Bio odive rsity A Actio n Pla n 201 11-20 15 - Marrickville Council

Bioodiversity 

AAction 

Plan 

20111‐2015 

Preppared 

byy 

Austraalian 

Muuseum 

Business B s Services 

in 

assoociation 

with MMarrickviille 

Coun ncil 

Final 

Report 

June 22011 

AMBSS 

Reference 100465 

Australiann 

Museum Business Services - 6 College SStreet, 

Sydney NSW 2010, 0, Ph (02) 9320 6311, Fax (02) 9320 6428 

australianmusseum.net.au/AMBS 

ambs@ausstmus.gov.au

Marrickville 

Biodiversity Acction 

Plan 2011-2015 

Docuument 

Innformatioon 

Citattion: 

Verssions: 

Authhors: 

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Approved 

by: 

Acknnowledgeements 

AMBS 22011. 

Marricckville 

Biodiv versity Actionn 

Plan 2011‐ 2015. Report 

prepareed 

for Marricckville 

Counc cil by Australian 

Museumm 

Business 

Servicees, 

Sydney. 

Versionn 

1: Workingg 

Draft issued d 23 Februarry 

2011 

Versionn 

2: Final Draaft 

issued 7 April A 2011 

Versionn 

3: Final Repport 

issued 30 3 June 20111 

Rachel Blakey, Victooria 

Currie (M Marrickville CCouncil) 

& GGlenn 

Muir 

Victoriaa 

Currie (Biodiversity 

Coo ordinator) MMarrickville 

Council 

Glenn MMuir 

Preparration 

of this 

documennt 

would noot 

have bee en possible without thee 

assistance and 

contribbution 

of thhe 

staff of MMarrickville 

Council. In addition, thhe 

followingg 

individuals and 

organisations 

have 

provided useful input 

and ideas s for the Biodiversity 

SStrategy 

and d the 

Biodiversity 

Actionn 

Plan: 

Martinn 

Schulz (AMBS) 

Marricckville 

Cooks River Commmittee 

Cooks River Foreshhores 

Workinng 

Group 

Wolli CCreek 

Preserrvation 

Socieety 

Richard 

Major & Joohn 

Gollan (AAustralian 

MMuseum) 

Mark WWalters 

(Norrth 

Ryde TAFFE) 

Caraghh 

Threlfall (UUNSW) 

Narawwan 

Williams (Ecotone Eccological 

Connsultants) 

Brendaan 

Ryan and Josephine DDessmann 

(Biosis 

Researc ch Pty Ltd) 

Adam Ward (GreennWay 

Sustainability 

Project) 

Tanya Leary, Lyn RRaffan 

& Saraah 

Thorne (OOffice 

of Environment 

andd 

Heritage) 

John MMartin 

(Univeersity 

of Wolllongong) 

II




Contents 

1 Inntroduction 

and Approoach 

.......... ................ ................ ................ ................ .... 4 

1.1 How to Usse 

this Documment 

............. .................... ..................... ..................... .................... ...... 4 

1.2 Action Plaan 

Review andd 

Flexibility .. .................... ..................... ..................... .................... ...... 4 

1.3 Focus Areas 

and Strateegies 

............. .................... ..................... ..................... .................... ...... 5 

1.4 Biodiversitty 

Values ...... ..................... .................... ..................... ..................... .................... ...... 5 

2 On‐ground 

AActions 

for PPriority 


Areas 

........... .................. ................. .. 13 

2.1 Tempe Reeserve/Alexanndra 

Canal .... .................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 13 

2.2 The GreennWay 

– Cookss 

River to Iron 

Cove ......... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 15 

2.3 Cooks Riveer 

Corridor (HH.J. 

Mahoneyy 

Reserve to Kendrick K Parkk) 

.................. .................... .... 17 

2.4 Cooks Riveer 

Corridor (MMarrickville 

GGolf 

Course) . ..................... ..................... .................... .... 19 

2.5 Dibble Aveenue 

Waterhhole 

............... .................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 21 

2.6 Fraser andd 

Tillman Park 

.................. .................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 23 

2.7 The Urbann 

Habitat Mosaic 

.............. .................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 25 

3 Reesources 

annd 

Implemeentation 

.... .................. .................. .................. ................. .. 27 

4 Pllanning 

Doccument 

Guiidelines 

..... .................. .................. .................. ................. .. 28 

4.1 Marrickville 

DCP 2010 . ..................... .................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 28 

4.2 Plans of MManagement 

& Masterplans 

................ ..................... ..................... .................... .... 28 

4.3 Draft Worrkforce 

Plan ( in preparatioon) 

................ ..................... ..................... .................... .... 28 

4.4 Marrickville 

Urban Forest 

Strategy . .................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 28 

4.5 Draft Climmate 

Change AAdaptation 


(in preparation) 

.......... ..................... .................... .... 28 

4.6 Draft Watter 

Strategy/WWaterevolution 

Subcatchm ment Planninng 

.................. .................... .... 29 

4.7 Draft Marrickville 

Community 

Nurseery 

Managem ment Plan 20111‐2015 

....... .................... .... 29 

5 Biiodiversity 

Guidelines ................. .................. .................. .................. ................. .. 30 

5.1 Biodiversitty‐friendly 

Reestoration 

annd 

Maintenan nce ................ ..................... .................... .... 30 

5.2 Noxious WWeeds 

Listed for Marrickville 

Council .. ..................... ..................... .................... .... 31 

5.3 Frog‐friendly 

WSUD Deesign 

............ .................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 33 

5.4 Biodiversitty‐friendly 

Ligghting 

.......... .................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 35 

Figuures 

Figure 1. Habitat annd 

connectivitty 

map for plant 

commun nities. ............ ..................... .................... ...... 6 


connectivitty 

map for frogs. 

............. ..................... ..................... .................... ...... 7 


connectivitty 

map for reeptiles. 

......... ..................... ..................... .................... ...... 8 


connectivitty 

map for noocturnal 

and small rainforrest 

birds. ..... .................... ...... 9 

Figure 5. Habitat aand 

connectiivity 

map for 

small granivorous, 

necctarivorous, 

insectivorous 

s and 

freshwwater 

wetlandd 

and reed‐beed 

birds. ....... .................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 10 


connectivitty 

map for baats. 

............... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 11 


connectivitty 

map for Loong‐nosed 

Ba andicoots. ..... ..................... .................... .... 12 

Figure 8. Tempe Reserve/Alexanndra 

Canal Acction 

Map. ... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 14 

Figure 9. GreenWayy 

Action Mapp. 

................... .................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 16 

Figure 10. Cooks Rivver 

Corridor ( (H.J. Mahoneey 

reserve to Kendrick Parrk) 

Action Maap. 

................ .... 18 

Figure 11. Cooks Rivver 

Corridor ( (Marrickville Golf Course) Action Map. . .................... .................... .... 20 

Figure 12. Dibble Avvenue 

Waterrhole 

Action MMap. 

............ ..................... ..................... .................... .... 22 

Figure 13. Fraser annd 

Tillman Park 


................ ..................... ..................... .................... .... 24 

Figure 14. Urban Haabitat 

Mosaicc 

Action Map. 

................... ..................... ..................... .................... .... 26 

III




1 Inntroducction 

annd 

Approoach 

1.1 

The Biodiversity 


Plan has been ddeveloped 

to o meet the objectives oof 

the Biodiversity 

Strateggy 

2010‐2021 

over the innitial 

4‐year period from 2011 to 20115. 

While thee 

Strategy provides 

long‐teerm 

and/or ongoing, CCouncil‐wide 

directions, the Action Plan is a ppractical, 

sp patially‐ 

orienteed 

documennt 

outlining specific 

on‐grround 

action ns to be comppleted 

in thee 

next 4 year rs. 

