and, very welcome, guests from 326 lots…

It was a really well attended meeting and we signed up our 84th member for 2020/21!

Head over to the Events Page for the full list of dates for 2021

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Competition Prizes

At the March Committee Meeting, we reviewed our prizes and decided upon a few changes, based upon member uptake.

The Members Draw will continue to be a $25 e-voucher, but can now be either spent on goods from the trade table, online shop or used during meeting auctions.

The draw will take place at general meetings, in front of the members going forward.

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New Poster

If you attended the last National Convention in Melbourne, you may have seen a new rainbowfish poster put together by Greg Wallis with photos taken by Gunther Schmida.
We now have a stock of these amazing posters that can be bought with or without membership. Head over to the Shop page to order or grab one at the next meeting.

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Save Manly Dam

Head on over to the Save Manly Dam Bushland Facebook page for updates on the only Climbing Galaxias habitat in the Sydney metro area.

ANGFA NSW Inc recently lodged an objection to a DA proposal for a seniors home near the site and has thankfully resulted in the application being refused…some breathing space until the next attempt!

More details on their struggle here and here