Volunteer Morning - Bells Rd Corridor
2023-12-14 09:00 - 11:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Check the event listing for venue details
Join Parklands Rangers undertaking a variety of practical park stewardship tasks in this beautiful reserve.
This is an opportunity to work alongside our Rangers experiencing the ‘how to’ of caring for our local bush. Tasks will vary month to month and according to the season and your capacity. You may be doing a flora survey, removing redundant fences, replacing barbed wire with wildlife friendly plain wire, weeding, checking nestboxes, removing tree guards and more. No experience necessary.
Take in the fresh air, get close to nature and learn about the local environment and how Albury City and community groups are working to protect threatened species, improve habitat and link habitat corridors across the region.
When: 9.00 to 11.00am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet off Kerr Rd: https://goo.gl/maps/bFhHrSgCvkZ2GCJMA
What is supplied: All tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves and a hat.
Please register! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers. Please register here.
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Leneva Enviro Hub working bee & Volunteer Christmas breakup
2023-12-19 09:00 - 10:00 | Parklands Albury Wodonga, 3063 Beechworth-Wodonga Rd,, Leneva, Victoria, 3691, Australia
Join Parklands Rangers and Leneva residents to revamp the old Leneva School and Hall sites and bring this environmental hub back to life.
A series of working bees are enhancing this 10 hectare remnant Box Gum Grassy woodlands site and improve environmental education opportunities for local schools and community. All are welcome.

When: On the third Tuesday morning of every month, 9-10am, then stay for a cuppa and a yarn with us.
Where: Park on the Leneva Hall service track and meet outside the old school gates.
What: Bush restoration and facilities improvements including planning and creating interactive visitor activities, removing woody weeds and other invasives such as Watsonia bulbs and Bridal creeper, cleaning up the site and removing old fences, monitoring of nest boxes, installing new fencing..
What is provided: All tools, materials and personal protective equipment is provided as is Ranger induction and session leadership.
What to bring: Participants must wear covered shoes (boots) and long pants at all sessions, preferably long sleeves as well, bring your own hat and water bottle and dress for the weather. Current Covid safety measures must also be followed.

Please book in for each session you intend to join. REGISTER HERE

Wonga Wetlands, Nature Reserve with Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists
2024-01-14 08:30 - 12:00 | Wonga Wetlands, 2377 Riverina Hwy, Splitters Creek, NSW, 2640, Australia
Members meet at 8.30am in the car park at Wonga Wetlands.
Bring morning tea and chair.
Leader David phone 0409 954 476

Annual General Meeting, Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists
2024-02-09 10:30 - 13:00 | Baranduda Community Centre, 3 Sage Ct, Baranduda, Victoria, Australia
This year we are holding the AGM at the Baranduda Community Centre commencing at 10.30am. Please bring a small contribution toward morning tea following the meeting. Guest speaker is Hazel Cook who has recently retired from her voluntary work with WIRES. Hope to see you all there.

Birds of Albury - community photography exhibition entries
2024-02-21, 2024-02-28, 2024-03-06, 2024-03-13, 2024-03-20
Birds of Albury

Enter our community-based photography exhibition on Albury’s local birdlife.
Entries: Due by Monday 25 March 2024
Albury is a haven for a rich variety of Australian native birds much loved and admired by our community. In conjunction with the Birds of Australia Storybox exhibition the LibraryMuseum is celebrating our local birdlife with a community-based exhibition that features your photography of local birds. The exhibition is taking submissions from residents within a 50km radius of Albury.
Visitors to the exhibition will be able to vote for their choice of winning entry.
All participants are invited to the launch event on Saturday 13 April, where prizes will be awarded in following categories: best photo taken by entrant under 18, best overall photo, best photo of a threatened species and best “in motion” action shot. We are also very grateful for the support of Gardens for Wildlife Albury Wodonga who have sponsored a special prize category “Best photograph taken in a residential garden”, the winner of this category will receive a $50 Peard’s Wodonga voucher. BirdLife Australia are also proud to sponsor a prize for “best photo of a bird on a farm within 100km of Albury”, the winner of this category will receive a $100 gift voucher from Our Native Garden Nursery and receive a ‘Birds on Farms – Bird Nerd Resource Pack’, full of helpful bird identification information.
The launch event will also include a presentation from BirdLife Australia who will share with us their birds on farms work and how this is contributing to the protection of local species. Audience members will also get the opportunity to learn about how they can also get involved in Birdlife Australia projects.
To have your photograph included in the exhibition:

Photograph must feature wild Australian native birds within their habitat in the Albury region.
The photograph must be your original work.
Accompanied by the name of the bird, location photograph was taken and name of photographer.
The image should be printed on A4 sized photograph grade paper and submitted with completed entry form to the LibraryMuseum.
Maximum of 3 entries per person

Exhibition: Saturday 13 April – Saturday 1 June 2024, Community Exhibition Wall, LibraryMuseum
Exhibition Launch: Saturday 13 April 10.30am, all entrants invited.
Details and to download the entry form: alburycity.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/museum/birds-of-albury

Thurgoona Walk 'n' Weed
2024-02-21 09:00 - 23:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join Parklands Rangers on a Walk and Weed in Albury’s Environmental Lands to help take out environmental weeds and improve the quality of our native bush parks.
This is an opportunity to work alongside our Rangers experienced in the ‘how to’ of caring for our local bush. No experience necessary, our Rangers will share all you need to know on spotting and removing invasive woody weeds.
Take in the fresh air, get close to nature and learn about the local environment and how Albury City and community groups are working to protect threatened species, improve habitat and link habitat corridors across the region.
When: 9.00 to 11.00am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet at Williams Road: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zcB3aTUFjB5b6x6cA
What is supplied: All tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves and a hat.
Please register! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers. Please follow this link to register for each session you will attend.
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Wagga Road Volunteer Morning
2024-02-22 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-03-28 09:00 - 11:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join Parklands Rangers undertaking a variety of practical park stewardship tasks in this beautiful reserve.
This is an opportunity to work alongside our Rangers experiencing the ‘how to’ of caring for our local bush. Tasks will vary month to month and according to the season and your capacity. You may be doing a flora survey, removing redundant fences, replacing barbed wire with wildlife friendly plain wire, weeding, checking nestboxes, removing tree guards and more. No experience necessary.
Take in the fresh air, get close to nature and learn about the local environment and how Albury City and community groups are working to protect threatened species, improve habitat and link habitat corridors across the region.
When: 9.00 to 11.00am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet on Wagga Rd: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yh53QPtiFLfSjk9H6
What is supplied: All tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves and a hat.
Please register! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers. Please register for the sessions you will attend.
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Norris Ridge Community Stewardship Morning
2024-02-23 09:00 - 11:00
Join Parklands Rangers undertaking a variety of practical park stewardship tasks in this beautiful reserve.
Learn how to remove the invasive plant species threatening this popular recreation area. This is an opportunity to work alongside our Rangers experiencing the ‘how to’ of caring for our local bush. No experience is necessary – our Rangers will help with plant identification and removal techniques.
Take in the fresh air, get close to nature and learn about the local environment and how Albury City and community groups are working to protect threatened species, improve habitat and link habitat corridors across the region.
When: 9.00 to 11.00am (2 hrs)
Where: Norris Ridge. Meet at cnr of Pearsall and Hanna St, Glenroy
What is supplied: All tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves and a hat.
Please register! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers.
Register Here!
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Padman Park Volunteer Morning
2024-02-29 09:00 - 23:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join Parklands Rangers undertaking a variety of practical park stewardship tasks in this beautiful reserve.
This is an opportunity to work alongside our Rangers experiencing the ‘how to’ of caring for our local bush. Tasks will vary month to month and according to the season and your capacity. You may be doing a flora survey, removing redundant fences, replacing barbed wire with wildlife friendly plain wire, weeding, checking nestboxes, removing tree guards and more. No experience necessary.
Take in the fresh air, get close to nature and learn about the local environment and how Albury City and community groups are working to protect threatened species, improve habitat and link habitat corridors across the region.
When: 9.00 to 11.00am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet at Day Street Carpark.
What is supplied: All tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves and a hat.
Please register! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers. Please register for the sessions you will attend.
REGISTER HERE
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Winton Wetlands : Joint outing with O & M Birdlife
2024-03-03 09:00 - 15:30 | Check the event listing for venue details
Members please meet 9am at Glenrowan toilet block opposite the hotel. Jan (0438271497) is the Birdlife leader and Bernie (0490497032) the AWFNC leader. BYO refreshments for the day. Travel in convoy to Duck Pond Glenrowan Boweys Road, then Old Boat Ramp onto Mt Megs Reserve, Chesney Vale Road. Next is Boggey Bridge Road and then Greenhill.