The Acction 

Plan is a quick referrence 

for: 

• incorporatinng 

biodiversitty 

planning into 

Council planning doccuments 

• prioritising rresources 

forr 

on‐ground works 

• evaluating the 

extent off 

actions that 

have already 

been impplemented 

(aas 

the plan is i map‐ 

based) 

• education off 

on‐ground staff and guidance 

for th heir day‐to‐dday 

managemment 

techniq ques; 

• communicattions 

tools foor 

communitty 

programs 

• guidelines foor 

recurrent council issuees 

that affect t biodiversityy 

This Acction 

Plan is divided into five main seections: 

1. Introductionn 

to the Action 

Plan, Straategy 

Focus Areas and BBiodiversity 

VValues 

– pro ovides a 

series of maps 

indicatingg 

areas of haabitat 

and co onnectivity foor 

a range of f flora and fauna 

2. On‐ground AActions 

– proovides 

a priooritised 

set of o actions to be undertakken 

in Marric ckville’s 

Priority Bioddiversity 

Areaas 

3. Resources aand 

Implemmentation 

– reviews current 

expennditure 

on bbiodiversity‐ 

related 

4. 

projects andd 

means of immplementingg 

the actions s 

Summary of 

Guideliness 

for Planniing 

Docume ents – recommmends 

incclusions 

to Council C 

planning doccuments 

currrently 

in preeparation 

5. Biodiversity Guidelines – provides guidelines that will heelp 

to conserve 

and enhance 

biodiversity for a range oof 

existing annd 

proposed d activities 

1.2 

How to Usse 

this Doccument 

Action Plaan 

Review and Flexibbility 

The Acction 

Plan aims 

adopts thhe 

principless 

of adaptive e managemeent 

and is suffficiently 

flex xible to 

allow iincorporatioon 

of new knnowledge 

and 

advances in the field of urban ecoology, 

as we ell as to 

take addvantage 

of new opportunities 

or threats 

for bio odiversity thaat 

may arise in Marrickville. 

It is 

expectted 

that infoormation 

prrovided 

by mmonitoring 

programs p annd 

feedback from Council 

and 

community 

groupss 

will advise tthe 

ongoing implementa ation of the AAction 

Plan. 

The Acction 

Plan will 

require reeview 

at the beginning of o the year 20016 

by the MMarrickville 

Council C 


Coorddinator. 

A revview 

of the AAction 

Plan could be trigggered 

priorr 

to this date e under 

the folllowing 

circumstances: 

• in the case that a new threatened species, pop pulation or eecological 

coommunity 

(i.e. 

one 

that is not already 

considered 

in thee 

Action Plan n) is discoverred 

within thhe 


LGA, 

the ability of the Action 

Plan too 

provide adequate 

conservation 

measures for 

this 

species/commmunity/poppulation 

shoould 

be ass sessed and the Action Plan amen nded if 

necessary 

• in the case that the conservation 

sstatus 

of an existing speecies, 

population 

or eco ological 

community changes to tthe 

point thaat 

it is listed as a threateneed, 

the abilityy 

of the Actio on Plan 

to provide adequate 

connservation 

mmeasures 

for this species/ /communityy/population 

should 

be assessed 

4




• 

1.3 

Based on the key result areas 

and outcoomes 

from the t Marrickvville 

Commuunity 

Strateg gic Plan 

2021, the aims oof 

the Biodiiversity 

Straategy, 

initial consultatioon 

with inteernal 

and external e 

stakehholders, 

fielddwork 

and a literature and resour rces review, a major aiim 

for biodiversity 

managgement 

in Marrickville 

was 

establisheed: 

The foollowing 

Focuus 

Areas andd 

their more specific, ass sociated straategies 

aim tto 

help achie eve the 

overall 

aim: 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

1.4 

in the casee 

that monnitoring 

or observations 

detect a possible negative 

imp pact of 

implementinng 

aspects oof 

the Actionn 

Plan (e.g. an increasee 

in the nummber 

of intro oduced 

birds) 

Focus Areas 

and Straategies 

Preserrve 

and enhhance 

Marrrickville’s 

Biiodiversity 

Values V and the ecosystem 

service es they 

providde. 


Areeas 

Strategy ‐ Prreserve 

and eenhance 

the biodiversity value of Prioority 

Biodiveersity 

Areas 

Connectivityy 

Strategy ‐ EEnhance 

locaal 

and regionnal 

connecti ivity where rrelevant 

for biodiversity values 

and Priority Biodiversity Areas 

Threats 

Strategy ‐ Elliminate 

or mmitigate 

key ppresent 

and future f threaats 

to Marrickkville’s 

biodiversity 

Community and Partnerrships 

Strategy ‐ DDevelop 

commmunity 

engaagement 

and d education pprograms 

too 

engage the e public 

to participatte 

in the prootection 

andd 

enhanceme ent of Marricckville’s 

bioddiversity 

valu ues and 


Areaas 

Monitoring and Evaluattion 

Strategy ‐ Immplement 

ann 

ongoing revview 

program m to measuree 

the successs 

of the Strat tegy 

Knowledge Gaps 

Strategy ‐ PPlan 

future rresearch 

to aaddress 

key questions thhat 

will helpp 

to better manage m 

Marrickville’ ’s biodiversitty 


Values 

For thee 

purpose off 

the Strateggy, 

it is assummed 

that bio odiversity hass 

an intrinsicc 

value, that is, that 

biological 

diversity is of itself a value regarddless 

of its im mportance too 

humans. It is assumed that t the 

elemennts 

that makee 

up Marrickvville’s 

biodiveersity 

are, in themselves, t ‘ ‘values’. 

The Acction 

Plan reccommends 

onn‐ground 

actiions 

in the Pr riority Biodiveersity 

Areas aaccording 

to the key 

directioons 

in the Strrategy. 

Thesee 

actions were 

developed by analysing the requiremments 

for pre eserving 

and ennhancing 

Marrrickville’s 

bioodiversity 

valuues. 

Sectionn 

5: Biodiversity 

Guidelines, 

includes Figures 1 – 7, 7 which provvide 

a spatial 

analysis of habitat 

and coonnectivity 

features 

for a rrange 

of bioddiversity 

value es, including native plant communities s, frogs, 

reptiles, 

different groups 

of birdds, 

bats and Long‐nosed 

Ba andicoots. 

5




Figure 1. Habitat and 

connectivityy 

map for plant communities. 

6





connectivityy 

map for frogs. 

7





connectivityy 

map for reptiles. 

8





connectivityy 

map for nocturnal and small rainforest birds. 

9




Figure 5. Habitat and connecttivity 

map ffor 

small granivorous, nectarivorous, insectivoro ous and 

freshwwater 

wetland and reed‐bedd 

birds. 

10





connectivityy 

map for bats. 

11





connectivityy 

map for Long‐nosed Bandicoots. 

12




2 OOn‐grouund 

Actions 

for Priority y Biodivversity 

AAreas 

2.1 

Tempe Reeserve/Alexxandra 

Cannal 

Description 

of area 

Tempee 

Recreationn 

Reserve is a roughly reectangular 

area 

comprising 

18.3 hecctares 

of rec claimed 

land. It 

is located on the southern 

bounddary 

of the Marrickville LGA at the confluence of the 

Cooks River and AAlexandra 

Caanal. 

The devvelopment 

of o public recreation 

areaas 

on the site 

since 

2000 has includeed 

the construction 

of a saltmarsh 

and freshhwater 

wetllands, 

surro ounding 

sandsttone 

heath ggarden 

beds aand 

the estaablishment 

of 

the Cooks RRiver 

Valley Garden. 

For the 

purpose oof 

the Strateggy, 

this areaa 

includes Te empe Lands and along tthe 

western side of 

Alexanndra 

Canal ass 

well as Temmpe 

Recreation 

Reserve. . The Cooks River Valley Garden has a long‐ 

term oobjective 

to demonstrate 

the plant species foun nd in ecologgical 

communities 

of the e Cooks 

River VValley 

and inspire 

residennts, 

landscappers 

and dev velopers to use 

locally naative 

plants. 

This arrea 

is importtant 

becausee… 

• Key habitatss 

around Temmpe 

Lands include 

fresh hwater and bbrackish 

wettlands, 

buffe ered by 

shrubby sanndstone 

vegeetation 

providing 

shelter ring, breedinng 

and foragging 

resource es for a 

range of biodiversity 

vvalues. 

Fringging 

vegetation 

alongsiide 

Alexanddra 

Canal provides 

shelter for ssmall 

birds. TThe 

south‐weestern 

area of o Tempe Reecreation 

Reserve 

also co ontains 

shrubby sandstone 

vegeetation 

providing 

shelteri ing, breedingg 

and foraginng 

resources s 

• It provides loocal 

and regional 

connecctivity 

betwe een the Cookks 

River Corrridor 

and Ale exandra 

Canal 

No. AAction 

Responsibility 

Budgett 

Priority 

Estimate 

Estimate 

Opeerating 

CCapital 

1 CContinue 

mainntenance 

andd 

management 

Works and $80,000pa 

n/a 

11/12, 

oof 

the Tempe Lands and Teempe 

Reserve Services Existing 

ongoing o 

wwetland 

and vvegetation 

areeas. 

