Street Harvest
2024-12-23 09:00 - 12:30, 2024-12-30 09:00 - 12:30, 2025-01-06 09:00 - 12:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Uniting, Wodonga, 1 Nilmar Avenue, Wodonga, Vic, 3690, Australia
‘Street Harvest’ was a pilot project developed in Wodonga in 2010. The Street Harvest Project grew out of a passion for transforming the local food system into one that is sustainable and strong.
The project builds and encourages community capacity and improves food security for Wodonga residents by distributing excess fruit and vegetables, harvested from residential gardens, to local residents and emergency food relief agencies.
The project is being reinvigorated – Please consider growing an extra row of produce in your garden to support this project and Uniting in Wodonga.
All produce can be dropped off at Uniting (1 Nilmar Avenue, Wodonga between. 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday to Friday).

Repair Cafe Albury-Wodonga Inc
2025-01-04 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-01 10:00 - 13:00 | Wodonga Senior Citizens Centre, 15 Havelock Street, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia
Do you have a broken household item you’d like fixed but need a hand to do so? Then this is your opportunity.
Our Repair Café is a free meeting place to bring along broken household items such as furniture, clothing, textiles and battery-operated appliances and learn how to fix them with the help of experienced, volunteer repairers. You can also bring along small, blunt garden tools like secateurs and we’ll show you how to sharpen them. Maximum three items per person per session. A donation is greatly appreciated for the repair of your items. This covers the cost of our insurance and supplies used for these repairs.
For more information see: https://www.facebook.com/repaircafeaw/
Repair Café Albury-Wodonga is proudly supported by Halve Waste, with morning yummies donated by Kooka Brotha’s patisserie.

Kremur Street Lagoons walk, West Albury
2025-01-12 16:00 - 18:30 | Kremur St. Lagoons West Albury
Join the Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists for a walk at Kremur St. Lagoons to explore the birdlife and other animals in this area of the West Albury Wetlands on the Murray River.
Meet at Kremur St. Boat Ramp, West Albury, at 4 pm on the 12th of January 2025.
For further information telephone 0490 497 032

Street Harvest
2025-01-13 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-01-20 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-01-27 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-02-03 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-02-10 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-02-17 09:30 - 12:30 | Uniting, Wodonga, 1 Nilmar Avenue, Wodonga, Vic, 3690, Australia
The Street Harvest project is being reinvigorated – Please consider growing an extra row of produce in your garden to support this project and Uniting in Wodonga.
All produce can be dropped off at Uniting (1 Nilmar Avenue, Wodonga between. 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday to Friday).
The project builds and encourages community capacity and improves food security for Wodonga residents by distributing excess fruit and vegetables, harvested from residential gardens, to local residents and emergency food relief agencies.
‘Street Harvest’ was a pilot project developed in Wodonga in 2010. The Street Harvest Project grew out of a passion for transforming the local food system into one that is sustainable and strong.

ALBURY HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT: A FOUNDATION FOR REGENERATION COURSE
2025-01-21 08:30 - 16:30 | Check the event listing for venue details
Albury
JANUARY to MAY 2025
8-day full Holistic Management Course (four 2-day sessions)

delivered by Inside Outside Management

Session 1 January 21-22 (Tuesday – Wednesday)
Session 2 February 25-26 (Tuesday – Wednesday)
Session 3 April 1-2 (Tuesday – Wednesday)
Session 4 May 6-7 (Tuesday – Wednesday)

Gain financial stability by understanding the holistic nature of your environment to improve productivity and biodiversity. Feel secure by learning how to make decisions that are simultaneously socially, environmentally and financially sound using the Holistic Framework.
Learn how to utilise animals as a cost-effective and positive tool to improve environmental health. Create an empowering Holistic Context for yourself and your business/family. Create a business Holistic Financial plan and a Holistic Grazing plan. Improve your time management and communication skills. You’ll leave with a positive outlook and a bunch of new ideas to help you achieve your goals.
The course fee includes the 8-days of training, the 500-page textbook, the printed Holistic Management e-book manual, charts, worksheets and materials, as well as Grazing Planning and Financial Planning software, teas and lunches
– and a fantastic learning experience!
Find out more on the website: insideoutsidemgt.com.au/whats-on.html#nsw

