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
leaflets
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
