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Albury City Council - Community Tree Day
2024-07-28 10:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Check the event listing for venue details
Tree planting will be carried out just south of Apex Park with the aim of improving linkage between remnant vegetation and previous revegetation works, boost local biodiversity, and to provide improved habitat for key threatened species, including squirrel gliders. BBQ lunch provided from 12 pm.

Everton, Victoria : Birding and Nature
2024-07-27 09:30 - 15:30 | Check the event listing for venue details
Meet outside the Telegraph Station in Ford Street, Beechworth, for a 9.30am departure.
Leader for outing is Gail phone 0418 384 303.
Travel in convoy onto Everton and enjoy where Gail leads us for birding and nature.

Community Planting Bee at Leneva Depot
2024-07-23 09:00 - 11:00 | Leneva Enviro Hub, 3063 Beechworth-Wodonga Rd, Leneva, Victoria, 3691, Australia
Please join Parklands Albury Wodonga for a morning of planting at our Leneva Depot and Enviro Hub. We will be making a start on a new native sensory garden which will form part of our Nature Play Trails project. This event is suitable for all ages and we encourage families to come along.
Please wear closed shoes and bring some water. You can bring your own gloves if you like. All other tools and equipment will be provided.
Click here to register.
Thanks to the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal for the funding for this project.

MONTHLY REPAIR CAFE HASTINGS WORKSHOP
2024-07-21 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-16 13:00 - 16:00 | Hastings Community Hub, 1973 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Hastings, 3915
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 circular economy going in the community and items out of landfill. We are a not-for-profit community organisation which relies on kind donations from the community to also keep us going. Kids activities and light refreshments are available as part of the Repair Cafe services. We are currently running just one session per month (usually on the third Sunday of each month) at The Hastings Community Hub. We have a great group of volunteers but are also seeking more volunteers to assist in all areas of operating the Repair Cafe (on site and behind the scenes) as our visitor numbers grow. Training provided. Please inquire if interested in helping out or attending one of our next repair sessions – we would love to meet you!

Bird Calls and Identification Information Day
2024-07-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Members please meet at the Baranduda Community Centre, 3 Sage Court, Baranduda, Victoria.
Bird calls and their identification session commences at 2pm.
Leader for the session is Bernie phone 0490 497 032.

Mid Year Luncheon TBA
2024-07-14 12:00 - 15:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
TBA closer to the date

Fed Hill Community Tree Planting 2024
2024-07-14 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-07-07 09:00 - 11:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Residents, families and friends are invited to help the Friends of Federation Hill plant trees and shrubs to provide wildlife habitat and links on the hill behind Barton St, Wodonga.
When: Two Sunday Mornings in July (7th & 14th) – 9am to 11am.
Where: Fed Hill Reserve, Wodonga. Park in Street and take walkway through Daniel Rhodes Park at 43 Barton St. At top of park turn right and walk 100m to access the Dam area.
BYO: Preferably wear boots and dress for the weather. We will have spare gloves, etc but if you wish to come equipped, you could BYO:
* Gardening Gloves
* Bucket
* Long handled Shovel &/or a Mattock.

RSVP: Verbal registration beforehand would help logistics but simply turning up on a morning will be fine and appreciated.
For more information contact our group coordinator Simon Fisher 0438247478.

GIVEAWAY PRIZE — Satisfaction that you have helped the environment.
All welcome!
Presented by Wodonga Urban Landcare Network with the generous support of our sponsors.

Deep Listening to Nature - Andrew Skeoch
2024-07-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Albury LibraryMuseum, 540 Kiewa Street, Albury, NSW, 2640, Australia
How can we engage our hearing to connect more deeply to nature around us?
Acoustic ecologist, Andrew Skeoch, will guide you into hearing the languages of nature; developing your auditory awareness, identifying species by ear, recognising behaviours and repertoire, and finding empathy with the voices of other beings. Deeper listening allows us to hear the integrity of entire ecosystems, the influence of evolution and earth time, and reveal what the communications of the biosphere tell us about how nature functions to achieve sustainability.
Andrew’s presentations are an immersive weaving of evocative recordings, fascinating spectrogram analysis and original ideas. You’ll hear the environment around you in a whole new way.
Book sales will be available on the day.
Please book via this link or call Albury LibraryMuseum on 6023 8333.

