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Hunter Wetlands Celebrates its 40th Anniversary
Hunter Wetlands Centre celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2024.
We've been busy over the past 40 years, take a look to see what we've been up to.
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40 years of restoration and conservation
In the early 80's, the site of the Hunter Wetlands Centre was a mixture of rundown rugby fields and an unofficial dumping ground. Despite this, it was still home to a flock of nesting egrets and it was these egrets that inspired Max Maddock's incredible vision of restoration.
After sighting the egrets, Max and a small group of committed community members set out to secure the site and restore it back to its original form. Today, after 40 years of restoration (and 400,000 plants), the Hunter Wetlands Centre is a haven for wildlife and people in the heart of Newcastle. But this incredible success story doesn't end there. In 2002 the Hunter Wetlands Centre was recognised as one of 67 Australian Ramsar sites of international importance and is the first among them to incorporate a Wetland Education Centre.
This year we are celebrating 40 years of restoration and conservation. We're kicking it all off with an offical launch on Friday August 31st followed by our Spring Festival on Sunday, 1st September. The celebrations will continue throughout September with numerous events celebrating our wetlands and the people and partners who contributed to their restoration.
We invite you to join us.
We are looking for sponsors for our 40th celebrations if you're interested please email gm@wetlands.org.au
40th Anniversary Spring Festival
1 September 2024
Top attractions at the Hunter Wetlands Open Day
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Get Involved!
On the 1st September we're hosting the main celebration of the month, the Hunter Wetlands Centre Spring Festival.
We will be inviting hundreds of current and former volunteers, former staff, members, sponsors, and the general community to come and celebrate the remarkable achievement that is the Hunter Wetlands Centre.
There will be market stalls, guided tours, talks, displays, sausage sizzle and family freindly activities including dip-netting, face painting, jumping castles etc.
If you would like to get involved with an activity, as a market stall holder, a sponsor or in any other way please complete the form below and one of our team will get back to you shortly.
