City Nature Challenge at La Perouse with expert guide Danny Hirschfeld

Be part of the City Nature Challenge and join us for a bioblitz in critically endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub at La Perouse to record wild plants and organisms using iNaturalist.

Danny Hirschfeld will provide some Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub background information and be on hand for plant identification. Danny was the driver of the bus that got the ESBS listed as an Endangered Ecological Community. 

Petra Holland will be on-hand as the expert iNaturalist user to assist anyone new to the iNat app

This activity is part of the City Nature Challenge which runs from 25-28 April 2025 and observations will be part of the Greater Sydney City Nature Challenge project. 

Thousands of people across the world will be using their mobile phones to record observations of nature over a few days. Cities around the world compete and collaborate to find species, make observations, and connect people with nature in urban areas. 

The City Nature Challenge started in 2016 as a friendly contest between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Since then, it has grown into an international event, with over 700+ cities participating in 2025.

What to bring

Please come ready with inaturalist on your mobile phone, a bottle of drinking water, hat, sturdy footwear and lunch.

Capacity

• Numbers are limited to 10

Meeting Point

• NPWS (NSW) Carpark Anzac Parade (opposite Goorawahl Avenue), La Perouse

Getting there

• The meeting point can be accessed via the 390X from Juniors Kingsford Lightrail Stand.

• Parking: Free Parking is available at the meeting point near the National Park entry gates on Anzac Parade, opposite Goorawahl Avenue.

More information about the site and getting there from the NPWS website