Become a member

We welcome new members at any time of the year, with membership valid for a year from date of payment.   The membership is just $15 per household, and this will entitle you to free or discounted entry to events, email subscription of news and events, benefits for plant giveaway.    The small monetary fee will help […]

Water, Drought and You

December 1 group members were treated to presentations about water from two renowned local experts.Professor Max Finlayson, wetland ecologist and Director of the Institute for Land, Water and Society at Charles Sturt University, discussed the variability of water in southern Australian landscapes. He noted the agricultural importance of storing and using water, but also some […]

Bushlinks

Bushlinks consists of a number of local groups and agencies working together for connectivity conservation in the eastern Murray region of NSW.The Bushlinks working group has a revegetation project being managed  by Holbrook Landcare Network on behalf of the Slopes2Summit and the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative in partnership with Murray CMA.This Biodiversity Fund project is funded by the […]

My Crazy Passion: Growing Galateah

Devoted. That’s my parents in a nutshell…utterly devoted to each other, deeply devoted to nature. My name is Lizette and this ‘My Crazy Passion’ film is about how my parents, Jan and Annelies Willinck, transformed a parched, barren farm into a thriving native oasis. They’re not your bog-normal couple. Dad’s obsessed with turning bare land into bush and […]

School tree planting day at the Spillway Reserve (16 May 2014)

PurposeRe-vegetate the shrub layer to help gliders and other wildlife at the Spillway Reserve.FundingAlbury Wodonga Parklands & Slope 2 Summit.What was doneTim Alexander (Albury Wodonga Parklands) arranged a bus load of James Fallon Yr 10 students to get busy with tree planting,Several block areas were pre sprayed for weed control,13 students attended and planted approx. 200 […]

Albury Conservation Company Urban Nest Box Project

Do you live in a built up area of Thurgoona or Splitters Creek, NSW?Do you want to help conserve local Squirrel Gliders, a native animal threatened with extinction?Does your property have a large tree that is within safe gliding distance (approx 40m) to gum trees in a neighbouring park, reserve, or roadside?If you answered YES to the […]

Two Days Over 800 Plants

Thankyou to those who donated some of there time to put a variety of native trees shrubs and grasses in the ground behind Earnest Grant Park and in Corrys Bushland.  Around 300 plants were put in behind Earnest Grant Park football oval in very muddy conditions on Sunday August 2nd 2015 and a further 500 […]