Wilsons River Landcare

Wilsons River Landcare Restoring lowland rainforest on the Wilsons River in Lismore. The North Coast of NSW is an area of extremely high biodiversity.

Where we now see a diversity of w**d species, lowland subtropical rainforest once grew all along the banks of the Wilsons River and its tributaries. The rivers being the first point of access, in the mid to late 1800's these riparian forests were the first to fall to the needs of new settlers for red gold (red cedar) and other timbers, and for subsistence agriculture. Prior to European settlement

the Big Scrub was the largest tract of lowland subtropical rainforest in Australia. This rainforest has since been reduced to less than 1% of its former range. As a result the NSW Scientific Committee recently determined that lowland rainforest on floodplain in the NSW North Coast Bio-region is an endangered ecological community. Large-scale reforestation is needed to offset ecological degradation in such extensively-cleared subtropical landscapes. The Wilsons River Landcare Group Inc. (WRLG) formed in 1990 making it one of the oldest landcare groups in NSW. I have been planting with the group since 1993. The Wilsons River Landcare Group has undertaken work both on private lands downstream and upstream of Lismore and on the riverbank in Lismore itself. WRLG, with a current membership of 100 volunteers, now concentrates its efforts on urban riverbank regeneration, re-vegetation and stabilisation with the support of many other community groups and organisations. The biggest event (usually) for each year is Lismore's National Tree Day where around hundreds of people from all walks of life come together on the riverbank to plant between 1000-2000 trees and celebrate our long history of riverbank restoration. Another significant project is the Wilson's River Schools Project funded by the NSW Environmental Trust. This project has been running for over six years where Wilsons River Landcare is collaborating with seven Lismore schools, Rous Water, Envite and other conservation groups - across six riverbank sites. We can grow forests in our own lifetimes, working with many hands to restore our riverbank rainforests.

460 plants in the ground on the riverbank in Lismore this afternoon 🌱🌱🌱 way to go Carers x
02/08/2026

460 plants in the ground on the riverbank in Lismore this afternoon 🌱🌱🌱 way to go Carers x

22/07/2026
22/06/2026
And our bats flew out again for the 32nd Lismore Lantern Parade 🏮Bats are a keystone species — one of our tall coastal f...
21/06/2026

And our bats flew out again for the 32nd Lismore Lantern Parade 🏮

Bats are a keystone species — one of our tall coastal forests’ only pollinators, alongside greater gliders.

No bats, no trees 🌳
No trees, no bats 🦇

It’s amazing that one small rainforest in the middle of Lismore is home to one of the largest maternity roosts of the endangered grey-headed flying fox (aka fruit bat).

Our landcare group has been planting trees on the Lismore riverbanks since 1993. We hope these future forests will increase bat food and bat habitat 🌱🌱🌱



📸 photo of ORi TRon by Photography by Natsky

🌱 We can’t wait to see you at Simes Bridge Community Tree planting today/Saturday from 10am.💦 it’s an ideal tree plantin...
15/05/2026

🌱 We can’t wait to see you at Simes Bridge Community Tree planting today/Saturday from 10am.

💦 it’s an ideal tree planting day 🌱 wet and fertile ground and the holes are all dug ready for you

🤗 Bring by along your smiles and a camp chair for morning tea ☕️

See you soon Carers!

🌱Come plant with us on the river in Lismore, this place has needed some river love for so long!! 💧 Follow signage, park...
11/05/2026

🌱Come plant with us on the river in Lismore, this place has needed some river love for so long!!

💧 Follow signage, park on Winterton Pde. Please wear gloves, boots, hat, long sleeves and pants, sun & insect protection and BYO water bottle.
🌿 Sunscreen and insect repellent, tools and light refreshments provided
🌱 All welcome – no experience needed!

Join Wilsons River Landcare Group, Lismore City Council and Rainforest to River project partners as we come together for a community tree planting day!
Bring the kids and be part of regenerating Lismore’s endangered rainforests. With the support of experienced bush regenerators and ever-caring Landcare volunteers, we’ll be planting >500 native rainforest plants on the bank of the Wilsons River. Holes will be dug, trees and mulch placed out ready- all you need to do is plant! Your hands-on support will help restore critical floodplain and riparian habitat, improve biodiversity, protect the river, and build a greener, more flood-resilient city- right way, river way.
Please arrive for a Welcome To Country at 10am, and sign on at arrival.

This site is located on Widjabal Wia-bal Country.

This site is not readily wheelchair accessible, and includes some walking over uneven ground. The nearest public toilets are located at Browns Creek/Clyde Campbell Carpark, Zadoc St or McKenzie Park, Pitt St North Lismore.

The event will be postponed in the case of wet weather.

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Wilsons River
Lismore, NSW
2480

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