Profile on Terry Barratt

300 word Personal Profile

Terry Barratt – Chairperson of Bomaderry Creek Landcare Group

Terry Barratt is an environmentalist that is well acquainted with the Bomaderry Creek Bushland. This has become his primary interest and the main focus of his work as part of Landcare. Terry has spent the past 33 years as a resident of the Nowra/Bomaderry area.

Terry has spent more than 40 years working for Landcare and Bushcare and, in particular, has spent the last 20 years with the Bomaderry Creek Landcare/Bushcare Group.   Professionally he has been a manager with the National Parks and Wildlife Service for 25 years and an environmental scientist with Sydney Water for 10 years. Terry has a Bachelor of Science Honours degree. His honours thesis involved research through the University of Wollongong into the conservation status, genetics and reproductive processes of the Bomaderry Zieria. This is an extremely rare plant restricted completely to the Bomaderry Creek Bushland and his research has established him as the foremost specialist on this species.

Terry takes a keen interest and a responsible role in the Bomaderry Creek Bushland. He does this because he has a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the area and as a committed environmental conservationist, he feels responsible to protect it.

Terry is very passionate about the Bushland and enjoys spending time there. His reasons for this include its diversity, uniqueness, the high level of threatened species that it provides a home for, the bushland’s physically challenging nature and the many opportunities for recording scientific data. When asked his favourite part about the creek, Terry replied, ‘I like so much about the bushland I don’t have a particular favourite’.

The vision Terry has for the future of the Bomaderry Creek Bushland is a positive one. He sees it becoming increasingly more important to the community as an outdoor place for people to get away from their everyday lives. Terry also sees that the protection and proper management of the Bomaderry Creek Bushland will continue to grow.