Join us for a Bio Blitz at 11-12pm with Nan and Hugh Nicholson as part of the 50 year celebration market.
This October The Channon Craft Market turns 50 and we would love you to join us – Sunday 11 October 2026.
One of the many wonderful activities happening on the day is a Bioblitz event at 11am – 12pm hosted by Nan and Hugh Nicholson and Richmond Riverkeeper and is a part of this year’s Richmond RiverFest. Meet us at the Main Stage 10.45am!
The idea is simple.
The Richmond Catchment BioBlitz is month long a coordinated series of local surveys across the Richmond catchment where community groups, schools and individuals go out and record every plant, animal and fungus they can find, all logged onto one shared project so we can see the full picture of what’s living across our rivers and waterways.
Everyone uses the free iNaturalist app to photograph and log what they find. All the sightings feed into one catchment wide project, so by the end of the month we’ll have a snapshot of biodiversity right across the Richmond.
We’d love you to be part of it:
Register for and watch the webinar on September 30th
Download the iNaturalist App https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/
Promote the project and invite your friends along
Show up to the main stage on the oval at 10.45am. You will be taken to the planting by Nan & Hugh Nicholson – Australian Rainforest Plants to identify what you see on the day
If you can’t join us check out the Richmond Riverkeeper website and simply log your own observations anytime during the month.BioBlitz Webinar – Wednesday 30th September 7-8pm.
Richmond RiverFest starts this Sunday 27 World Rivers Day in Ballina and goes through to the closing ceremony in Lismore 24 October.
The Channon Markets 50th celebrations is proudly supported by Lismore City Council.
