Landcare Region
BCT Region
Facebook Posts, 18/7/24
Event description
Be prepared to get your hands dirty!
- Allan Nicholson (DCCEEW) & John Lawrie(Soil Knowledge Network) will help you understand your soil & landscape function.
- BYO soil (1-10cm)for some basic soil testing. A testing kit will be provided for you to take home.
Walk through remnant bushland
- Sue Wakefield (CTLandcare), Tiffany & Sharon (BCT) will lead a biodiversity paddock walk.
- Identify flora and fauna.
- Discover how the BCT can help you protect your biodiversity and possibily turn it into an income stream.
As this is a working farm, please wear sturdy enclosed shoes and dress apporopriately for the weather. We will be walking through paddocks and hill so the terrain will be uneven in some places.
CHILDREN UNDER 15 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT.
Event Description: Join us for an informative and engaging paddock walk in Cumnock, hosted by Bill and Janine Marriot. This event will combine landscape function analysis, soil testing, and a biodiversity walk. Ian Packer & John Lawrie (Soil Knowledge Network) will discuss soils and landscape function at both site and district levels. Participants are encouraged to bring soil samples from their own paddocks or gardens for basic soil testing, including pH assessment, colour, texture, and dispersion tests. The biodiversity paddock walk will be led by Sue Wakefield and a BCT representative, focusing on local plants and birds, and providing insights on how individuals can enhance biodiversity at a localised level.
Date: 1 August
Time: 9:30 am – 1:30 pm (followed by lunch)
Location: ‘Seymour’, 871 Banjo Paterson Way
Contact:
Coordinator: Geraldine Brown
Email: centraltablelandslandcare@gmail.com
Phone: 0439 620 081Coordinator: Phoebe Gulliver
Email: project.coordinator@littleriverlandcare.com.au
Phone: 0401 376 209
Contact:
Coordinator: Geraldine Brown
Email: centraltablelandslandcare@gmail.com
Phone: 0439 620 081Coordinator: Phoebe Gulliver
Email: project.coordinator@littleriverlandcare.com.au
Phone: 0401 376 209
Event Topics
Event Outcomes
Growth in learning measure (Scale 1 - 100)
Partnering with the NSW Biodiversity conservation Trust
Feedback from attendees
What did you like about the event?
- Good presenters. Pasture walk was excellent
- Hearing expert information from the ecologists present during the paddock walk
- Finding out about new options through the BCT. Walking on country put aside for biodiversity
- Having an opportunity to talk to people about their interest in soils, where they were at in their understanding.
What do you want to learn next?
- Would like to revisit site in say 3 years time to see how it has progressed and whether the methods, etc have needed modification with experience/time/ climate change.
- Anything to do with conserving wildlife
- How to educate other landholders into valuing biodiversity
- I will be attending an information session on the upcoming conservation tender in the central west
Improvements?
- The information covered diverse topics and could have been more specific and focused.