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The trees surrounding Canowindra’s swing bridge on the banks of the Bleubula river and currently teeming with Grey Headed Flying Foxes – it really is quite a feast for the senses. This dramatic swelling in numbers is temporary, caused by…
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Category: Ecology, Education
Tags: bats, Biodiversity, Box Gum Woodland, Canowindra, Education, flying fox, insects, Mid Lachlan Landcare, nature, photography, pollinators, threatened species, travel, wildlife
Life around the gum tree is an interactive bingo style ecology game that’s perfect for families, primary aged students & anyone wanting to learn more about the life gum trees support.
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Category: Citizen Science & Toolkits, Connecting Community, Creative by Nature
Tags: Biodiversity, birds, Box Gum Woodland, Canowindra, Cowra, Ecology, Education, Environment, eucalyptus day, Fungi, gum tree, nature, photography, superb parrot, threatened species, travel, writing
Brigidine College, Randwick visited us in December this year for a Food Nutrition & Hospitality Field trip. The themes of the tour being ‘Food Builds Community’ and ‘Good Soil, Good food’.
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Category: Education
Tags: agriculture, Climate Change, Education, food, Food Production, gardening, Mid Lachlan Landcare, Natural Capital, Nutrition, Organic Farming, Soil Health, Sustainability
A new Citizen Science project led by the Invastive Species Council & Invertebrates Australia launched on iNaturalist this year. Bugs in My Backyard Week ran from 17 – 23 November 2025 creating the first springtime snapshot of bugs across Australia. I joined the project as an individual this year to get a feel for the nuances and challenges around recording bug life.
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Category: Citizen Science & Toolkits, Connecting Community, Creative by Nature, Ecology, Education, Events
Tags: Biodiversity, bugs, citizen science, Education, iNaturalist, insects, nature, photography, wildlife, writing
This month we welcomed Shoalhaven High School’s Earth & Environmental Science Students for an immersive day of observing, testing & experiencing how the earth’s cycles happen and, more importantly, how human management decisions impact them.
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Sandra explained how bats grow forests while we sleep by carrying seeds far and wide before pooping them out where some germinate and become new forests. She explained her work as a bat carer, talked about bat biology, habits and their personalities, dispelling all prior notions we held of these being dirty, evil creatures – they are actually very cute, intelligent and personable!
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Category: Connecting Community
Tags: birding, birds, Box Gum Grassy Woodland, Bts, Ecology, Education, flying-fox, nature, threatened species, travel, wildlife
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,…
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We had a wonderful afternoon with Hunter Valley Grammar School’s Earth & Environment Science students & their teachers. We started off in Canowindra at the Age of Fishes Museum & a surprise visit from a 2 week old poddy lamb…
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Category: Education
Tags: agriculture, Climate Change, earth and environment science, Ecology, Education, Environment, geology, Grazing, High School, Mid Lachlan Landcare, nature, School Tours
Kangarooby Landcare organised a tree planting day for the Glossy Black Cockatoo over at Gooloogong Public School
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We have booked to talk about our project in the Blue Mountains on Saturday 7th June from 4pm-6pm at the Planetary Health Centre in Katoomba where we’ll focus on explaining the habits & preferences of our local population of Glossies, how & why farmers are playing an important role in boosting connectivity & what large-scale connectivity could look like for this and other species.
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Category: Ecology, Education, Events
Tags: agriculture, Art, Biodiversity, birding, Birds on farms, Climate Change, Education, Mid Lachlan Landcare, photography, wildlife