Extend 

$25,000pa 

mmaintenance 

to revegetateed 

areas 

aadjoining 

Alexxandra 

Canal 

Propposed 

2 IImplement 

the 

Cooks Riverr 

Valley Gardeen 

Environm mental $20,000pa 

$ 60‐ 11/12 

MManagement 

Plan (CRVGMMP) 

Services, 

100,000 

ongoing o 

Design and 

Investiga ation, 

Works 

Services 

and 

3 PPartner 

with SSydney 

Airporrt 

and SMCMAA 

Culture and Existing 

TBD 

11/12 

tto 

maintain annd 

improve Swwamp 

Oak Recreatio on, 

FFloodplain 

Forest 

remnant identified in Environm mental 

ddraft 

SMCMS Sydney Vegettation 

Mappinng 

PProject 

(knowwn 

as ‘Container 

Wetland’) 

Services 

4 PPartner 

with CCity 

of Sydneyy 

Council to Environm mental Existing 

TBD 

12/13 

mmaintain 

and improve habiitat 

along 

AAlexandra 

Cannal 

Services 

5 AAlexandra 

Cannal 

understoreey 

restorationn 

Design and n/a $ 40,000 12/13 

pplanting 

at Teempe 

Lands 

Investiga ation 

13




Figure 8. Tempe Reserve/Alexxandra 

Canal Action Map. 

14




2.2 

The GreennWay 

– Cooks 

River tto 

Iron Cov ve 

Description 

of area 

The GreenWay 

prrovides 

a 5 kkm 

long corrridor 

of rela atively connected 

vegetation 

betwe een the 

Cooks River regioonal 

shared path/cycleway 

from Earlwood E too 

the Iron Cove Bay Run at 

Haberffield. 

The viision 

for thee 

GreenWayy 

is that it will w provide a recognisabble 

environm mental, 

culturaal 

and non‐polluting 

trannsport 

corridor 

linking tw wo of Sydney’s 

most impoortant 

water rways. 

The GGreenWay 

linnks 

the Couuncil 

areas oof 

Canterbu ury, Marrickvville, 

Ashfield 

and Leich hhardt, 

following 

Hawthorrne 

Canal annd 

the formeer 

disused Ro ozelle freight 

rail corridoor 

(now part t of the 

inner wwest 

light raail 

extensionn 

from Lilyfieeld 

to Dulwich 

Hill). Maany 

of the reemnant 

vegetation 

areas are very small, 

degradeed 

and infestted 

with nox xious and ennvironmentaal 

weeds; ho owever, 

within the context 

of a higghly 

urbanissed 

environment, 

this vegetation has potent tial for 

enhancement 

and expansion to 

improve habitat 

for urban 

biodiverrsity 

(Eco Loggical 

2010). 

This arrea 

is importtant 

becausee… 

• Key habitatts 

include aareas 

of deense 

weeds and nativee 

vegetationn, 

providing g moist 

sheltered haabitat 

for reeptiles 

and drier areas providing ppotential 

nessting 

and dispersal 

routes for LLong‐nosed 

Bandicoots. Grassy and d mulched aareas 

in neaarby 

parks provide p 

foraging ressources 

and overgrown weeds, such h as Giant RReed, 

provide 

habitat fo or small 

birds 

• Provides meedium‐high 

regional connnectivity 

and 

the commmunity 

is aalready 

enga aged in 

protecting and 

improvinng 

the area thhrough 

the subcatchmen 

s nt planning pprocess 


1 CContinue 

suppporting 

the Inner 

West 

EEnvironment 

Group (IWEG) ) through the 

CCreating 

a Busshlink 

projectt 

to undertakee 

rrevegetation 

iin 

the rail corrridor 

2 IInvestigate 

opptions 

to excluude 

or manage 

dog 

aaccess 

in parkks 

within the BBandicoot 

prootection 

zzone 

and incoorporate 

into CCouncil 

policyy 

rrelating 

to dogg 

access in paarks. 

3 EEnsure 

adoptiion 

of developpment 

controls 

in 

tthe 

2010 DCP for Bandicoot 

Protection AArea 

aand 

Wildlife CCorridor 

4 AAssist 

the GreeenWay 

Sustainability 

Projeect 

TTeam 

to develop 

a GreenWWay 


SStrategy 

that aims to maximmise 

connectivity 

oopportunities 

for wildlife along 

the GreeenWay 

aand 

dispersingg 

to and beyoond 

the Cooks River 

aand 

Iron Covee 

5 IInvestigate 

traaffic 

calming mmeasures 

alonng 

West 

SSt, 

Lewisham, including speecialised 

streeet 

signs 

wwarning 

driveers 

of the banddicoots’ 

preseence 

6 TTarget 

househholds 

within the 

Bandicoot 

PProtection 

Zone, 

with special 

priority forr 

West 

aand 

Thomas SStreets, 

Peterssham 

for a pilot 

rresponsible 

peet 

ownership education proogram 


Env vironmental 

Ser rvices 

Culture 

and 

Rec creation 

Mo onitoring 

Ser rvices 

Pla anning 

Ser rvices 


Ser rvices 

Design 

& 

Inv vestigation 


Ser rvices 

Mo onitoring 

Ser rvices 

Estimate 

Operating 

Existing 

Existing 

Existing 

Existing 

Existing 

Existing 

Estimate 

Capital 

Priority P 

n/a Ongoing O 

n/a 11/12 1 


n/a 11/12 1 – 

12/13 1 

n/a 12/13 1 

n/a 12/13 

1 

15




Figure 9. GreenWaay 


16




2.3 

Description 

of area 

This seection 

of the 

Cooks Rivver 

Corridor incorporate es the publicc 

open spacces 

at HJ Ma ahoney 

Reservve, 

Steel Park, 

Warren Paark 

and Richardson’s 

Loo okout, Mackey 

Park and Kendrick Pa ark. The 

parks have a mixtture 

of active 

and more passive rec creational usses. 

It also inncludes 

sect tions of 

privatee 

property frrom 

Thornleyy 

Street. 

The keey 

habitats include sanndstone 

rockks 

and crevi ices, bird annd 

bat feedd 

trees, pockets 

of 

maturiing 

sandstonne 

vegetationn, 

freshwateer 

drainage and a wetland systems andd 

regeneratin ng reed 

beds wwhich 

exhibit 

a range oof 

planted aand 

remnan nt Swamp OOak 

Floodplaain 

Forest, planted p 

Sydneyy 

Sandstone Heath, somme 

saltmarsh and mangro oves and arttificial 

Freshwwater 

and Brackish B 

Wetlannds 

This arrea 

is importtant 

becausee… 

• Provides loccal 

and regionnal 

connectivvity. 

• Provides habitat 

for thee 

functional ggroups 

of ve ertebrates iddentified 

as biodiversity values, 

including Long‐nosed 

Baandicoots, 

froogs, 

rock/cre evice dependdent 

reptiless, 

permanent t water 

dependent rreptiles, 

moiisture 

depenndent 

reptile es, nocturnal birds, smalll 

granivorous 

birds, 

small nectarrivorous 

andd 

insectivorous 

birds, fre eshwater wetland 

and reeed‐bed 

bird ds, fast‐ 

flying bats and 

slow‐flyinng 

bats. 

• Opportunityy 

to engage tthe 

community 

on increa asing biodiveersity 

in backkyards. 


Cooks Riveer 

Corridor 

(H.J. Mahhoney 

Rese erve to Kendrick 

Parrk) 

1 CContinue 

existting 

vegetatioon 

mmanagement 

at Warren Paark, 

RRichardsons 

LLookout, 

Steel Park under 

tthe 

Cooks Riveer 

Vegetationn 

MManagement 

Plan and incoorporate 

nnew 

revegetation 

areas at Kendrick 

PPark, 

Warren Park and Steeel 

Park 

2 CContinue 

engaaging 

with ressidents 

aaround 

Thornley 

St as a Grooundwork 

ggroup 

on utilissing 

biodiverssity‐friendly 

rrestoration 

annd 

maintenance 

gguidelines 

for their propertties 

3 EExtend 

and reestore 

heath vvegetation 

aalong 

the sanddstone 

escarppment 

and 

eembellish 

native 

canopy plaanting 

aadjoining 

Princes 

Highway aat 

Kendrick 

PPark. 

4 EExtend 

the sandstone 

heath 

vvegetation 

at Richardsons LLookout 

and 

cconsider 

reveggetating 

with rainforest 

sspecies 

underr 

and around tthe 

mature 

FFig 

trees. Neww 

planting in eeastern 

pportion 

of sitee 

to be incorporated 

with 

pplanning 

and consultation ffor 

sstormwater 

mmanagement 

iimprovements. 

