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Whites Creek Wetlands

"Welcome to Whites Creek Wetland - Whites Creek Wetland is your local wetland, it ....quality in Whites Creek and provides habitat for....animals. Wetlands were once a naturally occurring feature of .. creeks around Sydney. The creation of this man-made wetland was initiated by Ted Floyd of Friends of the Earth. The project was funded by the NSW Government's Stormwater Trust in partnership with Leichhardt Council. The wetland was filled with water in August 2002. Please take the time to enjoy and learn about the wetland."

Between 1898 and 1938 Whites Creek was converted into one of the earliest Concrete Storm Water Channels in Australian.

If you can't already hear the frogs, try clicking here. If you still can't hear them, you will need to download an Ogg player

The wetlands are now looking great with vigorous growth and a steady development of the aquatic ecosystem. Insects, tadpoles and many more little creatures are now breeding in the wetlands.

There are three known species of frogs making a loud cacophony of noise at night. Larger water birds are gradually finding the wetlands are a good place to have dinner.

Visitors enjoy the experience of a rare urban wildspace in a crowded highly developed inner Sydney suburb.

Whites Creek Wetland, April 2007

Local residents appreciate the fact the pump is quiet, tadpoles eat mosquito larvae, no smells except in the polluted canal water and the flowering water plants give a stunning colour display.

During construction some people complained and now opinions have changed and few people object to the wetlands. (Source: Ted Floyd, Friends of the Earth, Eco-Sydney Campaign.)

• Joel Tarling's Photostream of Whites Creek
• More about Whites Creek Wetland at ramin.com.au/creekcare/whitescreek.shtml
• Water Cycle: ramin.com.au/creekcare/water-cycle.shtml
• Catchment Care: ramin.com.au/creekcare/catchment-care.shtml
• Whites Creek Wetland A Mini Aquatic Sanctuary In Sydney
• FRIENDS of the EARTH FRIENDS of the EARTH LIVING WATER PROJECT LIVING WATER PROJECT LIVING WATER PROJECT LIVING WATER PROJECT - WHITES CREEK WETLAND - A small ripple in Lilyfield creates waves all over planet earth.
• Leichhardt Council: Whites Creek Wetland
• 02- Drainage Tunnels
• Sydney Water S170 Heritage Register Whites Creek SWC No. 95 (560kb PDF)

Whites Creek Parklands

Community Centre

Whites Creek Aquaduct by Joel Tarling. The Whites Creek Johnstons Creek Sewer Aquaduct built in 1895 was the first reinforced concrete structure to be built in Australia - A brief History of Concrete in Australia (PDF)

Leichhardt Council is planning a Community Centre at 31 Whites Street close to the Wetlands. Concept Plans are on display until 1st March 2004 and the Council is asking for submissions. Interested people are advised to examine the plans and prepare a submission to show support for the centre.

More at

• Joel Tarling's Photostreams of the Treehouse and Community Garden
• Leichhardt Council: BRIEF FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES 31 WHITE STREET FEASIBILITY STUDY AUGUST 2005
• Leichhardt Council: Community Gardens Map
• OUR PARK was meant to be a nice quiet film about the filmmaker's local park, an essay on the notion of the wild and the tame in the inner city suburb of Leichhardt - a portrait of her neighbours, the dog club, Tiny the horse, the teenagers who created the labyrinth in the overgrown weedy patch.
• Development Application: D/2007/31 31 White Street $500,000 Alterations and additions to existing building

Nissan Huts (Annandale side of the Creek) - A new home for Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery

"Following a report to Council in June of this year [2008], consultation has been carried out to amend the current Plan of Management at Whites Creek Valley Park to enable the Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery operations, currently operating at a site in the City of Sydney Council in Chapman Rd to be relocated to the Nissan Hut site in Whites Creek Valley Park." -www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au

See pages 23/24 of Minutes of June Meeting: pdf and Organisational Implications report October 2008 pdf.

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