Corowa walk
2025-01-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Corowa
Join the Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists for walks in the Corowa area to explore the birdlife, plants and animals in this region. Meet at the Whitehead St. Wetlands, Corowa, at 10am on Saturday 25 January, 2025.
For further information telephone 0428 215 313

Expression of Interest – Albury City Council’s Sustainability Advisory Committee
2025-01-31 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-07 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-14 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
The Sustainability Advisory Committee was established in 2011 to provide direction to Council on sustainability and environmental matters. In 2014, the Committee switched its focus to raising awareness in the community on sustainability and the environment. Council seeks this to be front and centre of the Committee over the next four years and seeks interested members of the Albury community to participate in a forum to raise, discuss and share information on sustainability and environment concepts, ideas and initiatives at a grassroots level.
Complete your Expression of Interest on the AlburyCity’s website between 28 January – 24 February 2025

East Street Reserve Community Stewardship Morning
2025-02-06 09:00 - 11:00 | East Albury
Join Parklands Rangers to help find and remove woody weeds such as privet, box elder, cherry plum, and briar rose in this beautiful reserve.
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 weed 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.
Please check the Google Maps link below for the meeting place.
When: 9:00 am to 11:00 am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet on the East St. service road.
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.
Who: You can contact Ranger Dan on 0417501352.
Please register here! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers.
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

River Stewardship Mornings on Turtle Island
2025-02-07 08:00 - 10:00, 2025-02-11 08:00 - 10:00, 2025-02-21 08:00 - 10:00 | Doctors Point, Doctors Point Rd, East Albury, Australia
Join Parklands Rangers to help us improve the habitat of Turtle Island by removing the monoculture of box elder woody weeds as part of our ‘Restoring Roosting Refuges’ project.
No experience is necessary as Rangers will guide you in plant identification and removal techniques. A great opportunity to explore the 20 hectares of Turtle Island and learn about the Murray River and bush restoration techniques!
Please note: You will be required to paddle in a canoe a short distance across the Murray River to reach Turtle Island.
When: 8 am to 10 am.
Where: Meet at the Doctors Point boat ramp.
What is supplied: All tools and any specific equipment and PPE needed.
What to bring: BYO drinking water. Please wear long sleeves, long pants, a hat, and closed shoes.
Who: You can contact Ant on 0427 926 282.
Registration is essential! Please click here to go to the Humanitix booking page and make sure you select the correct date.
This project is funded by the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust under the Urban Rivers and Catchments Program.

Baranduda walk and AGM
2025-02-07 09:30 - 12:00 | Baranduda
Join the Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists for a walk in the Baranduda area beginning at 9.30 am. The walk will be followed by the AGM at the Baranduda Community Centre at 11am.
Meet at the Baranduda Community Centre at 9.30am on Friday 7th February 2025
For further information telephone 0490 497 032

Wonga Wetlands Walk
2025-02-09 08:00 - 11:00 | Wonga Wetlands, West Albury
Join the Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists for a walk at Wonga Wetlands followed by morning tea.
Meet at Wonga Wetlands, Riverina Highway West Albury, at 8am on Sunday 9th February 2025
For further information telephone 0490 497 032

Border Bushwalking Club - Tuesday walk
2025-02-11 07:00 - 11:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Today’s walk is around the Albury end of Nail Can Hill, including the Botanic Gardens and The Monument. It is 8.5 km in length and there is a climb of 200m
It’s all on well formed paths but a small section is a bit rocky and steep. If you usually use poles they will be useful.
We will walk in the morning.
Unless you are well known to me as a walker please ring to discuss this walk.

Grade 3 Medium
Leader: Bernadette
Phone: 0419241687
Participant numbers:12
Final booking date: SundayFeb 9th
For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Heathwood Park Community Stewardship Morning
2025-02-13 09:00 - 11:00 | Lavington
Join Parklands Rangers to help find and remove woody weeds such as privet, cherry plum, hawthorn, and olive in this beautiful reserve.
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 weed 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.
Please check the Google Maps link below for the meeting place.
When: 9:00 am to 11:00 am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet on Michelle Ave.
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.
Who: You can contact Ranger Dan on 0417501352.
Please register here! Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers.
Thank you to Albury City Council for financial support for this program.