Border Bushwalking Club - Tuesday winter wander
2024-07-09 13:00 - 16:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Trying to get fit, stay fit in Winter? Look out for these short midweek walks that include hills that are designed to get those muscles ready for Spring.
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 early afternoon and it should take around 3 hours.
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: Saturday 6th July
For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Birdlife Ovens and Murray July outing: Livingstone National Park
2024-07-07 09:30 - 15:30 | Livingstone National Park, NSW, Livingstone National Park, northern end of the park via Wrigleys Rd
Date: Sunday 7th July
Location: Livingstone National Park, NSW
Time: 9.30am to 3pm (approx)
Meet: 9:30am at the carpark at the northern end of the park, via Wrigleys Rd, off of O’Briens Creek
Rd: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rc4zxqKvZNdieTHr6
Leaders: Darcy Creece (Sthn NSW Birds on Farms on behalf of Birdlife Ovens and Murray) and Sarah Danckert (Murrumbidgee Field Nats)
Details

It’s about a 1hr 15min drive to the meeting point from central Albury. The best route is to turn off the Olympic Hwy at Gerogery, and travel via Morven, Cookardinia and Mangoplah.

The carpark at Livingston NP is accessible via 2WD, but we plan to head further into the park, which will require a 4WD, so it is encouraged to bring one, and we will try to organise carpooling on the day for those who only have a 2WD.

The national park is hilly, so expect uneven terrain, but nothing too steep for the parts we’ll be doing on foot.

Please note: there are no amenities at the park.
Highlights

woodland birds such as robins, speckled warbler, white-browed babblers, and details of the local vegetation courtesy of the field nats.

Bring

binoculars
notebook and pen/app if you wish to record birds and/or plants
good walking shoes or boots
suitable clothing for the weather conditions
hat/beanie
morning tea
lunch
chair
water

You may also like to check out the Livingstone National Park webpage which provides more information about the park
https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/livingstone-national-park/visitor-info

Repair Cafe Albury-Wodonga Inc
2024-07-06 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.

Border Bushwalking Club - Walking Back into the Ice Age
2024-07-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Members and friends are invited to come along to our next Club Night to be educated, entertained and
enthralled by what is sure to be unique presentation by former Tallangatta Secondary College geography
teacher and alpine geology expert, Ted Minty and his wife, Glenda.
Ted and Glenda will be taking us on a ‘virtual tour’ through the glacial landscapes of the Kosciuszko Main
Range, focusing on the most recent glaciation which left us those beautiful moraine-dammed lakes:
Cootapatamba, Albina, Club and Blue Lake. Ted and Glenda’s presentation at a previous Club Night,
focusing on the geology of the High Plains, is still talked about by members who attended, so this one will
undoubtedly be just as fascinating.
Tuesday 2nd July
“The Venue” 5 McFarland Road Wodonga at 7.30pm. Doors open at 7.00pm
For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Border Bushwalking Club -"Awesome Albury" Bike ride 30km + optional extras
2024-06-30 10:00 - 13:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Grade 2 Easy-Medium
Leader: Connie Constas/Rosa D’Angelo
Phone:
Ian Trevaskis
0425 782 983
Participant numbers:12
Final booking date: Friday, June 28th
Risks: Other cyclists/pedestrians, dogs, road crossings/motor vehicles
For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Plant with us- Ewart Brothers Reserve Community Planting Day
2024-06-30 10:00 - 12:30 | Ewart Brothers Reserve, Memorial Dr, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia
Join our community tree planting and nature talk with naturalist Karen Retra- a free family event.
Join us for one event or join us for all three planting sessions at this reserve, held in May, June and July!
Each planting day will comprise:
10.00am — Community tree planting
12.00am —Walk and talk with naturalist Karen Retra.
Please bring gardening gloves and wear sturdy shoes/boots and bring a shovel or trowel. We’ll provide the plants.
RSVP by the Friday prior to the event.
Online registration
Plantings along House Creek are a community led project restoring native habitat, presented by Friends of Ewart Brothers Reserve with support from Wodonga Urban Landcare Network.

