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HEALTHY BILLABONGS ARE A PROPERTY ASSET by John Kennedy
The Goulburn River is an ancient landform. In consequence its path has changed many times creating an enormous collection of billabongs. You only have to look at a Google map of a typical section between say Molesworth and Alexandra to recognise the significant number of billabongs created as the river has changed its course over…
Read MoreHome Creek-Spring Creek Celebrate 21 years of Landcare.Approximately
Home Creek-Spring Creek Celebrate 21 years of Landcare. 40 past and present members and guests of Home Creek-Spring Creek Landcare Group met for lunch at the Yarck Community Hall on Sunday 5th May to celebrate 21 years as an active landcare group. Special guest speaker Horrie Pousard gave a fascintating talk about the establishment of…
Read MoreLandcare Connections – Autumn edition
Landcare Connections – Autumn 2011
Read MoreRiver Redgums
If you take a drive around the low lying areas of the Goulburn Broken Catchment, you will see one tree stand out from the rest; The River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis). Another thing that stands out is how big and old (sometimes hundreds of years) the majority of the often solitary Red Gum trees are. This leads to the…
Read MorePhascogale found!
While checking nest boxes the other day, we were delighted to find a Brush-tailed Phascogale (or Tuan) curled up in one of the boxes. This particular home-made box has been up for a number of years, and the phascogale is the first known inhabitant. Phascogales need hollows for shelter and nesting. Due to the large-scale…
Read MoreAt Trevor Young’s Place
Wednesday 1 September , Trevor and Jane Young’s . Heathcote Junction . ANZ Risk Management Team 37 volunteers It rained all day and we got very wet . Team one went fencing building with the ‘Uniting Church Mobile Mens Shed’ Team 2 went woody weed cutting with Janet. I was impressed with the multi-tasking personal…
Read MoreTally for ANZ Mega week
Volunteers arriving by the trailer load to Terry Hubbards planting site at Strath Creek .Load number 2.Tally for week202 volunteers 490 beef sausages20 kg onions45 loaves of bread70 litres pumpkin soup10 vegetarians2 gluten free vegetarians3 litres tomato sauce.36 packets of chocolate biscuits400 paper cups 1850 plants – planted & guarded900 metres of fence erected4 ha…
Read MoreLandcare Tree Transporting Vehicle Number 3
UGLN Bushfire Recovery Projects Number 3 “tree transporting ” vehicle will soon transform back into Cathy Olives family station wagon . Goodbye to plants, foam boxes, water, gravel and potting mix filling the back of the car.
Read MoreBridget Leaves Landcare for Health Reasons
Landcare coordinators from across the Goulburn Broken Catchment gathered in Ruffy today to farewell Bridget Clarke. Bridget has worked for the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network , based in the Yea CMA office , for 7 years. Next week she will take up an appointment at Yea Hospital in the Health & Well being field.…
Read MoreIts a Wash Out !
18th August 2010 Day 2 The SW Sydney Schools Environment Group Bushfire Seed Production Area planting at Tabilk Winery. 20 keen students plus 3 teachers. 2000 very special plants Jim, Sandsie, Bobo and Janet . The forecast was not good but the rain did not start falling until we arrived at the site. The volunteers…
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