Responsibil lity 

Budget 

Priority P 

Estimmate 

Esttimate 

Operaating 

Cappital 

Works and $81,0000 

n/aa 

11‐12, 1 

Services Existinng 

$15,0000 

Propoosed 

ongoing o 

Environmen ntal $2,0000 

Services Existinng 

Design and 

Investigatio on 

Works and 

Services 

Design & 

Investigatio on 

Works and 

Services 

$8,0000pa 

Propoosed 

$5,0000pa 

Prelimminary 

n/aa 

11‐12, 1 

ongoing o 

$500,000 

11‐12 1 

$255,000 

Preeliminary 

(plaanting 

onlly) 

12‐13 

1 

17

Marr rickville Biodiversity Actioon 


Figu ure 10. Cooks Riverr 

Corridor (H.J. Mahoney reserve to Kendrick Park) Action Map. 

18




2.4 

Description 

of area 

The MMarrickville 

Golf 

Course inncorporates 

a large area a of foreshorre 

land around 

the Cook ks River 

in Marrrickville 

LGAA. 

The goolf 

course coontains 

a mmixed 

assembblage 

of can nopy and shhrub 

layer veegetation. 

The T key 

habitats 

include ssandstone 

roocks 

and creevices, 

bird and bat feeed 

trees, poockets 

of rem mnants 

sandsttone 

vegetattion 

in varyinng 

condition and regener rating reed bbeds. 

This arrea 

is importtant 

becausee… 

• Provides loccal 

and reggional 

conneectivity 

pote ential betweeen 

the Coooks 

River and 

the 

GreenWay. 

• Provides habitat 

for thee 

functional ggroups 

of ve ertebrates iddentified 

as biodiversity values, 

including Long‐nosed 

Baandicoots, 

froogs, 

rock/cre evice dependdent 

reptiless, 

permanent t water 


moiisture 

depenndent 


granivorous 

birds, 


andd 

insectivorous 






bats. 

• Opportunityy 

to restore rremnant 

vegetation. 


Cooks Riveer 

Corridor 

(Marrickvville 

Golf Course) C 

Respons sibility 

1 CContinue 

suppporting 

existinng 

volunteer Environm mental 

aactivities 

through 

the Marriickville 

LLandcare 

Grouup 

at the site adjacent to thhe 

cclubhouse 

Services s 

2 RRegenerate 

annd 

revegetatee 

the foreshore 

Environm mental 

aarea 

in the maap 

due to its nnatural 

rocky 

bbank 

and remnant 

mangrovves 

and 

eestuarine 

reeddland 

Services s 

3 WWith 

the GreeenWay 

Sustainnability 

Projecct 


TTeam, 

investiggate 

revegetatting 

the area 

immediately 

eeast 

of Wardell 

Rd bridge 

wwith 

Swamp OOak 

Floodplainn 

Forest plantts 

Services s 

4 RReview 

resourrcing 

and respponsibilities 

foor 


mmaintenance 

oof 

new revegeetation 

works Services s 

5 PPartner 

with DDECCW 

to priooritise 

this areea 

Council, Cooks 

ffor 

the next prrogram 

of bannk 

nnaturalisation 

to remove steel 

sheet pilinng 

River All liance 

6 RReview 

and uppdate 

Plan of Managementt, 

Culture and 

integrating 

Bioodiversity 

Straategy 

and 



Recreati ion 

7 RRegenerate 

annd 

revegetatee 

remnant Environm mental 

ssandstone 

heaath 

outcrop 

Services s 

Estimate 

Operating 

$5,000pa 

Existing 

Existing 

n/a 

Existing 

Existing 

TBD 

Estimate 

Capital 

Priority P 

11/12 1 

Ongoing O 

$20,000 11/12 1 

n/a 11/12 1 – 

12/13 1 

n/a 12/13 1 

12/13 1 

n/a 12/13 1 

$5,000 13/14 

1 

19




Figure 11. Cooks RRiver 

Corridoor 

(Marrickville Golf Course) Action Map. 

20




2.5 

Description 

of area 

Dibblee 

Avenue Waaterhole 

is tthe 

last remmaining 

unfilled 

brick pitt 

in the Marrickville 

LGA. 

It is 

locatedd 

within a mmedium 

denssity 

residenttial 

area in South S Marricckville 

and iss 

overlooked d by AB 

Croft'ss 

Playground, 

six residenttial 

houses aand 

many un nit blocks. The 

brick pit reeceives 

storm mwater 

runoff from the Riverside 

Cresscent 

subcatchment. 

The e water is pipped 

to Marrickville 

Golf Course 

(for irrrigation) 

andd 

into the Coooks 

River. TThe 

waterhole 

and its lanndscape 

are characterise ed by a 

central 

water bodyy 

(that is at times comppletely 

cover red in duckwweed 

and alggae) 

surroun nded by 

moderrately 

to verry 

steep embbankments. 

The waterho ole is not acccessible 

to the general public, 

but some 

adjoiningg 

residents hhave 

access. 

Until 22009 

the sitte 

was degraded, 

with erosion in places, p rubbish 

build‐upp 

and severe e weed 

infestaation. 

It had become a haven for AAustralian 

White W Ibis thaat 

damage vvegetation, 

denude d 

areas oof 

the landscape 

and caause 

problemms 

with odou urs. The impplementationn 

of the Dibb ble Ave 

Waterhole 

Weed aand 

Vegetattion 

Manageement 

Plan (BioDesign ( 22009) 

and the 

Australian n White 

Ibis Maanagement 

PPlan 

has seen 

the site steeadily 

improving 

over thee 

last couplee 

of years. 

This arrea 

is importtant 

becausee… 

• Key habitatt 

features include 

a frreshwater 

wetland, w bufffered 

by sshrubby 

san ndstone 

vegetation wwith 

limited access and ddisturbance 

providing sheltering, 

breeeding 

and fo oraging 

resources foor 

a range oof 

identified biodiversity y values, inclluding 

frogs, , permanent t water 


moiisture 

depenndent 


granivorous 

birds, 


andd 

insectivorous 






bats. 

• Provides meedium 

local connectivitty 

for small birds and frogs to otther 

planed WSUD 

features in tthe 

subcatchment. 


Dibble Aveenue 

Wateerhole 


1 CContinue 

implementing 

thee 

Weed and 

Design 

and 

VVegetation 

Maanagement 

Pllan 

and Whitee 

Ibis Inv vestigation 

MManagement 

Plan – particuularly 

increasing 

the Wo orks and 

ddensity 

of fringing 

and emeergent 

vegetattion 

aaround 

the eddges 

of the waaterhole 

Ser rvices 

2 Investigate 

and 

establish suuitable 

locatioons 

for Design 

and 

pplace‐based 

leearning 

includding 

viewing frrom 

AB 

CCrofts 

Playgroound 

and/or a suitable acceess 

area 

wwithin 

the watterhole 

for supervised 

activvities 


3 LLiaise 

with ressidents 

regardding 

weed conntrol 

on Env vironmental 

pprivate 

land addjoining 

the wwaterhole 

Ser rvices 

4 Install 

multi‐mmicrohabitat 

‘bbat 

boxes’ in oor 

near Env vironmental 

tthe 

waterholee 

to provide urrban 

roosting habitat 

ffor 

fast‐flying and slow‐flyinng 

microbats aand 

initiate 

a commmunity 

monittoring 

programm 

Ser rvices 

Estimate 

Operating 

$10,000‐ 

$30,000pa 

Existing 

Existing 

Existing 

n/a 

Estimate 

Capital 

n/a 

TBD 

n/a 

TBD 

Priority 

11‐12, 

ongoing o 

11‐12 

12/13 

12/13 

21




Figure 12. Dibble AAvenue 

Watterhole 


22




2.6 

Description 

of area 

Fraser Park is situated 

next too 

the passennger 

railway y line between 

Marrickvville 

and Syd denham 

stationns 

and is homme 

to the Fraaser 

Park FC soccer club. Tillman Parkk 

is located oon 

the other side of 

the raiilway 

bridge off Unwins BBridge 

Road in Sydenham m. 

The raail 

corridors surroundingg 

Fraser andd 

Tillman Pa arks have goood 

quality, mature sta ands of 

native vegetation. There are mmany 

opportunities 

to ex xpand revegeetation 

in this 

area, particularly 

in Tillmman 

Park. RaailCorp 

has developed a Biodiversity y Managemeent 

Plan (20006) 

which outlines o 

the reevegetation, 

restorationn 

and mainntenance 

sta atus and reequirementss 

of rail co orridors 

througghout 

the Syddney 

Metroppolitan 

Area, , which is sho own alongsidde 

the Actionn 

Map. 

