Upper Billabong

Woomargama Common BioBlitz

Woomargama Common BioBlitz

Saturday 25th October 2025

🕘 9:00am –11:00am

📍 Woomargama Common (Dickson St E, Woomargama)

☕ Morning tea provided. 

‍Activity: Bird watching Walk with Rhonda Vile (Bird Life Australia) & Nest Box Monitoring with Paula Sheehan (HLN & WHL).

Please register with the link below or use the QR code on the flyer.

Registration link - https://events.humanitix.com/woomargama-common-bioblitz

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There will also be a few of us camping over on Saturday 25th Oct at the Samual Bollard Campground at Woomargama National Park, please feel free to join us.

For more information please contact Judy - 0427 043 097 E: judykirk@holbrooklandcare.org.au 

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