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Fungi and tree foray Yackandandah
2025-06-02 11:00 - 13:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Check the event listing for venue details
Join fungi enthusiast Tracie MacVean and arborist Tristan Black on a walk to learn about the diversity and curiosities of trees and the fungi kingdom.
Learn about the anatomy of mushrooms and their relationships with plants and walk away with the basics of how to identify mushrooms in the field. Discover how to contribute to our understanding of native fungi by becoming a citizen scientist and sharing your observance on platforms such as iNaturalist.
This walk will take place in the native wet sclerophyll forest, within 10 minutes from Yackandandah.
Roughly 2 and a half hours each walk.
Public toilets will be nearby.
This event is not suitable for young children.
Limited numbers available, please contact if you would like to book a group.

SER ‘Make a Difference Week’ Vickers Road Reserve Community Stewardship Morning
2025-06-05 09:00 - 11:00 | Vickers Road Reserve, Vickers Rd., Lavington, Australia
We invite you to be a part of the Society for Ecological Restoration’s ‘Make a Difference Week’. This annual week of global restoration action encourages volunteers to positively impact their local communities by engaging with restoration projects.
Join Parklands Rangers to help find and remove woody weeds such as privet, olive, cherry plum, ornamental pear, 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.
When: 9:00 am to 11:00 am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet at the gate off Vickers Rd.
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.

Fungi and tree foray Mount Bogong
2025-06-05 11:00 - 13:30 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join fungi enthusiast Tracie MacVean and arborist Tristan Black on a walk to learn about the diversity and curiosities of trees and the fungi kingdom.
Learn about the anatomy of mushrooms and their relationships with plants and walk away with the basics of how to identify mushrooms in the field. Discover how to contribute to our understanding of native fungi by becoming a citizen scientist and sharing your observance on platforms such as iNaturalist.
This walk will take place in the native wet sclerophyll forest, within 20 minutes from Tawonga. Exact location will be disclosed within two days before the event.

Albury City World Environment Day - Bat Night
2025-06-05 16:30 - 18:00 | Kremur Street Boat Ramp, 419 Kremur St, West Albury, 2640
To celebrate World Environment Day, join our environment team for a walk & talk along the river to learn about the Grey-headed Flying-fox and other local wildlife that call Albury home.
Come take a closer look at Australians largest bat the Grey-headed Flying Fox, learn about their home at Leaney’s Bend and watch the ‘fly-out’ spectacle as thousands of bats take off for a night of foraging.
We will walk along the shared path, where there is a slight incline to get to the viewing platform overlooking the camp. Participants will walk back in the dark spotlighting for animals as we walk back to our meeting location.
It is important to note that this event will return after dusk and all children need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The event may be cancelled if poor weather is forecast.
Please sign up via the Albury City event page.
Meeting Point: Kremur Street Boat Ramp https://goo.gl/maps/CkuV8zpx1LGoj7u47
What to Bring: Warm clothes/Beanie and a headlamp or torch.
If you have any questions, please contact us 02 6023 8111.

Repair Cafe Albury-Wodonga Inc
2025-06-07 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.

Wonga Wetlands walk cancelled
2025-06-08 10:00 - 15:00 | Wonga Wetlands, 2377 Riverina Hwy, Splitters Creek, NSW, 2640, Australia
The Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists walk at Wonga Wetlands is cancelled due to a weather forecast for wintery rain showers, wind gusts, and possible thunderstorms on Sunday 8th June 2025.
For further information about the outing Telephone: 0400 141 181

Street Harvest
2025-06-09 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-16 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-23 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-30 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.

Fungi and tree foray - Clover Arboretum
2025-06-11 11:00 - 13:30 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join fungi enthusiast Tracie MacVean and arborist Tristan Black on a walk to learn about the diversity and curiosities of trees and the fungi kingdom.
Learn about the anatomy of mushrooms and their relationships with plants and walk away with the basics of how to identify mushrooms in the field. Discover how to contribute to our understanding of native fungi by becoming a citizen scientist and sharing your observations on platforms such as iNaturalist.
This walk will take place at Clover Arboretum, which offers a collection of exotic trees and is surrounded by wet native forest. There are also plenty of fungi to be discovered.
Roughly 2 and a half hours each walk.
There are no toilet at this site.
This event is not suitable for young children.
Limited numbers available, please contact if you would like to book a group.

