Junee Regenerative Landcare is trying to focus on more hands-on activities to reconnect people with the local landscape. At the Junee Reefs Bioblitz participants recorded 78 observations and 52 species, including one never recorded in the shire. A great result from a small start! Case Study: Small Team, Big Discovery at Junee Reefs Case Study…
Murrumbidgee Landcare would like to invite local Hay community groups to enjoy our new initiative Landcare Alive: Branching Out. This program aims to connect our people and community with Landcare, conserving our environment, creating more productive and sustainable farms, and building more cohesive and resilient communities. All while enjoying activities that nurture wellbeing! We’re offering…
A word from the Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator (November 2025) Recently, while travelling between Hay, Deniliquin and Echuca, I was struck by the golden glow of Billy Buttons blooming across the landscape. These native wildflowers are a seasonal highlight, thriving in our open grasslands, well-drained soils, and under the warm, sunny conditions that have followed recent…
Harvest Riverina is back to celebrate the region’s outdoor lifestyle on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 March 2026, two days packed full of food, gardening and community spirit. Next year’s festival promises to be bigger and better, featuring more foodie and gardening personalities, cooking demonstrations and an expanded range of workshop spaces. Visitors can look…
A day to celebrate our beautiful Riverina landscapes with Eastern Riverina Landcare. What a fantastic turnout! We had citizen scientists of all ages enjoying the Tootool Wetlands on Bullenbung Creek. It was wonderful to have members of the Milbrulong and District Landcare Group join us and share stories of the work they carried out years…
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…
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…