Paperbark Wetland

Royal Sydney will be creating a new 'Paperbark Wetland' – set to be the first of its kind in the local area. Click to see more.

Biodiversity Management

The Club has been working with ecologists to not only deliver the biodiversity benefits promised by the project, but also to protect wildlife while construction takes place. Click to see more.

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A Native Flora and Fauna Restoration

A major part of our project is the native landscape rehabilitation. Royal Sydney has worked with leading ecologists to develop a comprehensive native restoration using local endemic plant species to create a more sustainable, biodiverse landscape.

In this new landscape, mowing, watering and fertiliser applications will be unnecessary amid groves of trees and heathland plantings, significantly boosting habitat available for an increased array of fauna, including native invertebrates, frogs, reptiles, birds and bats.

Royal Sydney has worked with ecological consultants, Cumberland Ecology, to develop a Biodiversity Management Plan – a schedule of ongoing conservation, restoration and maintenance activities for the flora and fauna to be retained on the site, as well as the tasks, procedures and methods to achieve this.

BMP Vision Statement

Recent ecological research on golf courses in southern Australia has confirmed the high biodiversity values of golf courses and has illustrated that native vertebrate and invertebrate fauna respond very well to regeneration and active management of native or planted native vegetation (Threlfall et al. 2014, Threlfall et al. 2015, Mata et al. 2017, Threlfall et al. 2017).

Royal Sydney acknowledges these findings and have incorporate d into future plans to manage the golf course.

In 2022 the golf course was approved for renovation and landscape rehabilitation. An integral part of that work will entail much of the grassland “rough” beneath and around trees being replaced by plantings of native heathland species and other native plant species. Thirteen hectares of land will transform to heathland, while other substantial areas of the course will be planted out with thousands of additional native trees. Mowing, fertiliser application and watering will cease in these areas.
As part of the planning for the renovation and landscape rehabilitation the RSGC developed a vision for landscape renovation using local native plant species to create a more sustainable, biodiverse landscape and provide players with a more challenging golf course experience. Future management will actively promote and provide for native wildlife. Mowing, watering and fertiliser application will be unnecessary amid groves of trees and heathland plantings, significantly boosting habitat available for an increased array of fauna, including native invertebrates, frogs, reptiles, birds and bats.
Biodiversity will be actively promoted and managed in perpetuity following prescriptions in this Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP). The renovated golf course will retain most of the existing trees though some trees must be removed to allow for new native plantings.

Royal Sydney’s Championship Course will transform through active management to be a haven for a wide variety of native flora and fauna.

PROPOSED NEW COURSE

Course Master Plan

This diagram shows the proposed layout of the new golf course.

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This diagram illustrates all trees currently existing on the property. 

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This diagram illustrates the trees proposed to be removed from the property.

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This diagram illustrates all new trees to be planted.

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This diagram illustrates all trees on the property at the completion of the project.

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