Life in the Park

From birds, microbats and mangroves, to frogs, native fish and thousands of invertebrate species, Sydney Olympic Park is renowned for its rich biodiversity. Learn how Sydney Olympic Park programs together with the help of the community are ensuring that biodiversity continues to thrive at the Park.

A series of short talks on urban ecology and the building of healthy habitats for the wildlife at Sydney Olympic Park will be presented from 10.00am-12noon on Sunday 16 August, at the Education Centre at Bicentennial Park.

A FREE event, Life in the Park will reveal how Sydney Olympic Park Authority and local community volunteers are together helping to care for the variety of wildlife that inhabits Sydney Olympic Park.

With displays of live reptiles, birds and frogs as well as live footage via EagleCAM of the Park's nesting White-bellied Sea-Eagles, the event will include six 20-minute talks by urban ecology experts including...

Attendees will be welcome to a light morning tea and limited parking provided at the Bicentennial Park P10 carpark.

Sydney Olympic Park is home to more than 190 species of native bird, seven species of frog, 10 species of bats, 16 species of reptile, numerous native fish species, many thousands of invertebrate species and more than 200 native vertebrate animal species. Furthermore, more than 400 native plant species including three threatened species of plant, as well as three endangered ecological communities and protected marine vegetation also thrive at the Park.