Yindyamarra and Horseshoe Lagoon Community Stewardship Morning
2025-06-12 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-06-26 09:00 - 11:00 | Horseshoe Lagoon, Riverina Hwy, Albury, Australia
Join Parklands Rangers to help find and remove woody weeds such as privet, olive, cherry plum, wild tobacco, and hawthorn 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.
When: 9:00 am to 11:00 am (2 hrs)
Where: Meet at the Horseshoe Lagoon car 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.
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.

Community Screening of the award winning film, Just A Farmer.
2025-06-13 18:00 - 22:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join Yackandandah Landcare and Leila McDougall, creator of this amazing film, for a special community screening of Just A Farmer on Friday 13th June. Be a part of supporting the mental health conversation in your community. All proceeds from tickets go to AgBiz Care to help those in need.
WHEN: Friday 13th June.
Doors open at 6pm. Film commences at 6:30pm.
TICKETS: $10. Includes light refreshments following the film and an entry to the lucky door prize. $500 vouchers to Yenda Producers up for grabs.
WHERE: Yackandandah Public Hall
To book and for more information head to:
https://events.humanitix.com/jaf

A big shout out to our sponsors who have helped us bring the film to our town
Yenda Producers, YCDCo, AgBiz Assist

Feral Pig Control in Peri-urban Areas workshop
2025-06-14 10:00 - 13:00 | Baranduda Community Centre, 3 Sage Ct, Baranduda, Victoria, Australia
Feral pigs pose a threat to our native ecosystems and agricultural land. They overgraze, increase erosion, contaminate water sources, spread weeds and disease.
Wodonga Urban Landcare Network has engaged Agriculture Victoria’s Feral Pig Coordinator, Sam Armstrong to deliver a workshop on controlling pigs in our area with a focus on peri urban landscapes and collaborative management.
This workshop will benefit new tree changers and small landholders in Wodonga and surrounding municipalities, existing Landcare members, and the broader community. Participants will gain knowledge about pest species, their environmental impacts, and effective control techniques for small properties.
The workshop will comprise of two sessions – the first is a presentation at the Community Centre and the second session will be a field visit.
This workshop will highlight the importance of identifying and managing feral pig issues proactively.
Find out more about the workshop content and register at events.humanitix.com/feral-pig-control-workshop
This event is the second event in our Partnership Against Pests workshop series ‘Growing capacity against invasives on small blocks’. We will be hosting four more events this year on foxes, woody weeds, herbaceous weeds and blackberries.
The ‘Growing capacity against invasives on small blocks’ project is supported by the Victorian Government through the Partnerships Against Pests program.

Swanpool Environmental Film Festival 2025
2025-06-14 13:00 - 21:30 | Swanpool Cinema, 2386 Midland Highway, Swanpool, Victoria, 3673, Australia
After the successful 11th anniversary screening of the Swanpool Environmental Film Festival in 2024 BSFG is pleased to support another Festival in 2025, 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.
Tickets $35 and booking essential online www.trybooking.com/DARDU
Session 1
Film “CLIMATE EXTREMES”. Providing a deeper understanding of planetary boundaries, tipping points and the forces shaping our climate.
Guest Speaker Dr Phillip Lawn ‘How did Humankind get into this Mess and How does Humankind get out of it?’
Afternoon tea 3.00pm.
Session 2 3.30 pm
Film ’ROOTS SO DEEP – Episode 1’.
Inventive farmers and scientists building a path to solve climate change with hooves, heart and soil. At the festival a discount code will be provided to stream the four episodes.
Guest Speaker Mark Foletta ‘Diversity, Regenerative Agriculture and Community’
Film ’TAKAYNA – THE HEART OF LUTRUWITA’
Be taken on a journey to the vast and threatened landscapes of Australia’s largest temperate rainforest.
Dinner at 6.45 pm
Session 3 7.45pm
Evening Feature Film ’DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: OCEAN’
There is nowhere more vital for survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than our oceans.
Download the SEFF 2025 Flyer
Download the SEFF 2025 Programme
Tickets $35 and booking essential online www.trybooking.com/DARDU
Afternoon tea and dinner provided by Pavlos & the Swanpool Catering Team