Urana Road Community Stewardship Morning
2024-03-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join Parklands Rangers undertaking a variety of practical park stewardship tasks in this beautiful reserve.
Learn how to remove the invasive plant species threatening this popular recreation area. This is an opportunity to work alongside our Rangers experiencing the ‘how to’ of caring for our local bush. No experience is necessary – our Rangers will help with plant identification and removal techniques.
Take in the fresh air, get close to nature and learn about the local environment and how Albury City and community groups are working to protect threatened species, improve habitat and link habitat corridors across the region.
When: 9.00 to 11.00am (2 hrs)
Where: March 29th Meet on Urana Road, near Pistol Club.
What is supplied: All tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves and a hat.
Please register! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers. Please register for the sessions you will attend.
REGISTER HERE
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Thurgoona : Wetland Areas : Birding and Nature
2024-03-23 09:00 - 15:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Members please meet for a 9am start at the first carpark on Milawa Drive off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, CSU, Thurgoona. Outing leader David (0409 954 476). We will be exploring the interesting wetlands area at Thurgoona.

Padman Park Volunteer Morning
2024-04-04 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-04-11 09:00 - 11:00 | Padman Park Reserve, Day Street, Albury, 2640
Join Parklands Rangers undertaking a variety of practical park stewardship tasks in this beautiful reserve.
This is an opportunity to work alongside our Rangers experiencing the ‘how to’ of caring for our local bush. Tasks will vary month to month and according to the season and your capacity. You may be doing a flora survey, removing redundant fences, replacing barbed wire with wildlife friendly plain wire, weeding, checking nestboxes, removing tree guards and more. No experience necessary.
Take in the fresh air, get close to nature and learn about the local environment and how Albury City and community groups are working to protect threatened species, improve habitat and link habitat corridors across the region.
When: 9.00 to 11.00am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet on Day Street Car Park, near reserve.
What is supplied: All tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves and a hat.
Please register! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers. Please register for the sessions you will attend.
REGISTER HERE
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Friends of Chiltern-Mt Pilot NP Field day
2024-04-07 09:00 - 13:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Every month we meet to do some work in the Park.. Often there’s a nature walk after we consume our Chiltern bakery bun. We always meet at Chiltern PO at 9am. Contact Tony Murnane 0447256938

Birds of Albury – community photography exhibition
2024-04-13 - 2024-06-01 | Albury LibraryMuseum, 540 Kiewa Street, Albury, NSW, 2640, Australia
Albury is a haven for a rich variety of Australian native birds much loved and admired by our community. In conjunction with the Birds of Australia Storybox exhibition the LibraryMuseum is celebrating our local birdlife with a community-based exhibition that features your photography of local birds. The exhibition invited submissions from residents within a 50km radius of Albury.

Visitors to the exhibition will be able to vote for their choice of winning entry.
Exhibition: Saturday 13 April – Saturday 1 June 2024, Community Exhibition Wall, LibraryMuseum
Details: alburycity.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/museum/birds-of-albury

Birds of Albury – community photography exhibition launch
2024-04-13 10:30 - 11:30 | Albury LibraryMuseum, 540 Kiewa Street, Albury, NSW, 2640, Australia
Albury is a haven for a rich variety of Australian native birds much loved and admired by our community. In conjunction with the Birds of Australia Storybox exhibition the LibraryMuseum is celebrating our local birdlife with a community-based exhibition that features your photography of local birds. The exhibition invited submissions from residents within a 50km radius of Albury.

