The events below are organised by the Society - or the Society participates in them.

The Society organises many regular activities throughout the year which are not listed on this page. See our Bushwalking, Plant Study Group, Wild TING and Plant Nursery webpages for details about these regular activities.

The Society's Events Coordinator is Jo Carroll. Jo can be contacted at events@bluemountains.org.au.

Changes to events appear in red.

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The Blue Mountains’ World Heritage Silver Anniversary year commences with our traditional February sunset gathering at the Hut.

Meet other members of the Society. Hear about plans for the Anniversary year and what your Society is up to.

Light refreshments will be served.

Please book here for free to assist catering.

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Visit the Planetary Health Centre and learn how to save money, restore the health of our community and planet, and reduce disaster risk with bushfire sprinklers, Fire Halos and underground tanks.

A day of fun and inspiration with live music, plant-based food, talks, tours, demonstrations, workshops, stalls, a mobile sawmill, a Frogs of the Blue Mountains exhibition and a talk on FrogID: People-Powered Frog Conservation by Britt Mitchell from the Australian Museum.

Details here.

Come and see us at our stall.

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BMCS will be joining BMCC and other local environmental and conservation groups to hold the annual Bat Night at the Katoomba Cultural Centre. It is a great night orientated to children with face painting and interactive experiences with Bats.

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An afternoon of learning about tree hollows, their importance and construction when not naturally available. Afternoon tea provided.

Hear from people who supply accommodation, those who have installed some, and about some other projects the Society could partner in.

Meet the animals with Me&Zoo.

Bookings can be made here.

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Business will include receipt of reports, adoption of annual accounts, determination of structure of Management Committee, election of President, Management Committee members and other office holders and appointment of auditor. Other Business: Appointment of Life Members.

Guest speaker following the AGM: Andy MacQueen, “Walnuts to World Heritage: how to grow a million hectares.”

Afternoon tea will be available. Please register on Humanitix: here.

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The Blackheath Growers Market is run the 2nd Sunday of every month (except January) at the Blackheath Community Centre. They proudly host over 60 growers who can tantalise your tastebuds with a wide array of local and regional foods.

The Conservation Society will have an Information Stall where you can come alog and say hi and find out what we're all about.

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Located in the heart of the Blue Mountains, the Magpie Up Style Market is a treasure trove of bargains and great buys. You'll find a foodies section in the quadrangle, collectibles, second hand goods, local arts and crafts, books, jewellery, plants, gozleme, yum cha, BBQ, coffee and more!

The Conservation Society will have an Information Stall where you can come alog and say hi and find out what we're all about.

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BMCS will be carrying the good cheer of Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area celebrations over to Bilpin.

Taking place at Bilpin Community Farmers Market, come and celebrate the Blue Mountains Shale Capped Forest Endangered Ecological Community and meet the local environment groups, organisations and schools, who protect their local ecology and learn what you can do to get involved!

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Come along to socialilse with fellow members and hear an interesting talk on Invasive species in the World Heritage Area by Andrew Cox the recent past CEO of the Invasive Species Council.

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Come along to socialilse with fellow members and hear an interesting talk on Birds of the World Heritage Area by Annette Cam, President of the Society and her husband Graham, a former President of the BirdLife Photography Awards.

Sometimes the big birds get all the attention so in this change of pace talk Annette and Graham will bring the focus onto the smaller birds.

There will be an update on Conservation Society activities presented by President Annette Cam and light refreshments will be served. To assist with catering please register your attendance using the following URL.

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Visit the ConSoc stall at Glenbrook Markets, running in tandem with a Glenbrook Lagoon Bird Walk and Talk hosted by Blue Mountains Bird Observers and Blue Mountains Conservation Society to see which of our feathered friends can be seen.

Age limit is 8+.

Numbers are limited to 15 so register for the Bird Walk early here.

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The Gardens of Stone Alliance, together with Young Nerve, is urgently convening a community meeting and protest concert to push back against coal pollution impacting Sydney’s drinking water catchment and the sensitive Gardens of Stone region and World Heritage area.Underground coal mining is damaging groundwater, destroying endangered peat swamps, and threatening nature.

We can’t allow this to happen. Our drinking water should not become a dumping ground for coal waste. We need a public, independent inquiry now: Say no to coal mine expansions or extensions in the sensitive Gardens of Stone.

Join us as we hear from leading water expert, Dr Ian Wright, Blue Mountains MP Trish Doyle, Greens MLC, Sue Higginson and Blue Mountains’ Mayor, Mark Greenhill. You can RSVP to this free event here.

Followed by a concert to push back against coal by Young Nerve Hardcore For A Cause 3:00-8:00pm also at the Katoomba Community Centre - $25. Tickets can be purchased here

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Come along to socialilse with fellow members and hear Kellie Leigh speak about the actions Science for Wildlife is taking with regard to koalas in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area - visitors welcome.

Please register your interest in attending here

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Please arrive at Mount Tomah by 9:45 am - normal travel time from katoomba is 45 minutes. Register to join the Tree Hollows project follow-up visit to Mount Tomah and Bilpin. Ian Allan will give an update on the Mount Tomah work with tree hollows and will tell us about the ongoing research with Wollemi pines. At Bilpin we wil se the work Mountains for Wildlife are doing with tree hollows.

Registration is essential here

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Resilient Blue Mountains is hosting the Sustainability Festival on 6th September. 10am – 4pm at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre. 30 Parke St, Katoomba.

There will be a speakers’ forum, a festival market and workshops and information stalls. Blue Mountains Conservation Society will be there with an information stall displaying our latest campaign information – so call by and have a chat.

To see the latest information about the day go to here

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A vibrant celebration of community in the Blue Mountains and Blue Mountains Conservation Society will be there with an stall and all the latest campaign information. Join us.

For Springwood Festival information go to here

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Join us for the last Member meeting of the year!

Hear Vera Wong speak about the National Parks and Wildlife “Scorecard”. A program used to track the ecological health of NSW national parks.

The Ecological Health Performance Scorecards (Scorecards) program is a landscape-scale biodiversity monitoring program by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service which measures various environmental indicators to show the health of our national parks. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/npws-conservation/ecological-health-performance-scorecards

As usual there will be a brief update on Society activities and light refreshments will be served.

Please register your interest in attending here

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Want to know more about gardening with native plants but don’t know where to start?

Come along to the first ever Blue Mountains Native Gardens event.

Hear talks from experts on the plants of the Blue Mountains with practical information on what to plant where. Browse plants for sale from our local native plant nurseries. Meet other local gardeners to celebrate the beauty of native plants and the potential and possibilities of native gardens.

For further information go here