Urban Wildlife Safari: Presenters

Joining the Urban Wildlife Safari are local experts who will share their knowledge of the area and what we discover.

Professor-Emeritus Helen Armstrong

Helen Armstrong is Professor–Emeritus of Landscape Architecture awarded by Queensland University of Technology and Adjunct- Professor at the Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney. She has been researching the meanings associated with cultural landscapes for many years. Her most recent work is on the cultural meanings of marginal urban lands.

Diego Bonetto

Diego Bonetto is a multimedia artist living and practicing in Sydney and is a key member of artists' collectives SquatSpace, the Network of UnCollectable Artists (NUCA) and the BigFAGPress. For the past 7 years Diego has been working with WeedyConnection, an environmental art campaign. The project involves an online resource launched in 2006 short documentary films, various site-specific installations in the form of Self-Guided Tours, cooking shows and interactive games on mobile platforms.

Chris Lloyd

The progeny of two long-term conservationists and bird watchers, Chris resisted parental pressure for a quarter of a century before finally picking up the binoculars in 1993. It was down-hill from there as a working life devoted to social justice and equity collapsed under the weight of avian biology, poor fashion choices and perpetually dirty boots. Chris spent nearly two decades working in Australia, Africa and New Zealand combining labour market economics and ornithology. This included stints breeding endangered species, extensive field and some post-graduate study into what made these feathered buggers tick and to spend more time on field work. He is currently Vice-President of Southern Ocean Seabird Study Association and on the management Boards of the Australian Bird Study Association and Wirrimbirra Sanctuary.

Dr Peggy Eby

Dr. Peggy Eby is a wildlife ecologist who has spent the past 20 years studying the ecology, behaviour and conservation biology of Grey-headed flying foxes. She is a member of the research team charged with monitoring the results of the relocation of flying foxes from the roost in the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney.

John Lennis

John Lennis is a Dharawal man. He has worked at Gurawal Aboriginal Corp as the horticultural officer working on the bush tucker walk around La Perouse for 4 years and then for the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney for 4 years working on the Cadi Jam Ora ( First Encounters Garden) and on the Mt Annan Stolen Generation Garden . He has worked for Gandangarra LALC as their Aboriginal Cultural and Education Officer for two years and is currently employed by the Hawkesbury Nepean CMA as the Catchment Officer for Aboriginal Communities.