coastal custodians - Department of Environment and Climate Change

Saturday, 20 th of January 2007 by the Honourable
Gary Nairn Member for Eden-Monaro, Special
Minister for State.
Prior to the opening ceremony a number of energetic
enthusiasts walked the Dreaming Track (8.0 kms),
starting from Congo Point in the north and taking in
the scenic views at Meringo Headland, Mulimburra
Point, Grey Rocks and Bingie point.
The track is situated within parts of the Eurobodalla
National Park and features spectacular landscapes.
The geology of the area includes granite platforms,
shale, sandstone and basalt. In areas the basalt is
covered with young quartz-rich sandstone and
gravels, some of which has been cemented to form
silcrete. A large proportion of the Aboriginal stone
artefacts on the South Coast were made from silcrete
and the Congo/Bingie area is home to a number of
silcrete quarries, campsites, shell middens and
occupation sites.
While walking the track you are likely to spot
macropods such as the eastern grey kangaroo, rednecked
wallabies and swamp wallabies. Brush-tailed
and ring-tailed possums inhabit the thick shrub of the
National Park, as does the echidna. Keen eyes may
spot the marsupial rat that is a staple diet of the local
goannas and snakes. Along the estuaries are the
elegant egrets, high-stepping white-faced herons and
wait and watch cormorants.
Threatened species such as the greater broad-nosed
bat, the grey-headed flying fox, both the glossy black
and the gang gang cockatoos, the powerful owl and
the masked owl have all been spotted in the area. You
may also spot some threatened shorebirds including
the red-billed pied oystercatchers, the vulnerable
sanderling or the endangered sooty oystercatcher.
In his opening speech Warwick Stone acknowledged
the efforts and support of Envirofund, NPWS, Bingi
Landcare Group, ESC, Cobowra LALC, Peter
Spurway, Huon Hassall, Rudi Langeveld, John
Fisher, Stuart Whitelaw, and Kathy Peck.
Pictured: Patricia Ellis Chairperson Cobowra LALC, Chris Kowal Councillor ESC, Pam Green Chairperson SR CMA,
Andrew Constance Member for Bega, The Honourable Gary Nairn Member for Eden-Monaro, Special Minister for
State and Warwick Stone Bingie Residents Association.
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