Biala Aboriginal Hostel for girls - a garden makeover.

Biala provides accommodation for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander high school girls who wish to attend a Sydney high school to receive a broader education than is available in their home communities.

Following a call for help from Zali Steggall’s Warringah office the community responded with offers of extra tuition, sporting equipment and furniture. Rotary was helping with the oversight of the outdoor areas and needed help with a makeover for the garden. The garden borders bushland and we volunteered our assistance.

Organisational difficulties due to the continuing Covid restrictions, meant that we limited our personnel to committee members. The committee team, assisted by the Northern Beaches bushcare officer got to work with some heavy weeding, mulching, native plantings and last of all some flower power.

Thanks indeed to this team and especially to Yolande Stone who was indefatigable in her efforts.