Events
Become A Volunteer
Community Movie Night - ‘Just a Farmer’
Community Movie Night - ‘Just a Farmer’
Screening of ‘Just a Farmer’ with producer Leila McDougall
VENUE: Sun Cinema Bairnsdale
DATE: 26th April at 7 pm
Cost: $6 (includes drink and popcorn)
2-Day workshop - Business of Farming
2-Day Workshop - Business of farming: looking at the Farm office
VENUE: Lake Tyers Caravan Park
DATE: 21st & 22nd March 2024
TOPICS
Managing farm books
Getting June 30 ready
Bank ready book work
Rethinking Farm Debt Management
Small business management & asset management
Cost: $50 a person. Covers shared accommodation and meals
Joel Williams Roadshow
Joel Williams from Integrated Soils is visiting Gippsland in March 2024. He is visiting several locations, and you can book into one or more events.
Wednesday 13th March - FLYNN
9.30 am to 3.30 pm @ the Flynn Hall
Thursday 14th March - YARRAM
9.30 am to 3.30 pm @ the Yarram Recreation Reserve
Friday 15th March - BAIRNSDALE
5.00 pm - 9.00 pm @ the Gippsland Agriculture Centre
Monday 18th March - ORBOST
9.30 am - 1.00 pm @ the Orbost Football Club - Lochiel Park
Tuesday 19th March - OMEO
9.00 am - 1.00 pm @ the Omeo Recreation Reserve
Landcare Expo @ the Orbost Show
Landcare Expo @ the Orbost Show
Jane Bunn (the weather lady) will be speaking at 11.30 am. Local bands will be playing all day. Free plants will be given out to anyone who wants one.
There are lots of stalls and things to do.
LACANASTAR
*Lacanastar*- (Landcare Nature Study Areas abbreviated to Lacanastar)
Are you interested in what lives in your area and what doesn’t?
This project will:
1. Adding to our knowledge of our own living environment,
2. Assisting scientists who can find and use our data and
3. Assisting in reconnecting our communities with each other and with nature.
This is a Citizen Science project and its running in East Gippsland and utilizes iNaturalist for identification and sharing observations:
Training field days are:
9th February in Bairnsdale
10th February in Marlo
11th February in Cann River
Small Properties: Dream Big! - is FULL but can join the waiting list
Starting in February 2024, the Small Properties – Dream Big! Project will run in East Gippsland for seven to eight months. Twenty individuals will participate in six four-hour sessions (one session a month). Each workshop will have a specialist presenter teaching different themes. These themes include how to take a soil test and understand the results, healthy soils, pastures, animal nutrition, biosecurity, and property design. Additional workshops can be designed around building specific skill sets, such as fencing, dung beetle nurseries, stock handling, etc.
The program's cost is $110 per person. By the end of the project, participants will receive an aerial property photo map, current soil test results, and resource books and guides. You will also get to learn with a group of like-minded individuals.
Stuart Myers - Property Planning for Horse Owners
HORSE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT with Stuart Myers
DATE: 16th November
TIME: 9.00 am - 3.30 pm
VENUE: t.b.a (Lakes Entrance)
At this event, you will learn how to use your horse's natural and domesticated behaviours and sound pasture management principles to improve and maintain your properties. Highlighted will be how to manage pasture for your horses, increase biodiversity, the relationship between horses and their paddocks, nutritional issues such as laminitis and equine obesity, manure management, water use, and horse property design.
Stuart Myers is passionate about educating horse owners and believes his mission is to 'help horses live their best life' and that 'caring for your horse property is equally as important as caring for your horse'. With a lifetime of working with horses, Stuart is internationally known for his horse property management seminars.
Basics of Fencing (including electric) - East Gippsland Women in Agriculture
East Gippsland Women in Agriculture
Basics of Fencing (including electric)
Rare Plants
Several native flora species in forests and coastal ecosystems of East Gippsland have been impacted by the Black Summer bushfires of 2019/2020. Some of these species have been identified as high priorities for urgent management intervention. This project aims to survey some of the highly impacted native flora species in East Gippsland to identify post-fire survival.
Goongerah Landcare Revitalization Pizza & Firewise Presentation
Goongerah Landcare Revitalization Pizza & Firewise Presentation
Great Glossy Count 2023
The Glossy Black Conservancy is collaborating with Birdlife Australia and is hosting the second annual Great Glossy Count.
Citizen scientists will have the opportunity to participate in workshops in the lead-up to this event and learn about Glossies, including:
how to identify Glossies
what Glossies eat, and how to recognise the she-oaks they feed on
Glossy ecology and behaviour
how to record data so it can be used to protect Glossies.
Data collected during the Count will support vital bushfire recovery and conservation work for Glossies by informing actions to manage their habitat.
Registrations for the Great Glossy Count open on 31 July. You can find out more about the Great Glossy Count and how to register here. Sightings of Glossy Black-Cockatoo can also be recorded anytime here.
For more information or specific questions, please email the Birdlife team.
Rachel's Farm - East Gippsland Women in Ag
The movie Rachel’s Farm is being shown at the Bairnsdale Cinema