Border Bushwalking Club - Mt Sugarloaf
2025-06-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
There are many Mt Sugarloafs in the world and in Australia but this one is close to home near Eldorado.
We will be walking on little used 4 WD tracks that go up and down 480 m over the day. The surroundings are pleasant and the lunch spot has great views on a sunny day (and that’s what I’ve ordered)
Leader: Bernadette
Phone: 0419241687
Distance: 15 kms
Grade: 3
Participant numbers 10
Final date for booking: Wednesday June 11th
“For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Border Bushwalking Club - Yakonda Loop
2025-06-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
This loop walk just out of Yackandandah , takes us through parts of the Stanley State Forest. We’ll pass evidence of the areas mining history, walk along disused water races and through stands of eucalypts, there’s a bit of everything. all up about 13km and 360m climbing overall.
Grade 3 Medium
Leader: Deb
Phone: 0410047884 before 8pm
Distance 13 km approx
Participant numbers:Up to 10
Final booking date: Mon 16/6 8pm
“For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Eastern Hill Community Stewardship Morning
2025-06-19 09:00 - 11:00 | Eastern Hill, East St., Albury, Australia
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.
We will be tackling privet, box elder, briar rose, and cherry plum.
When: 9:00 am to 11:00 am (2 hrs).
Where: Eastern Hill car 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 here! 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.

Birding for Beginners and Avid Adventurers on Browns Island
2025-06-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Bandiana Link Road., Wodonga, Australia
Join us for a morning of birdwatching at our hidden gem, Browns Island. This Murray River Island is located near Gateway Island between Albury and Wodonga.
The morning will feature an introduction to birding from BirdLife Australia’s Ben Humphries and a guided bird walk around some of Browns Island where 20-minute bird surveys will be conducted. These sightings will help guide our restoration efforts on Browns Island over the next three years of an Urban Rivers project, and you will learn about local bird species, habitat, and conservation actions.
With low river levels, we will likely be able to walk across to the Island through Wodonga Creek, so you’ll need your gumboots! If you don’t have any, Parklands can supply you with a pair. If river levels rise, a Canadian canoe will be on hand to shuttle us across to the island.
Morning tea will be provided between birding sites.
When: Thursday 19 June, 9 am to midday.
Where: Park off Bandiana Link, Wodonga then walk 400 m to creek crossing site (see Birding Morning map).
What: Easy grade walk around Browns Island.
What to bring: Please wear walking boots or enclosed shoes and carry gumboots for the creek crossing. Consider the weather and please wear a hat and bring a jacket if cool. Bring drinking water and snacks. Bring binoculars if you have them.
Please register here so we know you’re coming and can contact you in case things change before the event!
This activity is kindly funded by the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust under the Urban Rivers and Catchments Program.

Project Sprout – Community Planting Days, Wodonga
2025-06-20 08:00 - 2025-06-29 17:00 | various locations across Wodonga, check sessions for more detail
The Wodonga community is invited to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty this winter as Project Sprout launches an ambitious revegetation program that will build on 13 years of volunteer work through Landcare to transform the city’s parks, trails, and waterways into vibrant green corridors teeming with native wildlife.
Project Sprout – Sustaining Parks: Restoring Our Urban Terrain – aims to plant over 7,000 native tube stock across multiple locations throughout Wodonga, creating vital wildlife corridors that will connect the Wodonga hills and waterways directly through the city to the Murray River.
These planting events are co-hosted by Wodonga Urban Landcare Network and our many member groups, across Wodonga, over 10 days at the end of June.
Pick a time and a place that works for you and come along!
Participants are encouraged to bring their own gloves and trowel – we will provide for those who don’t have their own.
Please register – we’ll keep you posted and remind you when to warm up your planting muscles.
If you would like more information about these events please email info@wodongalandcare.org.au.
Project Sprout is proudly supported by Landcare Australia and BUPA.

Cultural Conversation: Fire In The Landscape
2025-06-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join Duduroa Elders Uncle Allan Murray & Uncle Phil Murray together with Luritja/Aranda Elder Uncle Vince Forrester, Bill Gammage, author of The Biggest Estate on Earth and landholder Bridget Doyle for a fire forum Q & A.
Come along and learn firsthand about traditional fire practices & their importance in the landscape for the healing of Culture and Country as well as contemporary land management in a changing climate. Be a part of the knowledge sharing.

Visit to Alison's Garden including seed saving talk
2025-06-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Address details available to registered attendees
Seed Savers Albury Wodonga member, Alison, is opening her garden in Wodonga again to allow us to view the ongoing transformation of her large suburban backyard into a bountiful self-sufficiency garden. She and her husband make their own compost and mulch, save seeds and grow cuttings to produce a vast range of mainly edible crops.
Alison gave a very well received talk on seed saving at the off Grid Living festival earlier this year and will repeat it as part of this gardening tour. She is a very knowledgeable gardener and is generous with her advice.
The seed bank will not be available at this event but if you have cleaned seed to be deposited, please bring it along. Also excess produce or plants.
Alison invites participants to bring lunch and stay after the tour to share discussion with like-minded gardeners.