Border Bushwalking Club - Tuesday winter wander
2024-06-25 13:00 - 16:30 | Check the event listing for venue details
Trying to get fit, stay fit in Winter. Look out for these short midweek walks that include hills that are designed to get those muscles ready for Spring.
Today’s walk is Norris Hill and we will walk in the early afternoon.
This walk in Lavington certainly starts with a bang but the climb is short and after that it’s gently undulating. It’s only 5kms so it won’t take up your whole day.
If you usually use poles they will be very useful for the first part as the track can be gravelly and slippery, after that it’s a lovely bush track followed by a flat well formed pathway.
Unless I know you well as a walker please phone me to discuss this walk.

Grade 3 Medium
Leader: Bernadette
Phone: 0419241687
Participant numbers:12
Final booking date: Saturday June 22nd
For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Plant with us - David Winterbottom Park Community Planting Days
2024-06-23 10:00 - 12:30, 2024-06-21 10:00 - 12:30 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join our community tree planting and nature talk with naturalist Karen Retra- a free family event.
10.00am-12.30pm on each day:

Friday 21st June 2024
Sunday 23rd June 2024

Each planting day will comprise:
10.00am — Community tree planting
12.00pm —Walk and talk with naturalist Karen Retra.
12.30 BBQ lunch
Please bring gardening gloves and wear sturdy shoes/boots and a water bottle. We’ll provide the tools and the plants.
FREE but please let us know you’re coming by registering here.
Meet at the shelter in David Winterbottom Park, near Yarralumla Drive.
See map below or view in google maps: bit.ly/dwpmap24
If arriving by car, we recommend parking on the median-like strip next to the main part of Yarralumla Drive (also marked on map).
Access from the main road as the road in front of the houses has a curb.
These plantings along Huon Creek are a community led project restoring native habitat, presented by Friends of David Winterbottom Park with support from Wodonga Urban Landcare Network.
Map of access, parking and meeting place

Creative Composting Workshop
2024-06-22 15:30 - 16:30 | 590 Heathwood Avenue Lavington, 590 Heathwood Avenue, Lavington, 2641
Keen to compost? Like to improve your heap?
Learn hands on how to creatively use whatever organic ‘waste’ you have, to turn into
the world’s most precious resource – healthy soil.
Session covers cold and hot heaps, ways to use animal manure, leaf mould, using natives, fermentation composting and
the 18 day Berkeley technique.

Corowa : Birding and Nature
2024-06-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Members to meet at Whitehead Street Wetlands Corowa at 10.00am, travel time about one hour.
Leader for today is Phillip phone 0428 215 313.
BYO refreshments for the day.
Phillip will take us to several venues and we will see both bush and wetland birds and whatever else presents itself.

Border Bushwalking Club – Shortest day sunset walk
2024-06-21 15:30 - 19:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
On Friday June 21st we celebrate the shortest day of the year. It happens that it’s also a full moon that evening.
To celebrate this you are invited to walk the Eastern Hill circuit. You will need to be in East Albury by 3.30pm to do this walk.
When we get to a scenic spot on the hill we will stop to enjoy the views and the sunset. Bring a warm drink, a snack or another drink that warms you up. A seat or rug and warm clothing will also be needed.
After watching the sun set there is a short walk to the cars in the full moon on a wide track, but bring a torch in case the moon is obscured.
There are a few steep pinches but these should keep us warm. The remainder of the 7km walk is flat or undulating.
The terrain ranges from wide tracks to footpads and some footpaths to link the tracks.
This walk will not go ahead in rainy weather.