Visitors to the exhibition will be able to vote for their choice of winning entry.
The launch event will also include a presentation from BirdLife Australia who will share with us their birds on farms work and how this is contributing to the protection of local species. Audience members will also get the opportunity to learn about how they can also get involved in Birdlife Australia projects.
Exhibition Launch: Saturday 13 April 10.30am, all entrants invited.
Exhibition: Saturday 13 April – Saturday 1 June 2024, Community Exhibition Wall, LibraryMuseum
Details: alburycity.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/museum/birds-of-albury

Apex Park Walk ‘n’ Weed
2024-04-17 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-05-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join Parklands Rangers on a Walk and Weed in Albury’s Environmental Lands to help take out environmental weeds and improve the quality of our native bush parks.
This is an opportunity to work alongside our Rangers experienced in the ‘how to’ of caring for our local bush. No experience necessary, our Rangers will share all you need to know on spotting and removing invasive woody weeds.
Take in the fresh air, get close to nature and learn about the local environment and how Albury City and community groups are working to protect threatened species, improve habitat and link habitat corridors across the region.
When: 9.00 to 11.00am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet at Apex Park.
What is supplied: All tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves and a hat.
Please register! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers. Follow this link to register for each session you will attend.
Register Here!
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Eastern Hill Community Stewardship Morning
2024-04-26 09:00 - 11:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join Parklands Rangers undertaking a variety of practical park stewardship tasks in this beautiful reserve.
Learn how to remove the invasive plant species threatening this popular recreation area. This is an opportunity to work alongside our Rangers experiencing the ‘how to’ of caring for our local bush. No experience is necessary – our Rangers will help with plant identification and removal techniques.
Take in the fresh air, get close to nature and learn about the local environment and how Albury City and community groups are working to protect threatened species, improve habitat and link habitat corridors across the region.
When: 9.00 to 11.00am (2 hrs)
Where: Doctors Point Road, Devils Glen.
What is supplied: All tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves and a hat.
Please register! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers. Please register for the sessions you will attend.
REGISTER HERE!
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Introduction to Permaculture
2024-05-05 09:00 - 15:30 | Check the event listing for venue details
Heard about permaculture? Keen to know more?
This introductory session lets you dip your toe into the purpose and principles of permaculture to see if you would like to dive deeper.
This hands on day is hosted in Albury by local permaculture educator Natasha Stafford.
Join us from 9am-12pm at the Thurgoona Community Centre for a grounding in the concepts of permaculture (morning tea provided).
Have a chance to chat over lunch (bring your own).
Complete the day from 1.30-3.30pm with a tour of a local permaculture garden (in Albury) and insights into how to apply the concepts of the craft (afternoon tea provided).
Dietary requirement requests and transport information available on purchase of ticket.
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/introduction-to-permaculture-js7abye4

Rise Up! for climate
2024-05-10 12:30 - 13:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
ACF have partnered with Move Beyond Coal, Australian Youth Climate Coalition, 350.org and GetUp! to convey a clear message to the Albanese Government and to all Members of Parliament: no more coal and gas, no more handouts to big coal and gas polluters, and deliver strong new nature laws that actually protect our wildlife from climate destruction.
ACF Albury Wodonga Region (ACF-AWR) is proudly partnering with Albury Wodonga Knitting Nannas for Renewables (AWKNR) to run a Rise Up! event in our region. Join thousands of people throughout Australia participating in these events to demand strong action on climate change and show politicians how strong the support is in Albury Wodonga electorates.
Day: 10 May 2024
Time: 12.30 pm to 1.00 pm
Place: Sen Bridget McKenzie’s Office, 172 High Street, Wodonga
Join us to let Bridget know that we want strong action on climate change and that her job is to:
· represent us
· support the transition to clean energy
· act on a Duty of Care to future generations.
The event will be followed by a walk together to Junction Place for a gathering there. Meet like-minded community members also wanting to speak up for change and have fun with us. You may get to enjoy speakers, street theatre, and Puppets for the Planet including endangered Gang Gang cockatoo, Bogong Moth and Mountain Pygmy-possum and Deny-O-Saurs.
Please invite your friends and let your network’s know about this important event.
For more information please call Jenni Huber on 0410 074 900.
RSVP now!

