We had an amazing time at our first Carp Muster & riparian clean up back in July and can’t wait to do it all again (if we can find a funding partner – anyone want to take that bait…)

The event proved to be extremely popular with families and by the bid day Oz Fish had received 70 pre- entries which we were very happy with. Another 20 or so turned up and registered on the day before heading off to the river to try their luck at catching something.

While the Carp were a little elusive we still ended up with a haul totalling around 50kg, some of which are now being digested by our microbial ‘soup’ on a farm in Canowindra – yes, we’re turning them into fertiliser (using Charlie Carp as our inspiration). You can read more about that process here.

Our official team photographer for the day was the lovely Richard Swansborough – a Canowindra local with a long and distinguished history of nature photography. It was great to have him on board to help out given that most of our Landcare committee were otherwise engaged either cooking up a storm on the barbeque, entertaining the crowds with an im-promptu gig or pounding the pavements collecting litter!

It was great to have him on board to help out given that most of our Landcare committee were otherwise engaged either cooking up a storm on the barbeque, entertaining the crowds with an im-promptu gig or pounding the pavements collecting litter!

Thanks to Canowindra Connections Centre for making this happen. Thanks to The Age of Fishes Museum for hosting us, OzFish Unlimited for organising the comp and Cabonne Council for sponsoring the day as part of its Youth Week activities. It was also great to see everyone get behind the colouring comp run by Canowindra High School – great effort all!

Landcare NSW & Oz Fish joined forces in 2020 to help improve waterways across the state. Better waters = better fishing and that’s something we can all get behind.