Friday, November 17, 2006

Book a guide and catering


Visitors are welcome at Burrendong Botanic Garden and Arboretum whether they arrive by foot, bicycle, car or coach. Tea and coffee are always available to visitors at the Information Centre. By prior arrangement groups can have a guide and catering for lunch, morning and afternoon teas. Contact the Curator and send or fax the form below. Copy and paste the text below into a word document.

Burrendong Botanic Garden & Arboretum
PO Box 465 Wellington NSW, 2820.
Ph 02 6846 7454 Fax 02 6846 7681

Group Tour Booking Form

Group/Organisation:

Date of intended visit:

Time: from to

Expected number in group:

Tour guide required- (please circle) yes no

Catering required (please circle): none lunch am tea pm tea

Charge quoted:

Any special requirements:

Main contact person:

Address:

Phone number:

Signed:

Date:

Acceptance or non-acceptance of the above booking will be given within 7 days of return of this form. A deposit of 20 % may be paid to secure the booking and can be forwarded together with this form. Alternatively payment can be made on the day.

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Office Use Only

Booking accepted/ not accepted
Deposit received –
Date-Signed by-_____________________________________________
On behalf of Burrendong Arboretum Trust

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Threatened plant species

Burrendong Botanic Garden & Arboretum
Threatened Species Listing 2004

Endangered
Acacia acanthoclada
A. notabilis
A. petraea
A. prominens
A. rivalis
Casuarina obesa
Correa lawrenciana
Dodonaea sinuolata
D. stenozyga
Endiandra floydii
Eucalyptus camphora
E. pachycalyx
E. parramattensis
E. saxatilis
E. scoparia
Grevillea beadleana
G. hilliana
G. masonii
G. obtusiflora
G. rivularis
G. wilksonii
Hakea dohertyi
H. pulvinifera
Lasiopetalum behrii
Micromyrtus minutiflora
Santalum murrayanum
Swainsona recta
Zieria granulata
Z. prostrata

Acacia enterocarpa
A. pinguifolia
Adenanthos cunninghamii
Allocasuarina thalossoscopica
Callitris oblonga
Eremophila nivea
Eucalyptus burdettiana
Grevillea christineae
G. involucrata
G. rara
Olearia microdisca
Verticordia plumosa var.pleiobotrya

Vulnerable
Acacia clunies-rossiae
A. pubescens
Callitris oblonga
Correa baeuerlenii
Darwinia glaucophylla
Doryanthes palmeri
Eucalyptus benthamii
E. fracta
E. glaucina
E. kartzoffiana
E. nicholii
E. pulverulenta
E. pumila
E. tetrapleura
Grevillea evansiana
G. kennedyana
G. shiressii
Hakea trineura
Homoranthus darwinioides
Kennedia retrorsa
Philotheca ericifolia
Prostanthera cryptandroides
P. densa
P. discolor
P. staurophylla
P. stricta
Syzygium moorei
S. paniculatum

Acacia aphylla
A. araneosa
A. chinchillensis
A. denticulosa
A. glandulicarpa
A. grandifolia
A. menzelii
A. perangusta
A. rhetinocarpa
A. wardellii
Callistemon sp. Boulia
Eremophila microtheca
Eucalyptus crucis
E. hallii
E. rhodantha
E. scoparia
E. steedmanii
Grevillea flexuosa
G. venusta
Homoranthus porteri
Lasiopetalum micranthum
Verticordia helichrysantha

Monday, August 28, 2006

Birds of Burrendong

Below is the list of birds recorded at Burrendong Botanic garden & Arboretum.
Updated March 2006


uc ........ Uncommon
e ........ Endangered

Australasian Grebe
Great Crested Grebe uc
Australian Pelican
Darter uc
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Pacific Heron uc
Rufous Night-heron uc
White-faced Heron
Great Egret uc
Glossy Ibis uc
Sacred Ibis
Yellow-billed Spoonbill uc
Grass Whistle-duck uc
Hardhead
Maned Duck (Wood Duck)
Musk Duck uc
Pacific Black Duck
Pink-eared Duck uc
Chestnut Teal uc
Grey Teal
Black Swan
Osprey uc
Black-shouldered Kite
Whistling Kite
Brown Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk uc
Little Eagle
Wedge Tailed Eagle
White-Bellied Sea-eagle uc
Spotted Harrier uc
Brown Falcon
Peregrine Falcon uc
Australian Hobby
Australian Kestrel
Cicada Bird
Brown Quail
Little Button-quail uc
Painted Quail
Stubble Quail uc
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Banded Lapwing uc
Masked Lapwing
Red-kneed Dotterel
Black-fronted Plover
Red-capped Plover uc
Black Winged Stilt uc
White-headed Stilt uc
Common Sandpiper uc
Silver Gull
Whiskered Tern
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Diamond Dove
Peaceful Dove
Budgerigar uc
Cockatiel uc
Crimson Rosella uc
Eastern Rosella
Galah
Glossy Black Cockatoo e
King Parrot
Little Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Red-rumped Parrot
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Swift Parrot e
Turquoise Parrot e
Black-eared Cuckoo uc
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Horsfield Bronze Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo
Channel-billed Cuckoo uc
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Barn Owl
Southern Boobook Owl
Spotted Nightjar uc
Tawny Frogmouth
White-throated Needletail uc
Fork-tailed Swift uc
Dollar Bird uc
Laughing Kookaburra
Red-backed Kingfisher uc
Sacred Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
Singing Bushlark
Welcome Swallow
White-backed Swallow
Fairy Martin
Tree Martin
Richard’s Pipit
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
White-bellied Cuckoo Shrike uc
Ground Cuckoo Shrike uc
White-winged Triller
Flame Robin uc
Scarlet Robin uc
Red-capped Robin uc
Hooded Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Jacky Winter
Crested Shrike-tit
Gilbert’s Whistler uc
Golden Whistler uc
Rufous Whistler
Grey Shrike
Restless Flycatcher
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Grey-crowned Babbler
White-browed Babbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Rufous Songlark
Brown Songlark
White-browed Scrub Wren uc
Superb Fairy Wren
Speckled Warbler
Western Gerygone uc
Buff-rumped Thornbill uc
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill uc
Weebill
Southern Whiteface
Varied Sittella uc
White-throated Treecreeper
Brown Treecreeper
Red Wattlebird
Black Honeyeater uc
Black-chinned Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Brown-headed Honeyeater uc
Fuscous Honeyeater uc
New Holland Honeyeater uc
Regent Honeyeater e
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Striped Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater uc
White-naped Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater uc
Eastern Spinebill
Crimson Chat uc
White-fronted Chat uc
Noisy Miner
Noisy Friarbird
Little Friarbird
Buff-banded Rail
Mistletoe Bird
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Silvereye uc
Red-browed Firetail
Diamond Firetail
Double-barred Finch
Plum-headed Finch
Zebra Finch
Olive-backed Oriole uc
White-winged Chough
Australian Magpie-lark
White-browed Woodswallow uc
Dusty Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Australian Raven
Little Raven
Emu - (current population has been introduced)