Environmentalists have told Orange City Council to "go back to the drawing board" over a proposal to turn Mount Canobolas into a "mountain biking mecca". On Tuesday, Council floated spending $500,000 from the 2020-21 budget to prepare a development application…
Read More PRESS ARTICLE | Mount Canobolas mountain biking proposal rubbished by environmentalists
Four rare greenhood orchids have been rediscovered on Mount Canobolas by members of the Orange Field Naturalist and Conservation Society. After a hot and dry spring and summer, rains in autumn have spawned the Antelope Greenhood (Diplodium laxum), Scarlet…
Read More PRESS ARTICLE | Four species of autumn greenhood orchids rediscovered on Mt Canobolas
TWO years of work following the Mount Canobolas bushfire have lead to the discovery of 79 additional recorded species, from fungi to mammals. National Parks and Wildlife Service ranger Steve Woodhall said staff and volunteers from the Orange Field…
Read More MEDIA REPORT|National Parks, volunteers discover 79 species on Mount Canobolas
Two new threatened orchid species, the Canobolas Leek Orchid (Paraprasophyllum canobolense) and the Pink Spider Orchid (Caladenia boweri), known only from Mt Canobolas, have been formally named by Australia’s foremost authority on orchids, David Jones. Although the existence of the…
National Biodiversity Month was a time to focus on our native flora and fauna, to acknowledge that world-wide, Australia’s reputation for protecting and conserving our unique biodiversity is not great. We celebrated Wattle Day on September 1st and Threatened Species…
Read More EARTH FIRST | September was National Biodiversity Month – Think Local
Lichen experts examined the effect of the February 2018 bushfire on endangered lichen colonies, which were unique to Mount Canobolas, recently. The two Canberra-based scientists assessed any damage and gave maintenance advice to the National Parks and Wildlife Service for…
Question: What is big, scary, comes out after dark and lives on Mount Canobolas? Answer: The Powerful Owl. In a rare sighting, the Powerful Owl, Australia’s largest owl species, was seen and photographed for the first time on Mt Canobolas…
Read More PRESS RELEASE | Rare Powerful Owl Seen on Mt Canobolas
I wish to express my absolute opposition to the proposal to establish a mountain bike track, or any similar activity, on Mount Canobolas for the following reasons; 1) It would totally long-term destroy the ambiance of this pristine native area…
Read More LETTER TO THE EDITOR | ‘Please do not destroy this irreplaceable natural asset’
The following press release (12 September 2019) announced the formation of a new alliance of conservationists to oppose a national mountain biking park on Mount Canobolas. Members of four Central West conservation groups have formed the Canobolas Conservation Alliance (CCA)…
Read More PRESS RELEASE | Canobolas Conservation Alliance Formed
The following article by David Fitzsimons appeared in the Central Western Daily on 9 September 2019. A major mountain bike track proposal for Mount Canobolas has been approved for further planning in the mountain's new plan of management, released by…
