We’re all appreciating our beautiful Riverina landscapes. It is all happening this spring. We have Bioblitz’s and Bird counts galore. Don’t forget a good place for a bird count is your local wetland. Wetlands are a great part of our landscape they are often forgotten when it comes to bioblitz and bird counts. They play…
As the spring days began warming up, the Hay community came together for Hay Plains Landcare’s Spring Carp-a-thon. This year’s event was a resounding success, with participants young and old sharing in the excitement of fishing, friendly competition and environmental care. Over the course of the Carp-a-thon, a remarkable 114 carp were removed from our local waterways. These…
Henty came around a bit quick for us this year, but it was a resounding success. With our large as life lizard at the front of the shed encouraging people to have a chat about…….you guessed it lizards and where they like to live we had a wonderful draw card to the exhibit. Thanks Janet.…
Common Myna Not an Australian native bird. Distinctive chocolate and black markings with yellow face skin, beak and legs with a white patch on the wings. Noisy Miner An Australian Native is predominantly grey with a black patch around the eye and on top of the head. Have you seen one of these birds? They…
A word from the Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator (October 2025) As spring unfolds across the Riverina producers are turning their attention to pasture growth, lambing outcomes, and pest pressure. One issue that continues to impact productivity and landscape resilience is the presence of feral rabbits. The National Feral Rabbit Management Coordination Program has recently received renewed federal support,…
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Murrumbidgee Interested in contributing to science? The Great Southern BioBlitz is an annual project facilitated on iNaturalist between the 24th of October and the 27th of October 2025. Community members are able to download the iNaturalist app for free and join the project. It sounds complicated, but realistically, you’ll download an…
It’s that time of year again when the nesters are getting a bit protective over their eggs and young chicks (Don’t blame them, really). So, make sure you keep your sunglasses on when you’re heading anywhere near their nesting site. Who are the major offenders in this region? Of course, the magpie comes to everyone’s…
Hello from Jessie, the Bidgee Floodplains Local Landcare Coordinator! Spring is here at last, and it comes with a calendar full of events and a million reasons to go out bushwalking. Here’s my bush walk suggestions for September: Bundidgerry Hill in Narrandera There are so many walking tracks through Bundidgerry, head to…
Hay Plains Landcare delivered an educational Cultural Burn Workshop: Building Drought Tolerance, facilitated by Dean Freeman and the Gugaa Collective to broaden understanding of Cultural Burns to reduce exotic weed, promote native ground cover and increase drought tolerance. Over the two days we shared learning and strengthened Cultural understanding, supporting intergenerational learning and preserving First…
Murrumbidgee Landcare addresses mycology knowledge gap and fosters soil health and ecosystem resilience across the region. Relative to plants and animals, the diversity and significance of fungi is little known. Fungi are frequently referred to as the “Forgotten Kingdom”, yet they are vital in creating and stabilising soils, nourishing and interconnecting plants, recycling nutrients, retaining…