How do you connect with nature? Is it by looking through a window, reading a book or watching it on TV? Or do you connect with nature incidentally – when you walk through a park on the way to work or sit in a park to eat lunch? Or do you actively immerse yourself in nature – perhaps by gardening, bush walking or kayaking?
No matter which of these ways you connect, you’re reaping the benefits of nature. Did you know that nature provides benefits for both physical and mental health. No wonder most of us feel good when we’re connected with nature.
The Spring Gully Protection Group (a sub-committee of Sutherland Shire Environment Centre) is working to protect 5.6 hectares (14 acres) of pristine bushland in Spring Gully, Bundeena, on the southern outskirts of Sydney. The property, formerly known as the “Boy Scouts’ Camp” borders the Royal National Park – the second…
Sandmining on the Kurnell Peninsula has changed the landscape of Kurnell dramatically. The following extracts from Kurnell: Birthplace of Modern Australia by Daphne Salt reveals just how the transformation of the dunes came about following European settlement: “According to the handwritten 1868 Sutherland Estate Report, Kurnell at that time was…
Sutherland Shire is blessed with many beautiful beaches and swimming spots, from the Cronulla coastline, Royal National Park, secluded swimming holes, ocean baths and public pools. Sadly, these places that we all enjoy so much, are constantly under threat, from pollution, inappropriate development, over-use. The oceans, beaches and estuaries of…
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