Working Bee

When: Saturday 11 April 8:30am –10am, 2015.Where: St Johns Anglican Church Table Top Rd Thurgoona.Works: Pouring a slab for a park bench, removing old tree guards weeding, around last year’s plantings.Other:  Bring sturdy footwear and a pair of gloves.

Herd Quitter Seminar

When: Friday 15th May 9:30am, 2015.Where: National Environment Centre Ettamogah Road, Thurgoona NSW 2640What: Resource Consulting Services (RCS ) Australia is bringing industry leader Kit Pharo of Colorado, USA to Australia for a series of presentations across Qld and NSW.The tour will start with Kit visiting Queensland and co-presenting with David McLean and Terry McCosker at […]

Planting Day 9 August, 2015

When: Sunday 9th of August 10am – 12:30pm.Where: Corry’s Bushland: End of Dryandra Way Thurgoona.What:  Bring the family and friends and help us plant a variety of native trees, shrubs and grasses to improve the habitat for local wildlife, including some of Thurgoona’s threatened species. The Albury City’s weeds trailer will also be at the […]

Tree Planting Day 6 September, 2015

When: Sunday September 6th 10:00 am – 12:30 pm.Where: National Environment Centre Land Ettamogah road Thurgoona.Description: Bring the family and friends and help provide food, shelter and safer passage for Thurgoona’s special native animals. Species to benefit could include Squirrel Gliders, Yellow Footed Antechinus, Echidnas and woodland birds such as Robins and Whistlers.Refreshments and lunch […]

Environmental Presentation 14 October, 2015

7:00 Speaker: John Neimo Erosion control from Hume Dam to Lake Mulwala. The River Murray Works Program. Nail Can Hill through a macro lens.7:45 Dinner: Provided.8:30 Planning for the future: Stay if you can, we would love your ideas.When: Wednesday, 14th October 2015.Where: Charles Sturt University, School of Environ-mental Science, Building 760, upstairs meeting room. […]

Animal Survey Night 13th November, 2015

When: Friday 13th November 2015,  5pm – 9:30pmWhere: Corry’s Woodland End of Dryandra Way.Details:  Wayne Robinson and students studying environmental science at CSU will be setting some traps in order to determine what nocturnal species are present in bushland in Corry’s woodland.  Information gathered will assist Albury Council, Albury Environmental Lands and groups such as […]

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 […]