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Friends of the Murray River working bee
2026-06-18 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-25 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-02 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-09 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-16 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-23 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-30 09:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Various locations along the Murray River, Albury and Wodonga, Australia
Working bee with the new Friends of the Murray River volunteer group. Over the coming months, activities will range from tree guard removal, installing Canoe Trail signs, pedestrian chicane gates, stripping redundant fences and planting.
Supplied: tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
Bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves, and a hat.
Where: Various locations along the Murray River near Albury Wodonga.
Meeting place: Carpool from the corner of Huon Street and Church Street, Wodonga.
Please arrive on time as we will leave at 9am sharp.

Please register: events.humanitix.com/murray-winter26
Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers.

Spotlight on Nocturnal Wildlife
2026-06-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Thurgoona, NSW (address provided via email before the event), Thurgoona, Australia
Grab your torch and head out into the night with Danny Jones on a spotlight walk to discover the incredible nocturnal wildlife hiding in your garden! Learn what’s out there after dark and how to make your garden a haven for nocturnal wildlife. Wrap up warm — it’s their world after dark, and we’re just visiting!
This is a free event but places are limited — reserve your spot at: events.humanitix.com/spotlight-on-nocturnal-wildlife
This event is hosted by Gardens 4 Wildlife Albury-Wodonga, a Wodonga Urban Landcare Network program, with generous support from AlburyCity.
For more information contact Jess Robinson at g4w@wodongalandcare.org.au

Border Bushwalking Club - Winton Wetlands
2026-06-20 08:00 - 14:00 | Check the event listing for venue details, Australia
Our walk will take us along the sand dune which follows the edge of Winton Swamp and finishes on the Lunette. Lunettes are rare geological features – sand dunes found on the edge of wetlands, formed by sand and soil movement across the swamps, creating a crescent moon shape. While having morning tea on the Lunette, we might be lucky enough to see the resident white bellied sea Eagles.
Returning to the cars. Lunch at Winton Cafe for those who want to.

Distance: 13km
Grade: 2
Leader Deb
Phone: 0410047884
Participant numbers: up to 10
Bookings close 8pm 19/6
For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Habitat Open Garden – Thurgoona
2026-06-20 11:00 - 14:00 | Thurgoona, NSW (address provided upon registration), Thurgoona, NSW, Australia
Explore a stunning, wildlife-friendly garden on one acre of beautiful habitat, home to a diverse range of native wildlife including birds, reptiles, squirrel gliders and even an elusive echidna. With habitat gardens, a pond, bird baths, nest boxes and more, this is a garden not to be missed!
Tickets are $5. Select your preferred arrival window and feel free to stay as long as you wish!
Reserve your spot at: events.humanitix.com/habitat-open-garden
This event is hosted by Gardens 4 Wildlife Albury-Wodonga, a Wodonga Urban Landcare Network program, with generous support from AlburyCity.
For more information contact Jess Robinson at g4w@wodongalandcare.org.au

The Launch of the Adaptation Game
2026-06-21 14:00 - 17:00 | Beechworth Town Hall, 103 Ford St, Beechworth, Victoria, 3747, Australia
Indigo Regen is proud to host a very special event to celebrate World Localisation Day on June 21st 2026; the launch of The Adaptation Game at Beechworth Town Hall.
Come and join others from your community to play The Adaptation Game (TAG) for the first time in Indigo Shire, and share a delicious afternoon tea.
TAG is a table top board game designed for Indigo Shire residents to connect and help prepare our community to be more resilient for climate change. Playing the game helps individuals and communities to explore the impacts of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods, and fires, and identify practical actions to build personal and community resilience to weather-related challenges.
You get to play out real world ways to prepare and protect your home, family, community, and environment.
See the attached poster for more info or just register with this link. Registrations essential.

Street Harvest
2026-06-22 09:30 - 12:30, 2026-06-29 09:30 - 12:30, 2026-07-06 09:30 - 12:30, 2026-07-13 09:30 - 12:30, 2026-07-20 09:30 - 12:30, 2026-07-27 09:30 - 12:30, 2026-08-03 09:30 - 12:30, 2026-08-10 09:30 - 12:30 and 1 more date | 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.

Border Bushwalking Club - Jun Murmungee Lookout via Bates Dam and Burgoigee Mining Race
2026-06-23 08:00 - 12:00 | Check the event listing for venue details, Australia
We will start at Bates Dam for this little known walk, which takes us along an old mining race and through stands of tall eucalypts. Morning tea will be at Murmungee Lookout, with its panoramic views.

Distance: 10km approx
Grade: 2/3
Leader Deb
Phone: 0410047884
Participant numbers: up to 10
Bookings close 8pm 22/6
For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Ryans Lagoon Wetlands working bee
2026-06-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Ryans Lagoon, Ryans Road, Bonegilla, Australia
Over the coming month the new Friends of the Murray River volunteer group will be working with Traditional Owner Group Duduroa Dhargal Aboriginal Corporation at Ryans Lagoon Wetlands.
Activities will include tree guard removal, nestbox monitoring, fence upgrades and planting.

