Project: Tahlee Centre for Creation Care
Subject: research, conservation, education
Location: Tahlee, Port Stephens NSW
Traditional lands of the Gringai people
A Rocha Australia’s first formal project ran from 2016 to 2019 in collaboration with Tahlee Ministries at the Tahlee property on the north shore of Port Stephens, NSW.
This followed the formative A Rocha Australia gathering at Tahlee in Spring 2015.
Key outcomes
- baseline inventory of flora and fauna across the Tahlee property ecosystems, with 167 bird species identified during the surveys, including 14 threatened species
- publication of Stuart Fleming’s paper in a regional ornithological journal
- discovery of resident Koalas Phascolarctos cinereus by a research student
- control of target pest plants, including African olive Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata, with local Council assistance
- maintaining an organic garden to supply the community kitchen
- creation care teaching for visitors and resident students
A highlight was an April 2018 conference for the Oceania region with the Lausanne-WEA Creation Care team, co-hosted by A Rocha Australia and Tahlee. Attending were delegates from Pacific Island countries, other overseas guests and Indigenous Australians.
The project finished in 2019 when Tahlee Ministries partnered with YWAM and the property became a YWAM base.
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