Natural History of the NSW South Coast

Oral presentations (Batemans Bay):
Tuesday, 17 September 2024

Field Trips:
Wednesday, 18 September and Thursday, 19 September 2024

The Linnean Society of NSW has requested that The Royal Society of NSW publicise their upcoming Natural History Field Symposium.

Detailed information, including how to register, is available in the first circular that can be found on the Symposia page of the Linnean Society of NSW website.

Scope

Over the past 13 years the Linnean Society of New South Wales has been active in organising a series of field symposia highlighting aspects of natural history in the Port Macquarie area (2010), Royal National Park (2012), Jenolan Caves (2013), Belubula Valley (2015), Snowy Mountains National Park (2017), Warrumbungles National Park (2018), Blue Mountains National Park (2019), and the Northeastern Sydney Basin encompassing Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (2022). Focus of the 2024 field symposium will be on the South Coast of NSW and NE Victoria (Wollongong to Mallacoota) and the adjacent hinterland. Spectacular coastal outcrops in this region include some of the oldest rocks (upper Cambrian to Middle Ordovician) known in southeastern Australia, Upper Devonian rocks, together with the basal strata (Lower Permian) of the southern Sydney Basin. The botanical diversity is considerable, ranging from coastal heathlands to eucalypt forest with some of the largest known spotted gums. An initial day of scientific and general interest talks and presentations on current research into the geology and geodiversity, flora and fauna, and other aspects of the natural history of the entire South Coast region, will be held in Batemans Bay, to be followed by two day-long field trips extending south to Narooma and north to Ulladulla.