Links & Further Reading

Sites with Weeds Information

Co-operative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management
Scientists working to reduce the risks posed by current and new weed incursions.

Weedbusters
Learn about national Weedbuster Week activities.

Weeds Australia
Australia's National Weeds Strategy - gateway to weeds information for Australia and Oceanea.

Weeds of National Significance
List includes some thumbnail images.

NSW Agriculture - Weeds
Useful information and links to many documents.

Tamar Valley Weed Strategy
A very useful Tasmanian site.

South Coast Weeds
Weeds along the NSW coast between the Illawarra and the Victorian border. Many good images.

North Coast Weeds
Weeds management from Nambucca Shire to the Queensland border on the North Coast Weeds Advisory Committee website. Lots of information, pictures and documents.

Flora for Fauna
A commercial site about attracting wildlife to your garden: superb images, extensive plant lists, excellent fact sheets - you can even plan your native garden on line!

Plants of Hawaii
You'll be surprised how many of our weeds also grow in Hawaii! A site full of excellent images, covering all the plants found in Hawaii, both native and introduced. Continually being updated.

Flora.Cyberia
A site containing exquisite images of plants native to Europe, photographed in their natural habitats. Not many weeds! Always being added to.

Know Your Garden's Natives
This website can help you to discover and uncover your own "Hidden Garden". That is: a garden with native plants and animals you may not be aware of, that can flourish once given a chance.


 

Blue Mountains Sites

Blue Mountains City Council
The council's Environmental Information page

Blue Mountains Conservation Society
Very active organisation in environmental matters


 

Biodiversity and Threatened Species

Threatened Species in the Blue Mountains
Learn more about threatened species in the Blue Mountains on this BMCC web page

Threatened species in NSW
Learn more about threatened species in NSW


 

Environment Sites

The Wilderness Society - Australia
A long established national environmental lobby group

National Parks and Wildlife Service
Looks after the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area

Sydney Catchment Authority
Looks after catchments flowing from the Blue Mountains


 

Further Reading

Bringing Back the Bush
Joan Bradley  1988
Available from
CSIRO Publishing

Environmentall Weeds A Field Guide for SE Australia
Kate Blood
published by CH Jerram & Associates, Mt Waverley,  2001

Bush Invaders of South-East Australia
Adam Muyt
published by RG and FJ Richardson, Meredith   2001

Making Your Garden Bush Friendly
L. McLoughlin & J. Rawling  1995

Bush Regeneration
Robin Buchanan  1989

Bush Regenerators' Handbook
National Trust  1991

Native Plants of the Blue Mountains
M. Baker & R. Corringham  1995

Living With The Bush
Blue Mountains Conservation Society  1998

Birdscaping Your Garden
George Adams  1980, 1996

A Hundred Hardy Natives for Blue Mountains Gardens
Jill Dark  1988
 

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Bird-Attracting Plants for the Blue Mountains
Australian Plants Society (Blue Mts)   phone 4758 6637

How to Attract Native Birds to Your Garden
Australian Plants Society (Queensland)   phone/fax: (07) 3285 3322
email: jansked@powerup.com.au

Weed of the Month, Weed Fact Sheets, Weed Control Sheets
Blue Mountains City Council