Heathwood & Pioneer Park Walk ‘n’ Weed
2024-05-15 09:00 - 11:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join Parklands Rangers undertaking a variety of practical park stewardship tasks in this beautiful reserve.
This is an opportunity to work alongside our Rangers experiencing the ‘how to’ of caring for our local bush. Tasks will vary month to month and according to the season and your capacity. You may be doing a flora survey, removing redundant fences, replacing barbed wire with wildlife friendly plain wire, weeding, checking nestboxes, removing tree guards and more. No experience necessary.
Take in the fresh air, get close to nature and learn about the local environment and how Albury City and community groups are working to protect threatened species, improve habitat and link habitat corridors across the region.
When: 9.00 to 11.00am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet on Poplar Drive: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WTEVzFVZ4NJpZ5fx9
What is supplied: All tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves and a hat.
Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers. Please register for the sessions you will attend.
Please register!
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Booked out: Slow Mushrooming - identifying edible fungi (Saturday)
2024-05-18 09:30 - 15:00 | Wooragee hall & community centre, Wooragee hall & community centre, 1001 Beechworth-Wodonga Rd, Wooragee, 3747
Fungi are diverse, delicious and sometimes deadly. With interest in foraging for wild food on the rise, learning to accurately identify fungi reduces both poisoning risk to humans and harm to the environment. This event will also be useful for those who just want to learn to identify fungi (and not collect for eating).
Wooragee Landcare is delighted to again host Alison Pouliot – ecologist, photographer and renowned presenter for these popular sessions.
Developing the skills to find fungi requires slowness, not speed. The workshop will focus on assisting participants to identify a few edible species thoroughly, rather than many superficially. We will engage multiple senses to examine the major diagnostic features of edible fungi alongside their toxic lookalikes.
We will also follow the principles of ‘ecological foraging’ – an approach based on care, conservation and an understanding of ecosystem dynamics.
Following an interactive indoor identification session around a specimen table we will then head to a private property to search for fungi.
Please note that no fungi will be collected during this event.
Please bring your lunch. We will provide tea/coffee etc and a bikkie when you get there.
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/slow-mushrooming-identifying-edible-fungi-2024-saturday
$45 for Landcare members; $55 non-Landcare members.
More information 0427 287 285
The landcare member price applies to a member of any landcare group, and you are welcome to join Wooragee landcare if you’re not a landcare member.
Note the workshops on Saturday and Sunday are the same, so just book for one of them.
This workshop is being presented by Wooragee Landcare. Financial support from Friends of Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park, Chiltern Landcare and Wooragee Landcare has enabled us to subsidize the tickets.

ACF-AWR Australia’s Biggest Bushwalk
2024-05-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
We love nature! So we’re getting active in nature to help protect Australia’s iconic wildlife.
Did you know that over 80% of Australia’s animals are found nowhere else other than in our very own big backyard? Sadly, 619 of these Australian animals are threatened species, losing their homes to habitat destruction and climate change every single day. The Sloane’s Froglet, the Freckled Duck, the Gang-Gang Cockatoo, and the Murray Cod are a few examples of endangered species in the Albury Wodonga region.
In May 2024, we’ll be taking on the Australia’s Biggest Bushwalk challenge and raising funds to help bring our beloved animals back from the brink.
Join us!
When: 18 May, 10.00 am to 12.00 pm
Where: Wonga Wetlands, 2377 Riverina Highway, Splitters Creek, 2640
What: Walk one or more of the trails in this map – 0.5 km (green trail), 1.2 km (blue trail) or 2.5 km (red trail). Walk as little or as much as you like.
We’ll enjoy a BYO picnic lunch after our walk and please join us for a chat and an enjoyable time with like-minded people.
What to bring: Your lunch, something to drink (no alcohol), clothes suitable for the weather, closed shoes, sunscreen, mosquito repellent
Other things you may like to bring: A chair, binoculars, camera
What you can’t bring: Your dog or your bicycle (to protect the wildlife)
Other actions you can take:

Sponsor our team to help us reach our fundraising goal
Sign up to the Australia’s Biggest Bushwalk and take the challenge yourself or create a team of friends or colleagues
Sign the ACF petition for laws that actually protect nature

We look forward to seeing you. RSVP now!
