Sutherland Shire Environment Centre

Filmed over five years, this film documents an epic – and successful – struggle to keep Northern NSW free of invasive gasfields. The campaign culminated with dramatic community action in the peaceful farming valley of Bentley. What happened set an historic precedent and helped unleash a unique and inspiring social...

Robert Daniel Walshe, OAM (28.12.23  -  06.03.2018) Twice-named Sutherland Shire Citizen of the Year Environmental champion Prodigious author and writer Community advocate Teacher  Historian A gentle and humble man who touched so many lives and leaves our world a better place. Join us for afternoon tea as we celebrate Bob's...

It's been a while since our last Shire Ride. Time to get started again. Come and join us. It will be a friendly ride at a leasurely pace. This ride will be a (mostly downhill) trip to Cronulla, with a stop in Caringbah to check out the new murals. We...

Everyone loves a beautiful garden. Imagine if our Shire were abundant with vegetation and habitat– in our yards, our public spaces, our nature strips and even our industrial spaces. Sutherland Shire Environment Centre is making that vision a reality with our Bewildering project. Bewildering is bringing wildlife to live with us....

Let's join St George Bicycle User Group as they ride from Sutherland to Kurnell. Ride to Kurnell via Taren Point and check out the new pathway near Woolooware Shores with morning tea at Kurnell Post Office. Continue riding to Bass and Flinders Lookout at Cronulla before returning to Sutherland along...

Take action with Sutherland Climate Action Network to Stop Adani and assist with Australia's transition to renewable energy!  This 30-minute documentary captures the power and passion of people taking extraordinary action to stop Adani from building one of the biggest coal mines in the world, threatening our water, our climate...

Is it a possum? Is it a koala? No, it’s environmental scientist Reannan Honey up a tree. You can hear Reannan explain why she climbs trees in her scientific research and how her observations are helping endangered animals in a talk hosted by Sutherland Shire Environment Centre in September. Reannan...

Sutherland Station on cycleways and quiet streets through Sylvania Waters, over Taren Point Bridge and round Botany Bay to Ramsgate. Bring your panniers, backpack or bicycle basket and stock up at Ramsgate Foodies Market, then ride on to Wolli Creek for a train trip home to Sutherland.. Ride Distance: Approx...

Sutherland Station on cycleways and quiet streets through Como and over the old Como Railway Bridge then on to Oatley Park via quiet streets. Do a lap of the park before returning to Oatley for coffee. Return to Sutherland by the same route. Ride Distance: Approx 20 km Shire rides...

"Pilliga Rising" is a 38-min documentary of resistance to the proposed Coal Seam Gasfield in the Pilliga forest.

What’s marine scientist Sarah-Jo Lobwein doing down at the beach?

Hop on a train at Sutherland to Wolli Creek (or drive your car if you must). Then we will ride on cycleways (including the Bourke Street Cycleway) to Centennial Park for coffee. Return via the same route, or if the group agrees through Kensington and back down Coward Street. Train...

Put on the reindeer horns and decorate your bike for our Christmas ride : the iconic Sutherland to Cronulla. In the absence of a dedicated shared path through our beautiful Shire we will use whatever cycleways and quiet streets we can find. We will head down via council cycleways through...