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We will be hosting a Sustainable Farm Forum in partnership with Yea and District Memorial Hospital Community Health. With special guest   Stan Alves One of AFL’s favourite sons, will talk about how to stay positive to overcome adversity, and the importance of having support networks and a good work/life balance. The evening will also…

The Upper Goulburn Landcare Network is holding a field day for landholders to demonstrate how to assess land capability and provide advice on how to manage your land to get the most out of it. Do you have steep hills/ erosion/ weeds / pasture issues / questions about water / bushland? All of these questions and…

    Come along and join us for National Tree Day, Sunday 31st July There are several Landcare groups running planting and clean-up activities on the day. You can join one or more groups and then join us for a celebration lunch at lunch time! See flier for more details, Hope to see you there! National…

Successful Landcare Forum held in Yea Shire Hall “On the 27th February, the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network supported by the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority and the Murrindindi Shire, hosted a landcare forum for new and part-time landholders. The forum was designed to provide an introduction to landholders regarding issues such as planning, legal responsibilities,…

  Kids Teaching Kids is now in its tenth year nationally and over 10,000 kids across the country participated during Kids Teaching Kids week last week. The philosophy of Kids Teaching Kids; ‘Kids Teaching Kids is an education model that uses local environmental issues as a theme for learning. Kids Teaching Kids starts in the…

  It is only 2 weeks until we celebrate Target Kids Teaching Kids Forum at the Yea Wetlands. Project coordinators from the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network have been working with nine schools from across the shire participating this year, with fascinating topics such as; ‘Kids can Cook’, ‘Threatened species’, ‘Brush-tailed Phascogale’, ‘Butterflies’, ‘Healthy Happy chickens’, ‘Help…

On Friday 20th March,  170 Pre-school and School children came together at Yea Recreation Reserve to celebrate fresh produce and sustainable vegetable gardening. The purpose of the day was to surround kids with fresh produce grown in their home or school gardens in a fun way. The day was coordinated by Yea Community House, (with…

The Upper Goulburn Landcare Network recently held an Indian myna trap building workshop for landholders. The day was run by Max Caithness, a member of the Yarra Indian myna Action Group. Twelve community members attended this free event which was supported by funding from the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority ‘Pest Plant and Animal’ funding.…

Clean Up Australia Day A very successful Clean Up Australia Day involved seven landcare groups working across the shire to pick up litter. Merton, Home Creek-Spring Creek, South Cathedral, Yea River, Strath Creek, and Kinglake landcare groups, as well as Yea Wetlands Committee of Management worked tirelessly on Sunday 1st March. Each group registered their…