Mid Lachlan Landcare
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What I Learned at the 2025 Citizen Science Conference
Last month I travelled down to Melbourne to spend two days at the Citizen Science Conference. Being a first-timer at this event, I wasn’t sure quite what to expect so… I dragged my husband along too! As it turned out,…
Read MoreCitizen Science & Bogong Moth Tracking
Citizen Science: the collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists. Dictionary.com Spring marks the start of the Bogong Moth migration as…
Read MoreJoin us at the Central Tablelands Regional Landcare Muster
You’re Invited to the 2025 Central Tablelands Regional Landcare Muster! Join fellow volunteers, community members, partners and landcare champions on Wednesday 30 July at the Australian National Field Day site near Orange for a day of connection, collaboration, and big-picture…
Read MoreGetting Trees in the Ground for the Glossy’s
We’ve been out planting trees for the Glossy Black Cockatoo across a stretch of land from Conimbla to Nangar national parks. These plantings were in Eugowra & just outside of Manildra. We were planting She Oaks (Allocasuarina verticillata), Eucalypts and some complimentary understory species
Read MoreAn Autumn Among the Trees – National Eucalyptus Day + Daydreaming in She Oaks.
Last weekend we celebrated Eucalyptus day with our neighbours Weddin Landcare & team at their community nursery with a bit of essential oil distillation. We’ve also focused on She Oaks this month and came to more deeply appreciate the role they play in bringing landsdcapes to life.
Read MoreBirds & The Brush
On a very hot March afternoon we came together to honour the Superb Parrot and have a go at tissue paper painting at beautiful ‘Riverslea’ Darby’s Falls. We had our model sitting in the middle of the table for inspiration…
Read MoreCommunity Plant Purchase 2025
For those of us who missed the ordering cut-off for plants from our local nurseries this year we are going to have a try at a community purchase with Narromine Transplants and see how it works out for us. Then…
Read MoreCan accountants save the planet? Adventures in Natural Capital Accounting.
As a Landcare coordinator I’m motivated to understand this space from a new perspective. Can I understand this space enough to coordinate, facilitate, support and develop meaningful connections and conversations in my own community? How many Natural Capital dollars are there for us as Landcare groups and members and do the values of the Natural Capital market and Landcare even align?
Read MoreEvent: What’s going to float your boat in 2025? Kayaking at Wyangala Dam
As a community organisation we’re always interested in what floats your boat and as such, we thought we’d start 2025 with a relaxing Kayak, catch up and plant I.D morning at the beautiful Wyangala Dam just outside of Cowra. We…
Read More2024 NSW State of Volunteering -Focus Group Reports. Rural Data Summary
Each year the NSW government publishes an in-depth set of reports analysing the work volunteers do across the state and its value to our ecomony. As a volunteer-based organisation, Landcare groups such as ours compare this big-picture data to that…
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