This arrea 

is importtant 

becausee… 

• Key habitatss 

include thee 

WSUD feature 

and plan nted sandstoone 

communnities 

will ma ature to 

provide habbitat 

for ideentified 


values 

includinng 

frogs, moisture 

dependent 

reptiles, small 

granivoroous 

birds, smmall 

nectariv vorous and insectivorouus 

birds, fas st‐flying 

bats and slow‐flying 

batss 

• Provides meedium 

local connectivityy 

opportuniti ies as well aas 

broadeninng 

available habitat 

into the surrrounding 

Urbban 

Habitat Mosaic 


Fraser andd 

Tillman PPark 

1 FFlag 

priority siites 

with RailCCorp 

that havee 

bbeen 

identified 

as ‘excellent 

revegetationn’ 

in 

ttheir 

Biodiverssity 

Managemment 

Plan 20066 

2 Increase 

density 

of sandstone 

heath planntings 

aat 

the marginss 

of Tillman Paark 

and add 

ffreshwater 

and 

brackish swwamp 

plantinggs 

to 

tthe 

grass swale 

at the southh‐west 

sectionn 

3 RRevegetate 

the 

Stormwaterr 

Managemennt 

SSystems 

area wwith 

plants apppropriate 

to the 

FFreshwater 

annd 

Brackish Swwamps 

plant 

ccommunity 

4 FFlag 

lower prioority 

weed sittes 

with RailCoorp 

ffor 

staged revegetation 

if opportunity 

arrises 

Resp ponsibility EEstimate 

EEstimate 

OOperating 

CCapital 

Envir ronmental 

Services 

EExisting 

nn/a 


Services, 

Desig gn and 

Inves stigation, 

Works 

and 

Services 

Coun ncil 

RailC Corp 


Services 

33,000pa 

NNew 

nn/a 

$ $5,000 

EExisting 

$ $10,000 

PPreliminary 

Priority 

11/12 

12/13 

12/13 

12/13 

23

Marr rickville Biodiversity Actioon 


Figu ure 13. Fraser andd 

Tillman Park Action Map. 

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2.7 

Description 

of area 

The Urban 

Habitatt 

Mosaic commprises 

all tthe 

parks, re eserves and other open space, stree ets and 

road vverges, 

schoools, 

church ggrounds 

and backyards in 

the LGA. It 

includes immportant 

are eas like 

Campeerdown 

Cemmetery, 

the Marrickville Community y Nursery, Caamdenville 

Park and the 

Bush 

Pocketts 

sites at Vicctoria 

Road aand 

Bedwin Road. 

This arrea 

is importtant 

becausee… 

• Still providees 

habitats wwhere 

a mixxture 

of nat tive and exootic 

vegetattion 

give str ructural 

habitat and food resources 

for a range 

of iden ntified biodiiversity 

values, 

including g Long‐ 

nosed Banddicoots, 

Greey‐headed 

Flying Fox, frogs, rockk/crevice 

deependent 

reptiles, 

moisture deependent 

repptiles, 

nocturnal 

birds, sm mall granivorous 

birds, ssmall 

nectari ivorous 

and insectivorous 

birds, fast‐flying bats 

and slow w‐flying bats 

• Provides low 

local andd 

regional connectivity y. However, this netwoork 

may be e more 

permeable tto 

the more highly mobile 

species and 

those adappted 

to urbaan 

environme ents 


The Urbann 

Habitat MMosaic 

1 RRecruit 

a posittion 

in Counciil 

to coordinatte 

mmanagement 

and community 

engagemeent 

aaround 

Bush PPockets 

and veerge 

plantingss 

2 CContinue 

to suupport 

mainteenance 

and 

vvolunteer 

activities 

at existiing 

Bush Pockkets 

ssites 

3 Incorporate 

innformation 

and 

guidelines into 

the 

UUrban 

Forest SStrategy 

to ennsure 

biodiverrsity 

pprinciples 

are built into streeet 

tree 

mmasterplanninng 

4 AApply 

for grannt 

funding to rreview 

the 

CCamperdown 

Cemetery Resstoration 

Straategy 

( 2007 – 2011) and achievemments 


Wo orks and 

Ser rvices 


Ser rvices, 

Wo orks and 

Ser rvices 


Ser rvices, 

Design 

and 



Ser rvices 

Estimate 

Operating 

$70,000 

New 

$5,000 

Existing 

Existing 

Estimate 

Capital 

Priority P 


n/a 11/12 1 ‐ 

Ongoing O 


$10,000 11/12 

1 

25




Figure 14. Urban HHabitat 

Mosaaic 


26




3 RResources 

and IImplemmentatio 

on 

Marricckville 

currenntly 

funds itts 

biodiversiity‐related 

works w througgh 

existing bbudgets 

as well w as 

project‐based 

graant 

funding. Marrickvillle’s 

biodiversity‐related 

operationaal 

budget for f the 

2010/111 

financial yyear 

was appproximately 

$600,000, as s represented 

below: 

Operattional 

budgetss 

for biodiverrsity‐related 

pprojects 

(2010/ 11) 

Bu udget 

Mainteenance 

and esstablishment 

oof 

vegetation at Steel 

Park, WWarren 

Park, RRichardsons 

Loookout, 

Temppe 

Reservee, 

Tempe Lands 

& Dibble AAve 

Waterholee 

$1 191,000 

Marrickkville 

Community 

Nursery 

$6 65,014 

Environnmental 

Volunnteer 

Programm 

$2 28,090 

Grounddwork 

$3 3,000 

GreenWWay 

Bushcaree 

$5 5,225 

Marrickkville 

Cooks River 

Committeee 

$2 2,000 

Dibble Ave waterholle 

$3 30,000 

Total: $3 324,329 

Respoonsibility 

Parks and Reserves s 

Enviroonmental 

Serv vices 


Serv vices 


Serv vices 


Serv vices 


Serv vices 

Parks and Reserves s 

The Acction 

Plan ideentifies 

a rannge 

of activitties 

which will 

require addditional 

fundding 

includin ng: 

• Capital workks 

projects suuch 

as upgraading 

of the Cooks C River VValley 

Gardeen 

and new planted p 

areas at Kenndrick 

Park and 

Richardsoons 

Lookout. . 

• Additional mmaintenancee 

of new rrevegetated 

areas deveeloped 

through 

capital works 

improvemennts 

• Staff resourcces 

to coordinate 

verge ggardens, 

Coo oks River Valley 

Garden aactivities 

and d other 

biodiversity actions 

• A range of community 

engagement, 

educational, 

monitoringg 

and researcch 

activities. 

Resourcing 

for these 

activities is proposed as follows: 

• Council operating 

and ccapital 

budgeets 

through the annual aand 

long terrm 

budget process. p 

Bids for additional 

maintenance 

bbudgets 

are to be coorrdinated 

witth 

relevant capital 

budget bids. . 

• Grant fundinng 

applicatioons 

for relevaant 

capital an nd communiity‐related 

projects. 

• A review of in‐house annd 

contract mmaintenance 

e of native vvegetation 

inn 

parks, verg ges and 

bush pocketts 

to developp 

a strategy ffor 

the effici ient manageement 

of exissting 

and pro oposed 

vegetation aareas 

and ennhancement 

of in‐house skills. Relevvant 

outcomes 

are propo osed to 

be incorporaated 

into Couuncil’s 

Workkforce 

Plan and 

budget process. 