Free event but booking required as numbers limited
https://events.humanitix.com/alison-s-garden-tour

Browns Island Walk n’ Gawk
2025-06-27 09:00 - 12:00 | Bandiana Link Road., Wodonga, Australia
In case you miss the Birding for Beginners and Avid Adventurers (on 19 June), there will be a longer 9 km walk with Parklands Albury Wodonga Rangers around Browns Island. This Murray River Island is located near Gateway Island between Albury and Wodonga.
The morning will feature a guided bushwalk around Browns Island to learn about the natural and cultural values of this hidden gem, and the conservation actions underway.
With low water levels, we will likely be able to walk across to the island through Wodonga Creek, so you’ll need your gumboots! If you don’t have any, Parklands can supply you with a pair. If river levels rise, a Canadian canoe will be on hand to shuttle us across to the island.
Morning tea will be provided.
When: Friday 27 June, 9 am to midday.
Where: Park off Bandiana Link, Wodonga then walk 400 m to creek crossing site (see Browns Island walk map).
What: Medium grade 9 km walk around Browns Island.
What to bring: Please wear walking boots or enclosed shoes and carry gumboots for the creek crossing. Consider the weather and please wear a hat and bring a jacket if cool. Bring drinking water and snacks. Bring binoculars if you have them.
Please register here so we know you’re coming and can contact you in case things change before the event!
This activity is kindly funded by the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust under the Urban Rivers and Catchments Program.

Beechworth area walk
2025-06-28 10:00 - 15:00 | Beechworth, Victoria
Join the Albury Wodonga Field Naturalists for a walk in the Beechworth area, to explore the fauna and flora in the area
Meet at the Beechworth Court House, Ford Street, Beechworth at 10am on Saturday, 28 June, 2025.
Pets are not permitted on AWFN field excursions
For further information about the outing Telephone: 0490 497 032

Fungi & Tree Tour – Woomargama – Morning
2025-06-29 11:00 - 13:30 | Check the event listing for venue details
Join fungi enthusiast Tracie MacVean and arborist Tristan Black on a walk to learn about the diversity and curiosities of trees and the fungi kingdom.
Learn about the anatomy of mushrooms and their relationships with plants and walk away with the basics of how to identify mushrooms in the field. Discover how to contribute to our understanding of native fungi by becoming a citizen scientist and sharing your observance on platforms such as iNaturalist.
This walk will take place in Woomargama National Park, which is the largest protected area of forest west of the Great Dividing Range.
Roughly 2 and a half hours each walk.
This event is not suitable for young children.
The GPS coordinates for the meeting location is 35.89838° S, 147.33619° E
Please note there is not much reception for this area. Please be prepared for winter weather conditions.
25% off for return attendees, please contact for a discount code.

Fungi & Tree Tour – Woomargama – Afternoon
2025-06-29 14:00 - 16:30 | Check the event listing for venue details

Border Bushwalking Club - Morses Creek
2025-07-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
The walk is fairly flat, with no steep hills. We will start at Mystic Mountain Bike Park trailhead and follow the track to the Chinese swing bridge and the area known as the Diggings, the former goldfields of Wandiligong, our lunch spot.
Grade 2/3
Leader: Deb
Phone: 0410047884 before 8pm
Distance 10 km approx
Participant numbers:Up to 10
Final booking date: Mon 30/6
“For more information and updates about BBC activities, check www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Invasive Grass ID and Removal at Baranduda
2025-07-03 09:00 - 11:00 | Baranduda Regional Park, Howards Road car park, Baranduda, VIC, 3691, Australia
Help us protect our precious native grasslands by learning how to identify fountain grass and other garden escapees as well as the various techniques to control these new and emerging grass weed species.
We will walk along the Water Rat fire trail in Baranduda Regional Park building our grass ID skills, then chip out and bag an area where fountain grass has started to spread.
When: 9:00 am to 11:00 am.
Where: Park at the Howards Road carpark, Baranduda. Turn at the Fire Access Gate sign on Howards Rd.

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 so we know you’re coming and can contact you in case things change before the event.
This project is financially supported by the Victorian Government’s Partnerships Against Pests Program.

Friends of Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park, Field Day (morning)
2025-07-05 09:00 - 12:00 | Check the event listing for venue details
Monthly field day : Saturday 5th July . Meet at 9am at Chiltern Post Office.
Activities: Removing olives at Mt Ochtertyre Scenic Reserve. Bring a mattock, gloves, sturdy shoes, warm clothes. ‘Friends’ will provide morning tea, BYO beverage.
