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19 Aug, 2018

Walk: Garigal National Park

Great views down Bantry Bay from the Bluff then a steep slippery section down to the water’s edge, steps up to Seaforth ...

08 Oct, 2017

Walk: Wyrrabalong National Park

17 Sep, 2017

Walk: Blue Gums in Hornsby Valley

22 Aug, 2017

Talk: What’s under the Bottom of the Harbour?

20 Aug, 2017

Walk: Ku-ring-gai Chase

22 Jul, 2017

Walk: Maitland Bay Circuit, Bouddi National Park

Circuit walk to Marie Byles Lookout, Putty Beach, Gerrin Point, Maitland Beach and then a climb back to the start.

11 Jul, 2017

Talk: Hawkesbury River: A Social and Natural History

Professor Paul Boon has just finished writing a book on the Hawkesbury – no one has done this before! It will be publish...

13 Jun, 2017

Talk: UNESCO World Heritage

23 May, 2017

Talk: Environmental Management in Hornsby

09 Apr, 2017

Walk: Gordon to Killara Station via Rocky and Gordon Creeks

This interesting walk covers a wide range of vegetation communities including gallery rainforest, tall open forest, dry ...

21 Mar, 2017

Talk: Are there any Useful Paleoclimatology Analogies to Today’s Climate Phenomena?

Michael Scollay’s talk takes a tour of earth’s climate past to see if there are any useful analogies to what is happenin...

15 Nov, 2016

What Caves tell us about Climate

Professor Andy Baker from UNSW Australia will present the STEP lecture where he will explain how cave stalagmites can te...

11 Oct, 2016

AGM and Talk on Air Pollution

Prof Peter Nelson will discuss the effects of atmospheric contaminants and current understanding of the sources, transpo...

09 Oct, 2016

Walk Voyager Point

Easy walking, no hills or rough ground with Daniel Smart (bush regenerator) who collects seeds from this area.

24 Sep, 2016

Bird Walk Lane Cove Loop

This walk will focus on the bird diversity found along the Lane Cove River corridor downstream of the tidal weir, includ...

19 Jul, 2016

Talk: Australian Native Land Snails and Slugs

17 Jul, 2016

Bird Walk: Newington Armory

11 May, 2016

Walk: Wild Willoughby

26 Apr, 2016

Talk: Exploring the Seafloor – We know More about Mars

24 Apr, 2016

Walk in Thornleigh

We will walk to City View Lookout via Lorna Pass through varied forest and views of Lane Cove River.

13 Mar, 2016

Walk Agnes Banks Nature Reserve

Agnes Banks Nature Reserve is unique in the Sydney area and a wonderful place for wildflowers in both spring and autumn....

06 Mar, 2016

Clean Up Australia Day

STEP will run a site in the usual location near Thornleigh oval focusing on rubbish near Lane Cove National Park and the...

25 Feb, 2016

Walk through Wahroonga Estate

STEP and staff from Wahroonga Estate Landcare will lead a walk highlighting the ecological features of this environmenta...

18 Feb, 2016

Talk on Wahroonga Waterways Landcare

Graham Wegener, Project Coordinator at Wahroonga Waterways Landcare will talk about their work caring for the bushland a...

24 Nov, 2015

Talk on Hornsby Quarry

STEP has concerns that the project to fill Hornsby Quarry with spoil from the North Connex tunnel and create public recr...

27 Oct, 2015

AGM and Talk on Birds

After our AGM, Ross Rapmund will give a talk about the bird life of northern Sydney.

18 Oct, 2015

Walk: Rawson Park to Bradleys Head Loop (Mosman)

This loop is one of Sydney’s iconic harbour walks through beautiful Sydney Red Gum woodland.