The following 

grannt 

opportunitties 

should aalso 

be consid dered to funnd 

the key dirrections 

outl lined in 

the Strrategy 

and on‐ground 

actions 

in the AAction 

Plan: 

• NSW Environmental 

Trust 

• Metropolitan 

Greenspacce 

program; 

• Caring for ouur 

Country and 

Education 

for Sustain nability 

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4 PPlanningg 

Documment 

Guuideline 

es 

4.1 

4.2 

4.3 

• 

• 

4.4 

• 

• 

• 

• 

4.5 

• 

• 

• 

• 

Marrickvillle 

DCP 20110 

Incorporatte 

the followwing 

additionns 

into 2.13 (Generic Proovisions 

Bioddiversity) 

(ad dditions 

are underlined): 

o On paage 

4: 2.13. 4 Wildlife CCorridors: 

“C C2 Developmment 

of landd 

identified on the 

Biodivversity 

Map showing the 

location of o wildlife coorridors, 

proovided 

Appendix 

3, 

must incorporate native vegeetation, 

and retain or reeplace 

any dense 

vegeta ation as 

part oof 

any landsccaping 

workss” 

o On paage 

8: Proteccting 

the banndicoot 

popu ulation: “Establish 

an areea 

in the gar rden as 

a native 

fauna sannctuary, 

to pprovide 

shelter 

and food” ” by retainingg 

or planting g dense 

low shhrubs 

adjaceent 

lawn andd 

keeping pa assages undeer 

the housee 

or shed fre ee from 

blockaages 

o On paage 

10: “Estaablish 

an area 

in the gard den as a native 

fauna sanctuary, 

to provide p 

shelteer 

and food” by planting or retaining native rainfforest 

fruiting 

plants as li isted in 

the Apppendices 

(AAppendix 

G) 

o Insertt 

Appendix G into the doccument 

Plans of MManagement 

& Masterplans 

In the plannning 

stage, CCouncil 

stafff 

should con nsult the Acttion 

Maps foor 

relevant Priority 

Biodiversity Areas and iintegrate 

bioodiversity 

pr riorities into the Plan off 

Manageme ent and 

Masterplan in accordancce 

with advicce 

from the Biodiversity B Coordinator 

Draft Worrkforce 

Plaan 

(in prepaaration) 

Develop a pprofessional 

developmennt 

plan for interested 

on‐ground 

fieeld 

staff to provide p 

opportunitiees 

to: 

o Compplete 

qualificaations, 

such as TAFE cert tificate in Naatural 

Area Restoration 

o Gain skills in plannt 

ID, seed collecting and a orchardiing, 

to assist 

with Marr rickville 

Commmunity 

Nurseery 

work 

o Learn more aboutt 

Marrickville’s 

native pl lants and buush 

regeneraation 

techniq ques by 

working 

with Marrrickville 

commmunity 

volu unteer groupps 

and supervvisors 

Consider inntegrating 

eecological 

reestoration 

skills s and qualificationss 

into Job Person 

Specificationns 

(JPSs) withhin 

Parks andd 

Streetscapes 

Marrickvillle 

Urban FForest 

Straategy 

Consider thee 

retention oof 

mature treees 

(native and a exotic) as 

habitat treees 

where pr ractical, 

especially if they have: 

o Hoollows, 

mature 

or develooping 

o Exxfoliating 

barrk 

o Fruuit 

suitable ffor 

Grey‐headed 

Flying Fox 

(see Appeendix 

G) 

For consideeration 

in sttreet 

tree mmasterplanning: 

minimisse 

the plantting 

of Euca alyptus, 

Angophora aand 

Corymbiia, 

as these ttrees 

increas se the density 

of Noisy MMiners 

Consider thee 

planting off 

dense shrubs 

rather than 

trees for street tree planting, esp pecially 

within and aadjacent 

to MMarrickville’ss 

Priority Biodiversity 

Areeas 

Food trees ffor 

Grey‐headed 

Flying foox 

should be e retained wwhere 

possiblle, 

or replace ed, and 

food trees (rrainforest 

treees, 

figs) shoould 

be incor rporated intoo 

street tree plantings 

Draft Climmate 

Changge 

Adaptattion 

Plan (i in preparattion) 

Identify climmate 

change as one of thee 

key threats s to Marrickvville’s 

biodiveersity 

Promote ClimmateWatch 

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4.6 

• 

• 

4.7 

• 

• 

Draft Watter 

Strategyy/Waterevvolution 

Su ubcatchmeent 

Planninng 

Incorporate on‐ground AAction 

Plan ppriorities 

into o sub‐catchmment 

planninng 

process 

Use Frog‐frieendly 

WSUDD 

guidelines tto 

guide WSU UD design where 

possible 

Draft Marrrickville 

Coommunityy 

Nursery Manageme M ent Plan 20011‐2015 

Incorporate a plan to innvolve 

on‐grround 

Counc cil staff in seeed‐collectinng, 

seed‐orch harding 

techniques iinto 

the Drafft 

Managemeent 


Consider appplying 

to DDECCW 

for a license to collect seed 

from and propagate Acacia 

pubescens inn 

Marrickvillee 

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5 BBiodiverrsity 

Guideliness 

5.1 

Biodiversity‐friendlyy 

Restoratiion 

and Ma aintenancee 

Weedss 

& Rubbish 

Wheree 

there are ddense 

weedss 

there is likkely 

to be ha abitat for Maarrickville’s 

bbiodiversity 

values. 

Tall weedy 

areas could providde 

foraging habitat for slow‐flying bats. Shrubbby, 

medium height 

weedss 

provide nessting 

opporttunities 

for a range of sm mall birds, and 

low, dense 

shrubs ar re used 

by mooisture 

depeendent 

repttiles 

and froogs 

and for nesting byy 

Long‐nosed 

Bandicoot ts. The 

following 

steps willl 

minimise thhe 

impact off 

weed remo oval on Marriickville’s 


valu ues: 

1. Assess whetther 

it is reaally 

necessarry 

to remove e the weedss. 

Are they impacting 

on n other 

biodiversity values, such 

as native plant comm munities? Are 

there other 

priorities in the 

Biodiversity Strategy or AAction 

Plan tthat 

should be b addressedd 

first? 

2. If weed removal 

is necesssary, 

removve 

in stages 

3. Undertake large‐scale 

wweed 

removval 

in winter r, outside thhe 

breeding season of most m of 

Marrickville’ ’s biodiversitty 

values 

4. Assess, conssulting 

the Biiodiversity 

Coordinator 

and a using thee 

Frog Habitaat 

and Connectivity 

map, whether 

frogs are likely to utillise 

the weedy 

area. If soo, 

ensure that 

weed rem moval is 

completed bby 

hand and avoid using pesticides (e e.g. Glyphosaate) 

5. Some ‘rubbish’ 

can be ideal habitaat 

for Marric ckville’s bioddiversity 

values: 

piles of f lawn‐ 

clippings (wwhere 

not seeeding 

into native comm munities), coompost 

heapps, 

dead bra anches, 

rocks, old raailway 

sleepers 

and sheeet 

metal can n provide exxcellent 

habitat 

for a var riety of 

reptiles and should be retained 

wheere 

possible. In addition, stacking pilees 

of woody y weeds 

on‐site after 

removal caan 

provide ggood 

interim m habitat whhile 

replacemment 

vegeta ation is 

growing 

6. Where exotic 

species arre 

poisoned, or die natur rally, consideer 

employingg 

safety tech hniques 

(e.g. fencingg 

the area) annd 

retaining dead tree in n‐situ. 

Nativee 

Resilience 

As disccussed 

in thee 

Strategy, aalmost 

all off 

Marrickville e’s original inndigenous 

veegetation 

ha as been 

replaceed, 

reclaimeed 

and in maany 

places the 

original soil s profile iss 

likely to haave 

been rem moved, 

buriedd 

or contaminated. 

Despite 

this, somme 

areas alon ng the Cookss 

River (Regeenerating 

Co ommon 

Reed Phragmites australis aand 

Saltmarrsh 

communities) 

and in the GreenWay 

(re emnant 

compoonents 

of SSydney 

Turrpentine 

Iroonbark 

Fore est EEC) coorridor, 

shoow 

natural native 

regeneeration. 

Wheere 

this occurs, 

effort sshould 

be made m to workk 

with the nnative 

resilie ence as 

follows: 

1. Control weeeds 

and other 

impacts ( (e.g. runoff, trampling, erosion, seddimentation) 

) which 

may be consstraining 

the natural regeeneration. 

2. Trial replicatting 

natural disturbance regimes (e. g. scouring ssoil, 

utilisingg 

smoke wate er) and 

monitor regeneration. 

3. Educate onn‐ground 

woorkers 

abouut 

the value 

of the ssite 

and invvolve 

them in its 

maintenancee. 

Revegeetation 

Marricckville 

Counccil 

is commiitted 

to utiliising 

local provenance p nnative 

plants 

(where feasible), 

which belong too 

indigenoous 

Cooks River Valley 

plant communities. 

The following 

recommendations 

for revegetaation 

are maade 

within th his frameworrk: 

1. Where possible, 

source local provennance 

plants from the Marrickville 

Coommunity 

Nursery, 

N 

providing the 

nursery wiith 

5 monthss’ 

notice of the 

order 

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5.2 

2. In order to mminimise 

maaintenance‐wweeding 

requ uirements, stabilise 

and increase eco ological 

function of ssoil, 

maximisse 

the densitty 

of ground d cover planttings 

in new revegetation 

sites. 

Once grounddcovers 

havee 

establishedd, 

it is easier to add moree 

shrubs andd 

trees. 

