Congratulations to Megalong Public School for winning the Grand Champion Woolworths Junior Landcare Team Award at the recent 2019 NSW Landcare Awards. This award acknowledged the amazing video produced by Megalong Public School alongside Gundungurra elder, David King, showing the threatened species Callistemon megalongensis found within their local area.
Grand Champions Woolworth Junior Landcare Team Megalong Public School Photo Courtesy: Stephanie Scott
The awards held at Broken Hill are where Landcare Champions from across NSW come together to celebrate impressive achievements in the Landcare community – celebrating incredible efforts to protect NSW land, water and biodiversity.
Grand champions of the NSW National Award categories will go on to represent the whole NSW Landcare Community at the 2020 National Landcare Awards in Sydney. Good Luck Megalong Public School!!
Megalong Public School visits the Living Desert Flora and Fauna Sanctuary in Broken Hill; to learn the importance of regeneration of the landscape, and the importance of looking after local fauna such as red kangaroos in drought. Photo Courtesy: Stephanie Scott
Greater Sydney Landcare Network will be holding a ‘Planning Our Future’ session on Sunday August 23rd August 2015 at the Field of Mars Study Centre, 1.30 to 4pm. Afternoon tea will be provided and the event will include a wildflower walk around the Field of Mars site.
The session will provide an opportunity for members and guests to hear what has been achieved since the network’s inception in December last year, and to help plan the future directions of the network – your network.
The Australian Buddhist Vihara Landcare Group works to protect the Blue Mountains Swamp on its doorstep. This is a special day to show neighbours and other interested people what a precious natural asset this land is and how we are looking after it and the adjacent Blue Mountains National Park at our regular Landcare sessions.
Enjoy a fabulous Sri Lankan smorgas board lunch and then join us in a short walk around the property, a talk about its important location in the landscape and what is needed to look after it. Do some hands-on bushcare and learn about local native plants as well as the weeds that are invading the national park and Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. We’ll be guided by a NPWS bush regenerator and supported by Sydney Metro Local Land Services.
Please wear work clothes: strong, covered-in shoes, long trousers and long sleeves, and a hat. NPWS will provides gloves, tools and expert guidance. Australian Buddhist Vihara will provide lunch and other refreshments.
