fossil bluff project
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Creating Biodiversity at Fossil Bluff
At various times since colonization, Fossil Bluff has been an mining site, a port, farmland and more recently reverted to Crown land and is now a recreational and educational site. Fossil Bluff at Freestone Cove Wynyard has a long history as unique geological feature attracting students and scientists to its fossil record. The Wynyard Landcare group saw the potential to enrich its biodiversity value and partnered with the Waratah-Wynyard Council and the Parks & Wildlife Service to remediate the site. Since 2020 the group has planted in the order of 8,000 shrubs and trees across the foreshore and the headland. The area has been transformed from a grassed area with limited habitat value to a rich tapestry indigenous plants providing shelter to a range of birds and other animals.
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There are two sites that Wynyard Landcare (WL) has managed in the area north-west of the Inglis River (in the middle background); one at the Freestone Cove esplanade and one on top of Fossil Bluff paleo site. The photo shows how the site looked in 2024. Now, the group Biodiversity alive manages this area whilst Wynyard Landcare manages the lower firebreak section and the foreshore section.
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