3. Maximise thhe 

diversity oof 

habitat strructures 

and food resourrces 

in revegeetation 

plant tings: 

a. Food resources ‐ planting a ccombination 

n of nectar‐pproducing 

annd 

insect‐att tracting 

plantss, 

specific reecommendattions 

can be found from the Australian 

Museum m, Birds 

Austraalia 

(Parsonss 

2009) and BButterflies 

of f Australia (KKitching 

& Orrr 

2010). 

b. Structture 

‐ Marricckville’s 


valu ues utilise a range of arrtificial 

and natural 

structtures 

and complex 

structtural 

habitat ts are likely tto 

house thee 

most biodiv versity. 

The mmost 

limitedd 

habitat strructure 

in the t urban eenvironment 

is dense shrubby 

vegetation. 

Priorittise 

plantingg 

of shrubby areas, ensurring 

a high density 

of pla antings, 

and wwhere 

sight‐liines 

are important, 

plant t shrubby vegetation 

in sspaced 

clump ps. 

c. Where 

revegetation 

opportunnities 

are lim mited by lightt, 

e.g. underr 

large old fig g trees, 

plant native Sydnney 

rainforeest 

plants, especially e fruuit‐producing 

trees whi ich are 

preferrred 

by thee 

Grey‐headded 

Flying fox 

(see (Ebby 

& Law 22008)), 

whic ch may 

encouurage 

small rrainforest 

migrants 

to uti ilise the areaa. 

4. . Minimise threats to MMarrickville’s 

biodiversity y: 

d. As staated 

in the pprevious 

secttion, 

minimise 

plantings of Eucalypttus, 

Angopho ora and 

Corymmbia, 

these ttrees 

have bbeen 

shown n to increasee 

the density 

of Noisy Miners, M 

whichh 

are a threatt 

to some of Marrickville e’s biodiversity 

values. 

A nummber 

of weedds 

are declarred 

noxious in the contro ol area of Marrickville 

Coouncil. 

Appropriate 

legal requirementss 

are outlineed 

by the Deepartment 

of f Industry annd 

Investment 

(I&I) and can be 

found on their webbsite. 

The weeeds 

listed foor 

Marrickvil lle LGA are: 

Commoon 

Name 

Lattin 

Name 

Africann 

feathergrass Peennisetum 

maccrourum 

Africann 

turnipweed Sissymbrium 

runcinatum 

Africann 

turnipweed Sissymbrium 

thelllungii 

Alligatoor 

weed 

Altternanthera 

pphiloxeroides 

Anchorred 

water hyacinth 

Eicchhornia 

azureea 

Annual ragweed 

Am mbrosia artemmisiifolia 

Arrowhhead 

Sagittaria 

monttevidensis 

Artichooke 

thistle 

Cyynara 

cardunculus 

Athel ppine 

Taamarix 

aphyllaa 

Bear‐skkin 

fescue 

Bitou bbush 

Black knapweed 

Blackbeerry 

Boneseeed 

Bridal ccreeper 

Broomrapes 

Burr ragweed 

Cabomba 

Noxious WWeeds 

Listeed 

for Marrrickville 

Council 

Castor oil plant 

Fesstuca 

gautierii 

Cayennne 

snakeweedd 

Staachytarpheta 

cayennensis 

Chileann 

needle grasss 

Naassella 

neesianna 

Chhrysanthemoiddes 

monilifera a subspecies rootundata 

Ceentaurea 

nigraa 

Ruubus 

fruticosuss 

aggregate sp pecies 

Chhrysanthemoiddes 

monilifera a subspecies mmonilifera 

Asparagus 

aspaaragoides 

Orrobanche 

speccies 

Am mbrosia confertiflora 

Alll 

Cabomba speecies 

except C. C furcata 

Riccinus 

communnis 

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Chinesee 

violet 

Clockwweed 

Corn soowthistle 

Dodderr 

East Inddian 

hygrophiila 

Hyygrophila 

polyysperma 

Espartillo 

Eurasiaan 

water milfooil 

Myyriophyllum 

sppicatum 

Fine‐brristled 

burr graass 

Ceenchrus 

brownnii 

Fountain 

grass 

Gallon's 

curse 

Glaucous 

starthistle 

Goldenn 

thistle 

Green ccestrum 

Harrisiaa 

cactus 

Hawkwweed 

Horsetaail 

Hygropphila 

Hymennachne 

Karoo tthorn 

Kochia 

Lagarossiphon 

Lantana 

Leafy eelodea 

Lippia 

Long‐leeaf 

willow primmrose 

Ludwigia 

longifoolia 

Ludwiggia 

Mexicaan 

feather grass 

Naassella 

tenuisssima 

Mexicaan 

poppy 

Miconia 

Mimosa 

Mossmman 

River grass 

Ceenchrus 

echinaatus 

Pampas 

grass 

Parthennium 

weed 

Pellitorry 

Pond apple 

Prickly acacia 

Prickly pear 

Prickly pear 

Red rice 

Rhus trree 

Rubberrvine 

Sagittaria 

Salviniaa 

Senegaal 

tea plant 

Serrateed 

tussock 

Siam wweed 

Asystasia 

gangeetica 

subspecies 

micrantha 

Gaaura 

parvifloraa 

Sonchus 

arvensiis 

Cuuscuta 

species 

Am melichloa bracchychaeta, 

Am melichloa cauddata 

Peennisetum 

setaaceum 

Ceenchrus 

bifloruus 

Caarthamus 

glauucus 

Scoolymus 

hispannicus 

Ceestrum 

parqui 

Haarrisia 

species 

Hieeracium 

speciies 

Eqquisetum 

speciies 

Hyygrophila 

costata 

Hyymenachne 

ammplexicaulis 

Ac cacia karroo 

Baassia 

scoparia 

Lagarosiphon 

mmajor 

Lantana 

speciess 

Eggeria 

densa 

Phhyla 

canescenss 

Ludwigia 

peruviiana 

Arggemone 

mexiicana 

Miiconia 

speciess 

Miimosa 

pigra 

Coortaderia 

speccies 

Paarthenium 

hysterophorus 

Paarietaria 

judaicca 

An nnona glabra 

Ac cacia nilotica 

Cyylindropuntia 

sspecies 

Oppuntia 

speciess 

except O. ficus‐indica 

Orryza 

rufipogonn 

Tooxicodendron 

ssuccedaneum 

Cryyptostegia 

graandiflora 

Sagittaria 

platypphylla 

Salvinia 

molestaa 

Gyymnocoronis 

sspilanthoides 

Naassella 

trichotoma 

Chhromolaena 

oddorata 

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Smoothh‐stemmed 

tuurnip 

Braassica 

barrelieeri 

subspecies s oxyrrhina 

Soldier thistle 

Spottedd 

knapweed 

St. Johnn's 

wort 

Texas bblueweed 

Water caltrop 

Water hyacinth 

Water lettuce 

Water soldier 

Willows 

Witchwweed 

Yellow burrhead 

Yellow nutgrass 

There are also a raange 

of envirronmental 

weeds 

in the Marrickville M LLGA. 

The Syydney 

Weeds 

Committeees 

website ( (http://sydne eyweeds.orgg.au) 

is a greeat 

online re esource 

containing 

informaation 

on weeed 

identificattion 

and man nagement. 

5.3 

Piccnomon 

acarnna 

Frog‐friendly 

WSUD Design 

Ceentaurea 

stoebbe 

subspecies s micranthos 

Hyypericum 

perfooratum 

Heelianthus 

ciliarris 

Traapa 

species 

Eicchhornia 

crasssipes 

Pisstia 

stratiotes 

Strratiotes 

aloidees 

Salix 

species 

Strriga 

species 

Limmnocharis 

flavva 

Cyyperus 

esculenntus 

Water Sensitive Urrban 

Design (WSUD) feattures, 

while providing immportant 

hyddrological 

fun nctions, 

can simmultaneouslyy 

provide valuable 

habitaat 

for urban frogs. 

Here wwe 

specificallly 

focussed oon 

developinng 

habitat for 

Green and Golden Bell Frogs becau use: 

• They have a high conservation 

valuee, 

listed as threatened 

onn 

state and national 

legislation; 

• The Manageement 

Plan for the Greeen 

and Golden 

Bell Frogg 

Key Populaation 

on the e Lower 

Cooks Riverr 

(DECCW 22008b) 

statees 

as one of o its three key objecttives: 

“To in ncrease 

connectivityy 

within and between subb‐population 

ns”; 

• Improving hhabitat 

for GGreen 

and GGolden 

Bell frogs is likely 

to improove 

habitat for all 

Marrickville’ ’s frog speciees; 

• In addition to frogs, otther 


values such as mooisture‐dependent 

reptil les and 

wetland andd 

reed‐bed birds 

will benefit 

from the ese habitats. 

