Cooks River Sustainability Initiative

The Cooks River Sustainability Initiative is a partnership between eight councils – Ashfield, Bankstown, Canterbury, City of Sydney, Hurstville, Marrickville, Rockdale and Strathfield and is focused on six local areas within the Cooks River catchment. The project team will work with communities, businesses and councils for long term improvement of the catchment.

Welcome & News

OurRiver Planning Forums 6.11.2008

Council along with the OurRiver team would like to invite you to take part in the OurRiver Planning Forum to help create a sustainable future water plan for the Ashbury and South Strathfield Subcatchments. Ashbury Subcatchment The OurRiver Planning Forum will be run over two nights – participants are encourage to attend both evenings but attendance on a single night is also worthwhile. Tuesday the 18th of November 6 – 9 pm and Tuesday the 25th of November 6 – 9 pm at the Ashbury Senior Citizens Club, 66 Princess St, Ashbury South Strathfield Subcatchment Thursday 27th of November 6 - 9 pm at the Strathfield Bowling and Recreation Club, 44 Augusta Street, Strathfield To RSVP or for further information on the Planning Forums please contact: Ashbury - Sarah Kamarudin on 9748 9644 or email sarah.kamarudin@strathfield.nsw.gov.au OR South Strathfield - Madeline Hourihan on 9748 9648 or email madeline.hourihan@strathfield.nsw.gov.au .. Read more

Community Water Survey Update 13.10.2008

Thank you to the residents that responded to the Community Water Survey recently undertaken in the Ashbury, Eastern Channel 1 East, Munni Street, Strathfield South and Upper Wolli Creek subcatchments. We had a great response and are currently compiling the results which will be used to inform future water planning in these areas. Results will be made available on this website and in other council publications over the coming weeks.

Cooks River bank restoration Freshwater Park Strathfield 13.08.2008

Strathfield Council is currently in the last stages of completing a three part project to tackle serious bank erosion of the Cooks River and local flooding in Freshwater Park. Stage one of the major bank rehabilitation project, began in 2001 - 2002, to a 200m section of the Cooks River, just upstream from Hedges Ave, several homes in this area and the Strathfield Golf Club where under serious threat from the collapsing river banks. Read more