Grade 3 Medium
Leader: Bernadette
Phone: 0419241687
Participant numbers:12
Final booking date: Wednesday 19th June by 5pm.
A few road crossings in daylight. Walking along the verge of a road for about 100m in daylight.
For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Murray Darling River Reflections Conference
2024-06-19 - 2024-06-20 | Check the event listing for venue details
The 2024 River Reflections conference will take place on 19 and 20 June in Albury, New South Wales – near the headwaters of the River Murray. It’s an opportunity for the diverse communities and industries of the Basin to listen and learn from one another, sharing what is known and exploring the latest information to ensure rivers for generations.
This year’s theme looks at the art of the possible when tackling complex problems and using the wisdom of the collective to shape a way forward. We are also excited to announce keynote speaker, adventurer and environmental scientist Tim Jarvis, AM.
The 2024 program includes networking opportunities, interactive workshops and sessions, and a field trip to Hume Dam and Noreuil Park.
Authority Chair, Sir Angus Houston will present the Early Insights paper, delivering on a commitment to share and test the Authority’s initial thoughts on how we might improve the Basin Plan and the way forward ahead of the 2026 Basin Plan Review. Conference breakout sessions will unpack the big issues in water from different perspectives.
Links are
Conference Page – www.mdba.gov.au/news-and-events/conferences/2024-river-reflections-conference
LinkedIn Event – https://www.linkedin.com/events/2024riverreflectionsconference7190932701472776192/

EOI open for Albury Wodonga Sustainable Living Festival
2024-06-19, 2024-06-12 | Hovell Tree Park, Hovell Tree Park, Hovell Tree Drive, Albury, 2640, Australia
AlburyCity and City of Wodonga are teaming up to bring you Albury Wodonga Sustainability Living Festival (AWSLF). This will form part of AlburyCity’s Riverside Vibes, to be held from 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday, 12 and Sunday, 13 October 2024.
You are invited to apply as a stallholder or workshop presenter across any sustainable and environmental theme.
To apply, complete the Riverside Vibes Market Stallholder Expression of Interest form, and let us know in the ‘Stall offering’ section, that you’d like to be part of AWSLF, and either what your store offering is, or that you’d like to host a workshop.
If you are interested in running a workshop please provide:

Title
Short summary of what participants will hear/learn about;
Name of the speaker/s;
Times available over the weekend and length of time required to present and Q&A; and
Fee (if applicable).

If you are interested in having a stall please inform us:

what types of products/ services you will provide;
preferred stall size;
any other important information.

Applications close online at COB 24 June 2024

Border Bushwalking Club - Mt Sugarloaf
2024-06-16 | Check the event listing for venue details
There are Mt Sugarloafs all over Australia and in fact the world. This one is on the Eldorado Rd near Beechworth so no passport is required.
The shortest route there is on little used 4wd tracks that climbs through some very pleasant forest. There are lots of ups and downs and some of the walking is steep but never such that your boots scrape your chin.
There is a very pleasant lunch spot with great views at the top.
The walk is a 16km circuit with a very short car shuffle if we have 2 cars.
Please ring me to book in.