Green and Golden Bell frogs reequire 

differeent 

types of habitat for ddifferent 

parrts 

of their lif fecycle, 

includiing: 

• Breeding haabitat 

– Greeen 

and Goldden 

Bell frog gs breed in a range of hhabitats 

from m large 

freshwater lakes to temmporary 

poools 

or depre essions. Theyy 

have also been recor rded to 

breed in stormwater 

dettention 

basinns; 

• Foraging habitat 

‐ this hhabitat 

will bbe 

rich in flow wering plantts, 

attractingg 

invertebrat tes that 

are frog foodd; 

• Refuge habitat 

‐ this hhabitat 

requuires 

areas for f frogs too 

shelter in during peri iods of 

inactivity ouutside 

the brreeding 

seasoon. 

Refuge features f could 

include loogs, 

rocks or tufting 

strappy leavved 

vegetatioon 

such as Loomandra 

and d Dianella sppp. 

to hide wwithin; 

• Connectivityy 

habitat ‐ this habitatt 

comprises a range off 

damp or vvegetated 

habitats h 

facilitating ffrog 

movemment 

betweeen 

sites, to colonise new 

areas, oor 

mix with h other 

populations to increase genetic diversity. 

While successful GGreen 

and GGolden 

Bell FFrog 

breeding 

sites may not establish 

in Marrick kville in 

the neear 

future, foocussing 

on immproving 

forraging, 

refug ge and conneectivity 

habittat 

will increa ase the 

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chancee 

of the speccies 

moving into the areaa 

and provid de benefits foor 

Marrickvillle’s 

frog fauna 

as a 

whole. 

Wheree 

possible inccorporate 

the 

following ffeatures 

into o WSUD design: 

• Suitable frinnging 

habitatt 

plants at tthe 

edge of watery areaas, 

and suitable 

wetland d plants 

within the wwettest 

areass 

(listed below); 

• Improve connectivity 

by 

planting ffringing 

hab bitat plants wwithin 

grasssy 

swales or r other 

depressions nearby WSUUDs; 

• Maintain any 

ponding WWSUD 

featurees 

to be free of fish; 

• Plant a bufffer 

around WWSUD 

features, 

replicat ting either Sydney 

Sandsstone, 

Swam mp Oak 

Floodplain FForest 

or Syydney 

Turpenntine‐Ironba 

ark Forest coommunities 

(see Benson n et al. 

1999), or poosition 

the WWSUD 

so it is nearby nativ ve vegetationn 

(planted orr 

remnant); 

• Encourage eestablishmennt 

of a subcatchment 

frog 

Bushcare ggroup 

to maintain 

the ne ew frog 

habitat. 

Fringging 

habitat plaants 

Austtrodanthonia 

caaespitosa 

Bothhriochloa 

macraa 

Chlooris 

truncata 

Diannella 

caerulea 

Diannella 

revoluta 

Diannella 

tasmanicaa 

Eraggrostis 

elongataa 

Impeerata 

cylindricaa 

Wetland 

habitat plaants 

Carexx 

appresa 

Carexx 

fasicularis 

Gahnnia 

siebriana 

Crinuum 

pedunculatuum 

Isoleppis 

nodosa 

Juncuus 

krausii 

Juncuus 

usitatus 

Phraggmites 

australiss 

Restio 

tetraphyllus 

Bolbooschoenus 

fluviiatillis 

Alismma 

plantago aquuatica 

Amphhbromus 

neesi 

Baummea 

articulata 

Baummea 

rubiginosa 

Bolbooschoenus 

caldwelii 

Lomandra llongifolia 

Microlaenaa 

stipoides 

Paspalum ddistichum 

Pennisetumm 

alopecuroides s 

Poa labillarrdieri 

Poa siebriaana 

Themeda aaustralis 

Cotula coronnoipifolia 

Eleocharis aacuta 

Lepironia arrticulata 

Philydrum laanuginosum 

Schoenoplecctus 

mucronatu us 

Schoenoplecctus 

validus 

Sueda austrralis 

Triglochlin pprocerum 

Triglochlin sstriata 

Schoenopleectus 

vallidus 

Baumea artticulata 

Carex appreessa 

Eleocharis sphacelata 

Isolepis noddosa 

Juncus usitaatus 

Pleasee 

consult the Best practicce 

guidelines for Green an nd Golden Bell 

frog habitat 

(DECCW 2008a) 

and thhe 

Protectingg 

and Restorring 

Green aand 

Golden Bell B frog habbitat 

brochuure 

(DECCW 2008b) 

upon which thesee 

guidelines have been based, for more detailled 

informattion 

about how h to 

incorporate 

Green and Goldenn 

Bell frog habitat 

into WSUD 

design. 

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5.4 

Biodiversity‐friendlyy 

Lighting 

Marricckville 

has ccommissioneed 

a lightingg 

feasibility study for thhe 

Cooks River 

and ligh hting is 

planneed 

for the GrreenWay. 

Ass 

such, the immpacts 

of lighting 

on urbban 

biodiverssity 

were exa amined 

as partt 

of the Biodiversity 

Strattegy. 

The foollowing 


valuues 

are mostt 

likely to be e impacted bby 

urban lighhting 

(see rev view in 

(Rich & Longcore 22005)): 

Inverteebrates: 

Moost 

studies oof 

impacts oof 

artificial lighting 

on innvertebratess 

have focus ssed on 

insectss 

that are pparticularly 

ssensitive 

to artificial light, 

as they are often uunable 

to re esist its 

stimulus. 

Essentiaal 

activities which may be disturbed 

by urbaan 

lighting iinclude: 

mig gration, 

dispersal, 

foraging, 

mating andd 

reproductioon, 

especially y for speciess 

that exhibitt 

mass breed ding. 

Plantss: 

Although little 

researcch 

has been conducted in the field of light distturbance 

to plants, 

plants rely heavily 

on light ssignals 

for essential pr rocesses succh 

as seed germination n, stem 

elongaation, 

leaf expansion, 

annd 

flower and 

fruit dev velopment. AAs 

such it is 

likely that t urban 

lighting 

effects urbban 

plant lifee 

cycles and eevolution. 

Frogs: the impactss 

of urban ligghting 

on froog 

communit ties is difficult 

to predict, 

as it may produce p 

benefits, 

such as enhanced fforaging 

oppportunities, 

or detrimenntal 

effects, such as inc creased 

predattion. 

In the longer termm, 

urban ligghting 

has the t potentiaal 

to impactt 

evolutiona ary and 

behaviioural 

diverssity 

of frog coommunities, 

by causing them t to adappt 

to a new sset 

of conditions. 

Fast‐fllying 

and Sloow‐flying 

bats: 

While, there 

is eviden nce that urbaan 

lighting caan 

provide fo oraging 

advanttages 

to fastt‐flying 

bats such as Gouuld’s 

wattled bat (Chalinoolobus 

goulddii) 

(Scanlon & Petit 

2008), lighting mayy 

disturb slow‐flying 

bats 

by delaying g commutingg 

behaviour and forcing bats to 

find allternative 

flight 

routes ( (Stone et al. 2009). Low wer bat commmunity 

diverrsity 

has also 

been 

recordded 

in flood‐ ‐lit areas, wwhile 

dull, foootpath 

grad de lighting wwas 

shown nnot 

to exclu ude bat 

species 

in a study iin 

Adelaide ( (Scanlon & Petit 

2008). 

Biodiversity‐friendly 

lighting aims 

to provide 

sufficien nt lighting foor 

safety requirements 

(e e.g. for 

walk aand 

cyclewayys) 

while minnimising 

spillage 

of light into other aareas 

where it could imp pact on 

Marricckville’s 


values. 

These lighting 

princip ples are also energy efficient. 

Optionns 

for biodiveersity‐friendly 

lighting include 

the following: 

• Consider thee 

purpose off 

the lightingg 

and the sp pecific areas which require 

illumination 

and 

limit lightingg 

to these areeas; 

• Use narrow spectrum bulbs, 

‘down lights’ and/ or shields too 

decrease spillage 

of lig ght into 

surroundingg 

areas, ratheer 

than bare bulbs, lights s facing upwaards 

or floodd 

lighting; 

• Use motion‐ ‐activated ligghting; 

and, 

• Consider emmbedded 

lighhts 

to illuminate 

walk/cyc cleways. 

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