Goulburn Broken Landcare Stories
At the 2005 Goulburn Broken Regional Landcare Forum a Landcare stories session was facilitated, so Landcare members and groups could share and learn from different Landcare stories and experiences from across the region.
8 snapshots were selected for publication and can be read by clicking on the story title links below (PDF format).
 | Blackberry Saturday Blackberries have been a real problem. They get into the rivers and streams and spread. In about 1999 or 2000 the group decided to target blackberries. As a way of getting people involved in the group and blackberry control, they initiated a project called “Blackberry Saturday” where volunteers went out and sprayed the roadsides, targeting a 12 kilometre area stretching through the highlands. | |
| Burnt Creek Landcare Group We believe it is quite important to actually remind people of what the benefits of being a Landcare group is because we have a very diverse pattern of land ownership and it is increasingly becoming more and more urbanised with people. | |
| Northcote Rotary/Glenaroua Landcare Group Tree Planting This project has been underway for approximately 10 years which is ongoing. The Rotary Club of Northcote takes responsibility for growing approximately 8,000 trees per year and then provides transport and people to plant them on sites that the Glenaroua Landcare Group has selected. | |
| Laney Pearce - Wet, Wild & Wasted Due to the drought, the group was experiencing difficulties getting people involved in “on-ground works”. They developed an education program involving each of the local schools in the area. The program is called “Wet, Wild and Wasted. Wet represented Water. Wild included the wildlife, flora, fauna, and pest plants and animals. Wasted involved waste management. | |
| Hughes Creek Catchment Collaborative - Rabbits Doug Lade gave an overview of his experience with fighting problems with rabbits. As a child he was taught to set rabbit traps and to run down rabbits. In those days most property owners kept rabbiting dogs. | |
| Longwood East Landcare - Rabbits Longwood East Landcare is part of the Granite Creeks Group. The original aim of the group was to rid the hill area of rabbits which were a big concern in the area. The group had a lot of assistance when they first started and it has continued on a yearly basis with “Rabbit Busters”. | |
| Benalla & District Environment Group - Rakali Project We had an idea that we would like to embark on a community program. Because Benalla has a lot of waterways and water environs we thought that would be the focus of our project. We decided to use the water-rat as the iconic species, it lives in our waterways and as a species to illustrate what a healthy habitat and a good water environs should be like. By using the water-rat, we raise it’s profile. | |
| Strath Creek Landcare Group - Self Sufficiency in Landcare Groups The Strath Creek Landcare Group has membership of 56 families. The group does not believe in having lots of meetings. Five years ago the group elected to conduct regular executive meetings and the executive of 14 members would formulate policy for the Landcare group and it would be distributed to members through newsletters. |