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

Swanpool Environmental Film Festival 2024
2024-06-15 13:00 - 21:00 | Swanpool Cinema, 2386 Midland Highway, Swanpool, Victoria, 3673, Australia
After the successful 10th anniversary screening of the Swanpool Environmental Film Festival in 2023 Benalla Sustainable Future Group is pleased to support another Festival in 2024, working in partnership with Swanpool Landcare with support from Benalla Rural City and Winton Wetlands.
Three sessions commence 1.00 pm sharp at Swanpool Cinema and include afternoon tea and an evening meal.
Session one.
Guest Speaker Dr Mark Diesendorf Hon. Assoc. Prof. UNSW Sydney, Environmentalist, ‘The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation’.
Mark is Co Author of the book The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation.
Film ‘The New Corporation, The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel’.
Afternoon Tea.
Session two.
Feature film ’Finding The Money’, there’s another side to the national debt.
Film discussion, questions and answers with Dr Steven Hail Assoc. Prof. Torrens University Australia, Economist at Modern Money Lab, economics for a new era.
Dinner.
Session three.
Guest Speaker Margot Nash Filmmaker and Visiting Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney, screenwriter, and photographer including her short film ‘Undercurrents: Meditations on Power’, https://www.margotnash.com/.
Guest Speaker Bertram Lobert with an update on the Save Our Strathbogie Forest Federal Court case about planned burns in high quality Southern Greater Glider habitat. Title of Bert’s talk is ‘Wrong Fire – Wrong Place: planned burning in a Victorian foothill forest’.
$35 includes three sessions, afternoon tea and dinner. Catering by the Swanpool Catering Team.
Download the SEFF 2024 Menu.
Download Festival Flyer.
Download Festival Program.
More details in our May Newsletter.
Bookings essential on Try Booking – https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1206465.
Saturday 15 June 2024 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM (UTC+10).
If attending please be Covid Aware. Some masks will be available.
Swanpool Cinema
2386 Midland Highway, Swanpool Victoria 3673
Details on Swanpool Cinema website www.swanpoolcinema.com.au
Phone 0498 007 988 for enquiries.

Detox your Home - Wodonga
2024-06-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Wodonga Resource Recovery Centre, 29 Kane Road, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia
Toxic household chemicals, such as cleaning products, pool chemicals and pesticides can be safely disposed of for free at Sustainability Victoria’s Detox Your Home events, in partnership with local councils. Collected items are recovered for reuse or safely disposed of.
With community safety in mind, Detox Your Home events are drive-through (no walk-ins) and contactless.
This service is for household chemicals only.

The following items are accepted:

Acids and alkalis Aerosol cans (empty cans go in household recycling)

Anti-freeze, brake fluid, car body filler, car wax cleaners – ammonia based
Cooking oil
Coolant
Detergents, disinfectants and drain cleaners
Fertiliser
Fire extinguishers
Floor-care products and waxes
Fuels – petrol, diesel, kerosene, other
Glues – water-based and solvents
Herbicides and weed killers
Insect spray and pesticides
Nail polish and remover
Cosmetics
Oven cleaner
Thinners, turps and paint stripper
Pool chemicals
Rat poison
Solvents
Transmission fluid
Wood preservatives and finishes (oils and varnish)

See the full list of accepted items on our website.

For free registration and to nominate the time you will attend go to: detoxwondonga2024.eventbrite.com.au

Paint is not accepted at this event. Unwanted household paint can be disposed of at any Paintback drop off site.
If you can’t get to an event, here’s how to store unwanted household chemicals until you can safely dispose of them.
Any details you supply will be treated in accordance with Sustainability Victoria’s Privacy Policy.

Australian Association of Environmental Education (NSW) at the CSU Thurgoona campus on October 9-11th
2024-06-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
The Australian Association of Environmental Education (NSW) is holding its biannual conference at the CSU Thurgoona campus on October 9-11th

The details about the conference are available at: nsweeconference.org.au

Some people might be interested in talking/workshopping about the great community programs you are undertaking- via this form
but note submissions close June 14th.

Albury City - World Environment Day Walk and Talk
2024-06-05 16:30 - 18:00 | Kremur Street Boat Ramp, 419 Kremur St, West Albury, 2640
To celebrate World Environment Day, join our environment team Wed 5th June for a walk & talk along the river to learn about the grey-headed flying-fox and other local wildlife that call Albury home.