Supplied: tools and any specific safety equipment needed.
Bring: BYO drinking water. For your safety, please wear covered shoes (preferably boots), long pants, long sleeves, and a hat.
Where: Ryans Lagoon Wetlands, Bonegilla

Meeting places:
OPTION A: 8.30am in WODONGA. Carpool from the corner of Huon Street and Church Street, Wodonga.
OPTION B: 9am at RYANS LAGOON WETLANDS at the Duduroa Dhargal Education Centre.

Please register: events.humanitix.com/ryans-winter26
Sometimes things change at the last minute and we need to be able to contact volunteers.

Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists: Walk at Ryan's Lagoon, Bonegilla, 15km east of Wodonga.
2026-06-27 09:00 - 13:00 | Check the event listing for venue details, Australia
Join Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists for a walk at Ryan’s Lagoon on Saturday June 27, 2026. Meeting location and time to be advised closer to the date. Contact the walk leader C/- 0490 490 732 if you plan to attend. Pets are not permitted on AWFN outings.

Border Bushwalking Club - Albury River and Hill Walk
2026-06-30 10:00 - 12:30 | Check the event listing for venue details, Australia
This will be a late morning walk that loops including some of the Southern end of NailCan hill as well as the river. There is 300m of height gain. It is all on tracks of various types: footpad, firetrail, paved and a few road crossings.
The walk ends near Clarries Cafe so you make like to stop for a cuppa or light lunch.
Leader:Bernadette
Phone: 0419241687
Distance: 8kms
Grade: 3
Participant numbers 10
Final date for booking: 28/6 8pm
For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Repair Cafe Albury-Wodonga Inc
2026-07-04 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-08-01 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.

Swanpool Environmental Film Festival 2026
2026-07-11 11:00 - 20:00 | Swanpool Cinema, 2386 Midland Highway, Swanpool, Victoria, 3673, Australia
After the successful 12th screening of the Swanpool Environmental Film Festival in 2025, BSFG is pleased to support another Festival in 2026, working in partnership with Swanpool Landcare with support from Benalla Rural City, Gecko Clan, Goulburn Broken CMA and the Victorian State Government.
Three sessions commence at 11am sharp at Swanpool Cinema and this year will include a light lunch, afternoon tea and finish at 8pm after dinner.
Session One 11.00 am
Guest Speaker Claire Hetzel CEO Landcare Victoria
‘40 Years of Landcare’
Film ’FLOODLAND’ 94 mins. Australia 2025. Director Jordan Giusti
A documentary on the 2022 Lismore floods and lessons from it
Lunch at 1.10 pm
Session Two 2.10 pm
Guest Speaker Adrian Drew Educator, Landscape Practioner, Tarwyn Park Training
‘What is Natural Sequence Farming?’
Film ’REHYDRATE AUSTRALIA’ 105 mins. Australia 2026. Director Peter Dowson
Australian farmers pioneering landscape restoration through natural sequence farming
Followed by Q&A with Adrian Drew and Stuart Andrews from Tarwyn Park
Afternoon Tea at 4.40 pm
Session Three 5.10 pm
Film ’TURNING THE SHIP’ 34 mins. Australia 2025. Produced by Rising Tide
The story of the 2024 blockade of the world’s largest coal port
Guest Speaker Craig Castree Horticulturist Regenerative Edible Gardening
‘Simple steps to improving soil health, garden growth and personal wellbeing’
Film ’DEGROWTH IN THE SUBURBS’ 15 mins. Australia 2018. Director Sam Alexander
Sustainable City Living on 1/10 th of an acre
Dinner at 7.00 pm
Tickets $40. Booking essential: www.trybooking.com/DMLQZ
Click here to download the flyer pdf, or download here
Screening Swanpool Cinema, 2386 Midland Highway, Swanpool Victoria 3673, Doors open at 10.30am

Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists: mid year Hotel lunch
2026-07-12 12:00 - 14:30 | Check the event listing for venue details, Australia
Join Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists for a mid year Hotel lunch from 12 noon on Sunday, July 12, 2026. Further details to be advised closer to the date. Contact 0413 303 940 if you plan to attend.

Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists: Walk at Baranduda
2026-07-25 09:00 - 14:00 | Check the event listing for venue details, Australia
Join Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists for a walk at Baranduda. Meet at 9am, Saturday 25 July 2026, at IGA Baranduda carpark, 34 Verbena St, Baranduda. Contact the walk leader on 0409 490 732 if you plan to attend. Pets are not permitted on AWFN outings.

Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists: Walk at Wonga Wetlands
2026-08-09 09:00 - 13:30 | Check the event listing for venue details, Australia
Join Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists for a walk at Wonga Wetlands. Meet at 9am on Sunday August 9, at the Wonga Wetlands carpark, off the Riverina Highway, West Albury. Contact the walk leader on 0400 141 181 if you plan to attend. Pets are not permitted on AWFN outings.
