The Northern Beaches Council Bushcare photo competition for Bushcare volunteers and supervisors is held annually in December.
There are three categories:
- People and Places
- Flora and Fungi
- Fauna
Entries are judged by fellow Bushcare volunteers.
2025 competition winners
Fauna
"Eastern Water Dragon" - Ian Evans
People and places
"Gumbooya" - Sandra Mulcahy
Flora and Fungi
"Flying Duck Orchid" - Ian Evans
2024 competition winners
Fauna
"Christmas Beetle" - Marco Lucas
Flora and Fungi
"Bee in an Angophora" - Melinda Jewell
People and places
"The Bushcare Salute" - Britta Huttel
2023 competition winners
Flora and Fungi
"Fungus on tree trunk" - Han van den Heuvel
Fauna
"Mating wandering ringtail damselflies" - Han van den Heuvel
2022 competition winners
People and Places
"Ray and Pam at Alan Newton Reserve" - Jane Lush
Flora and Fungi
"Fungi" - Marco Lucas
Fauna
"Kookaburra and its prey" - Leicia Peterson
Flora and Fungi
"Bonnetts" - Paul Jennings
2021 competition winners
Action
"Reed Bees (Exoneura sp.)" - Carol Deane
Fauna
"Variegated Fairy Wren" - Han van den Heuvel
People & Places
"Narrabeen Lake Sunset" - Juhan Le Roux
2019 competition winners
People and Places
"Part of my ‘patch’/ AOR" - John Wackett
Flora and Fungi
"Waratah in Plateau Park" - Ken Hughes
Fauna
"Osprey - Manly Dam" - Russel Beardmore
2018 competition winners
People and Places
"Birdbath Reflections" - Gordon Wells
Flora and Fungi
"Mixed Blessings" - John Wackett
Fauna
"Long Reef" - Steve McRae