Snow Gum summit
2025-02-14 08:00 - 2025-02-16 17:00 | Dinner Plain community centre, Horseshoe Circle, Dinner Plain, 3898
Snow Gums (Eucalyptus pauciflora) are the classic tree of the Australian High Country. They are profoundly different to the trees found in mountain areas in other parts of the world, and give a uniquely Australian sense to our high country. However, they are facing a double threat to their survival: from fire and dieback.
We are hosting a ‘snow gum summit’ which will bring together land managers and academics and anyone interested in the future of this iconic species to explore what needs to be done to ensure the survival of snow gum woodlands, and put the issue firmly on the state governments agenda.
We will be inviting First Nations people, local and state wide environmental organisations, local communities and businesses, groups active in outdoors recreation, and enthusiasts of high-elevation, forest ecosystems. There will be presentations, workshops and field trips.

ACF-AWR Planning Together for 2025, F2F and Online – hybrid event
2025-02-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
You are invited to join us at your ACF-AWR planning meeting for 2025. We would love to have your thoughts and ideas!
When: 15 February 2024, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Where: Hyphen, Meeting Room 1, 126 Hovell St, Wodonga, VIC, 3690 and Online (hybrid event)
The purpose of the meeting is to plan your group’s focus for the year ahead and particularly the coming Federal election.
As ACF Australia notes on their Community Hub: As we hit the halfway mark of this critical decade for solving the climate and extinction crisis, we must harness all of our power to engage the wider community and demand our next Parliament acts urgently.
ACF have a number of resources on their Community Hub including their National Agenda For Australia’s Nature and Climate that lays out exactly what the next parliament must do to the solve the dual climate and extinction crisis:

Protect nature: Stop the bulldozing of the bush
Say yes to renewable energy: Power everything we can with clean, cheap energy from wind and sun.
Say no to nuclear: Australia’s future is renewable, not radioactive
Say no to new coal and gas: No more green lights for big, climate-wrecking coal and gas polluters

The National Agenda provides a summary of the issues and a clear action plan to address them that we hope community and Parliament will get behind.
Other actions you can take:

Let candidates know you care and will vote for nature and climate. You can take this pledge, which will notify your sitting MP that you have committed to voting for nature and climate.
You can also use the community pulse as a tool for deep persuasive conversations and ask people to pledge to vote for nature and climate at stalls and events.
Share the pledge and the community pulse tool with your networks.

For those wishing to join us after the meeting for a chat with like-minded people, head to Elgins, 51 – 53 Elgin Boulevard, Wodonga.
RSVP as soon as possible to help with catering.
We look forward to seeing you soon! And, yes, we’ll have some refreshments for those attending Hyphen.

IMPORTANT: Please email us at acf.awr@gmail.com to let us know how you would like to attend. If you are attending in person we can cater for you. If you are attending online, we’ll send the link to join.
Regards,
ACF-AWR Team

Heathwood Park Community Stewardship Morning
2025-02-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Heathwood Park, Michelle Ave., Lavington, Australia

An Evening with Clive Hamilton to discuss Living Hot – Surviving and Thriving on a Heated Planet
2025-02-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Hybrid: Charles Sturt University (CSU), Thurgoona campus and Zoom, Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona, NSW, Australia
Join prominent Australian academic and scholar Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra as he discusses his latest book: Living Hot.
Living Hot tells the blunt truth about our current climate change predicament: dangerous warming is inevitable and there’s little we in Australia can do about it. So it’s time to get cracking on making Australia resilient to intensifying climate extremes. If we prepare well, we can give ourselves a fighting chance to preserve some of the best of what we have, build stronger and fairer communities, find a path through the escalating pressures of a warming world.
Date Thursday 20 February 2025
Time 5:30 – 7:30pm followed by drinks and canapes
Where CD Blake Lecture Theatre, Building 751
Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona, NSW 2640
RSVP Humanitix
To start the evening Clive will stimulate a fascinating conversation about the fate of our planet followed by a panel discussion tackling the overwhelming question of our era: what must we do if we want to survive and even thrive on our heating planet?
There will be opportunity for Q&A followed by drinks (at bar prices) and canapes.
Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone you think might be interested in attending.
