Barrabaroo Landcare

24/05/2026

Set Your Reminders! 🗓️ Four Major Nature Weeks Coming Your Way

We have an incredible line-up of dedicated citizen science weeks and festivals planned for the second half of the year. From the hidden life of the forest floor to the smallest bugs in your backyard, there is something for everyone!

Make sure you get these in your diary:
Fungi Feastival 🍄 (June/July)

The beloved festival returns! Prepare your senses for a month of fungal foray and fascination.

Threatened Species Day 🐨 (7 September)

A chance to focus on the unique, local species that need our help the most. Special plans are currently underway.

FrogID Week 🐸 (6 to 15 November)

Join us in recording local croaks. If you haven’t already, make sure you download the free FrogID app!

Bugs in My Backyard 🦋 (16 to 22 November)

We’re looking closer at the small things that run our world. Early info is already available.

We will provide full registration details and workshop information for each event as the dates approach. Stay tuned to our feed!

12/05/2026

The ACT government is encouraging farmers to use dung beetles to recycle the nutrients in cow dung into their pastures, with experts saying they improve soil quality and reduce fly numbers — and are cheaper than fertiliser.

08/04/2026

A free event coming up, hosted by the South East Forestry Network. Learn about planting native trees on farms, not only for timber but also for biodiversity benefits, water retention and landscape resilience.

18/03/2026

Support biodiversity to improve farm productivity.

Support nature, improve farm productivity and connect with community. Explore the potential of on-ground action to improve natural assets on farms.

19/12/2025

On Saturday, 6 December, members of Barrabaroo Landcare and Yowrie Landcare enjoyed a social outing to Wadbilliga Station. Our guest speaker was Kevin Dibley, senior Land Services Officer with South East Local Land Services.

Kevin briefly discussed the Draft Native Vegetation Regulatory Map for landholders before showing us the results of recent work undertaken at Wadbilliga Station under the Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2018 ('Code'). The Code is part of the Land Management Framework that regulates native vegetation on private rural land in NSW. The regulations include allowable activities such as removing invasive native species and thinning for pasture expansion.

Following the talk and walk, everyone enjoyed a BBQ picnic lunch.

10/12/2025

04/11/2025

From messy habitats to bully birds, find out what’s driving the decline of small woodland birds and how we can bring them back 🐦

Read the article, Re-veg, re-gen, re-connect and re-bird in our latest newsletter👉 https://bit.ly/4o31Te7

09/10/2025

Ravens and Crows. Can you tell the difference?

What bird is that?In the leadup to this year’s Aussie Backyard Bird Count, our very own National Public Affairs Manager Sean Dooley is talking us through how...

16/08/2025

Lots of interesting articles by Kim Deans on her 'Reinventing Agriculture' Blog, including this one from October 2024: 'Turning tree-planting challenges into growth'. (Link in comment below as it doesn't seem to be working here.)

Our 20-year journey of re-establishing trees on land where trees were cleared for tin mining in the early 1900’s has presented plenty of challenges, which have provided abundant opportunities to learn and try methods to improve our success growing trees.