Blue Mountains Life

Seeds of Hope

when Richie Benson was seven or eight, he pulled out some weeds alongside the Hawkesbury River. Now that young boy has grown up and returned with an army of volunteers. Blue Mountains Life caught up with our wildlife warrior to find out how the smallest of actions can let off a chain of events.

“I have always had a passion for the environment from the first memories I have,” Richie explains. While fishing on the banks of the Hawkesbury, young Richie would often ponder why nobody did anything about the weeds choking

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