Wooragee Landcare is running a weed identification and weed management workshop on Saturday 10th August in the afternoon. This workshop is suitable for landholders and gardeners and will include a […]
Members please meet for a 9am departure at the IGA Supermarket Carpark - NE corner, Baranduda. Leader for outing is Bernie phone 0490 497 032
Friends of Susan Campbell and Kent McKoy Reserves have one of the best views in Wodonga with an expanse of ridgetop remnant and regenerating open woodland. If you'd like to […]
Calling all Volunteers - We need you. Our Alpine forests are under immediate threat. We have big plans for future work, but we can't do it without you. Friends […]
Please note this meeting has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience. The North East Regional Sustainability Alliance (NERSA) is a network of community sustainability groups which acts collaboratively with communities, agencies and organisations across the region. Meetings are held every two months. Anyone is welcome to attend. This meeting will be held in the video-conference […]
This walk takes us on some of the tracks through the forest around Mt Beauty and gives us views up to the snow-covered mountains. We start on the Survey Track […]
UPDATE: Please note that due to the weather, this walk has been cancelled for today. We will be in touch with those who had registered and look to reschedule soon! […]
Join Parklands Albury Wodonga for a Community Planting Day. This is a free event open to all ages. What to bring: Closed shoes and long pants as the ground is uneven and […]
Friends of Susan Campbell and Kent McKoy Reserves have one of the best views in Wodonga with an expanse of ridgetop remnant and regenerating open woodland. If you'd like to […]
The Repair Cafe is a place where skilled volunteers fix, repair and mend household & personal items for reuse or repurpose. This helps pass on special skills and keeps the […]
In Nov 2023, a rising tide of everyday people shut down the world's largest coal port for 32 hours. Over 100 activists, aged 16 to 97, were arrested for making a stand. Watch their story unfold in ‘The First Wave’, a film capturing their heroic actions from land, sea, and sky. Rising Tide is building […]
Friends of Lou Lieberman Park (FoLLP) have a load of beautiful tubestock to be planted near the underpass (which runs from the Park under Pearce St). All are welcome […]
Members please meet at Lake King in Rutherglen for a 9.30am departure. Leader for the day is David phone 0409 954 476. There are public toilets nearby for use prior […]
Short AGM followed by two of our members speaking about their experience working as volunteers on farms in France. Then a short film "Our Seeds".
ACF-AWR are proud to partner with Wodonga Urban Landcare Network (WULN) for this exciting, nature-based, citizen science event with Karen Retra. Karen will take us on a beautiful, slow, approximately 2.5 km walk and show us how to use the FrogID app to record your important citizen scientist findings. We hope you will hear the […]
This month join us for a shared plantbased pot luck lunch and a discussion of diet and climate change and whether the Plant Based Treaty is a way forward. BYO plantbased dish - if unsure a fruit platter or a bowl of cooked potatoes with hummus is perfect
Details CSU walk around CSU Thurgoona and the wetlands. Opportunities to see a wide range of birds, especially parrots, including Musk, Little & Rainbow Lorikeets. Also the usual water birds and the possibility of a surprise or two. Corry's Wood After morning tea a short drive up to Corry's Wood, where as the name suggests, […]
These walks can’t be called Winter walks anymore but this one is a good way to build some more fitness ready for the mountains. This walk will begin in late morning and go over lunch time. We will explore more of Nail Can Hill including Bakes Trail, The Lookout (where we will have lunch) and […]
‘What to take on a walk … and everything else you need to know’ Designed mainly for beginners and newcomers to the Club, this talk will provide all the answers about the activities of the Border Bushwalking Club. It will start at 7.30 pm at our usual venue, the Wodonga Senior Citizens Rooms, behind The […]
Implementation of our restoration and climate resilience recommendations ( the 70% local provenance: 30% climate analogue sourcing of seed or plants) has slipped since a focus on provenance in the mid 2000’s and is increasingly constrained by seed supply. We also have recognized that we have a lot of revegetation that doesn’t achieve “whole ecosystem” […]
Learn how innocent attempts to beautify your garden can be a disaster for parks, bush and native wildlife. Gardens 4 Wildlife Project Officer, Lizette Salmon, will discuss our worst garden escapees, why they’re a problem, how they disperse and what you can do to stop the spread. Tickets free, but bookings essential by 11pm Monday […]
ACF-AWR is excited to be hosting three events again in 2024 for the wonderful citizen science platy-project. The first event, this one, will be a training session on ZOOM. This session will provide information on Why this citizen science project is important and how platypus are fairing; How to spot a platypus - habitat/where, when, and […]
Visit our display at the Albury-Wodonga Farmers Market featuring almost 30 samples of invasive garden escapees and plant alternatives. Chat with our Gardens 4 Wildlife Project Officer and volunteers about why the escapees are a problem, how they disperse and what you can do to stop the spread. Display will also include booklets, handouts and […]
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, […]
Koalas have been recorded from Castle Creek, Leneva and the Baranduda Range. However this iconic species is facing a number of threats including urban development, habitat fragmentation and destruction, vehicle strike […]
Keen to plant now for Summer? Not sure what, when and how to do it? Learn hands on how to plant out a wicking bed for Summer. Session covers how to choose plants for your garden, companion planting, soil preparation and an opportunity to join in on the making of a wicking bed.
Have you ever had that magical moment of spotting a platypus in the wild? Join us at this event to learn where to look for, and how spot, platypus in the wild for this great ACF/UNSW #CitizenScience project. Image: Young platypus on a log in McMahons Creek, Yarra Ranges, Victoria. Credit: Doug Gimesy. ACF-AWR is excited […]
Chris has put together a circuit of about 10km which starts from near Woomargama on the Hume and Hovell track and uses some management tracks to link back to the start point, It has a few ups and downs that are rewarded with some great views. Chris will be leading the walk on the day […]
Wodonga Urban Landcare Network in conjunction with Leneva Castle Creek Landcare are excited to invite you to a field day to look at landscape restoration in tricky terrain in the Castle Creek […]
Our next General Meeting will be from 7.30pm-9.30pm on Thursday 12th September 2024 at the Benalla Uniting Church, opposite the Coles Car Park Carrier Street Benalla 3672. Our guest speaker for the meeting is Serenity Hill from Pukawidgee Farm. Serenity Hill runs a 168 ha regenerative farm in Warrenbayne: "Pukawidgee". A self replacing flock of […]
