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Weathering the Seasons: Cover Crops for Climate Smart Farming
Join Local Land Services for a practical, hands-on workshop exploring how cover crops can improve soil health and build resilience on your
farm.
📅 Monday 16 March 2026
📍 Emerald Hill Community Hall
Hear from industry experts, see a live roller-crimper demonstration, and learn about soil health, moisture outlooks and climate-smart farming practices.
Intrepid Landcare Property Tour – Kamilaroi Cattle Company
Intrepid Landcare Property Tour – Kamilaroi Cattle Company
Last Saturday, 1st March, Intrepid Landcare participants gathered at Kamilaroi Cattle Company for a truly outstanding and insightful
property tour hosted by Charlie Thurgate.With a good group of engaged attendees, the day was marked by thoughtful questions, open discussion
and genuine curiosity.
Composting Workshop With Dr Ernie Harbott
🌱 Composting with Dr Ernie Harbott 🌱
Join North West Local Land Services for a hands-on composting workshop in Tamworth! Learn simple, practical skills to create healthy,
productive soil using sustainable methods.
🗓 Saturday, 18 April 2026
⏰ 9:00am – 3:00pm
📍 Tamworth Landcare Nursery, 300 Wallamore Rd, Westdale
TRLA Small Grants Program
Applications are now open for the Tamworth Regional Landcare Association Small Grants Program — a great opportunity to bring your local environmental or community project to life. Funding is available for practical, on-ground activities that support biodiversity, sustainability, and community engagement across our region. Get your ideas in before March 1 and let us help turn them into action!
Meet Clancy Lester (The Bee Man) - Coming To Tamworth
If you’ve heard the buzz about native bees lately, chances are you’ve come across Clancy Lester — affectionately known as “The Bee Man.” Clancy is an environmental educator and researcher, focusing on Australia’s incredible native bees!
Landcare Learning - With Clancy Lester
You may have seen that Clancy Lester, also known as The Bee Man, is heading to Tamworth! Before building bee hotels at Currawong Park, Clancy will be our guest speaker at Landcare Learning on March 17 at UNE centre, where he’ll explore Australia’s native bees, their relationship with flowering plants, and simple, practical actions we can all take to support biodiversity. This is a free event, with light refreshments but please visit the link and register to secure your seat. If you have any questions, please contact Susan – susan@trla.org.au or 0400590776
A Guided Bird Walk On The Farm
Join North West Local Land Services in Winton/Tamworth on 11 March (9:00am-12:00pm) for a fascinating morning exploring birds led by bird
ecologist Steve Debus and local birdwatchers Alex Hunt and Denise Kane!
This engaging morning will explore topics such as recent bird surveys and the results of these surveys, the impact of farming practices on bird diversity and habitat features to support birdlife and much more.
Whether you're a landholder, bird enthusiast or simply curious about nature this is a fantastic opportunity to learn, connect and enjoy the
outdoors.
Landcare Leadership Program – Chaffey Dam | 27–28 March
We’re excited to share an upcoming opportunity for young people to grow their leadership skills, connect with like-minded changemakers, and
take part in hands-on environmental action.
The Landcare Leadership Program will be held at Chaffey Dam on 27–28
March and
is open to young people aged 13–35.
Keeping Your Plants Going in the Extremes of Summer Heat
Our North West Slopes / Namoi Valley has its own very particular mix of heat, wind, clay soils and brutal dry spells. Below is advice that
is informed by our hot summers, cracking clays, exposure, and regeneration-scale plantings. It also has application to suburban gardens
North West Slopes & Namoi Valley (Bush Regeneration Plantings)
Exploring Grassy Box Woodlands and Wildlife Corridors
On 15 December, around 35 enthusiastic community members joined TRLA for a fascinating Grassy Box Woodland Field Trip, visiting Klori Travelling Stock Reserve (TSR) at Somerton for a morning session.
Blackville TreeTroff Update
Following my initial report on the TreeTroff installation at Blackville Public School on 4th November, I made a quick trip
out to Blackville Public School on 15th December.
This was an opportunity for staff, students and myself to gain more understanding of the process of the TreeTroff equipment and
program...
Upper Mooki Landcare’s Creekbank Stabilization and Water Management workshop
28 Landowners attended Upper Mooki Landcare’s Creekbank Stabilization and Water Management workshop on 15th November. Presented by landowner and UMLC member Roger Ottery, and UMLC Chair Andrew Wylie, the day was well planned, enabling participants to visit 3 varying sites. These included observation of a new paddock swale with spill, use of embedded logs to direct creek water flow, and a demonstration of making and placing Rock Bags and a Rock Mattress directly into the creek. The day was beautifully catered for by UMLC members and finished with a BBQ on the creek and much ongoing dialogue. Feedback was very positive and included requests for return visits to monitor the progress of the sites.
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Save the Date for Landcare Adventure 2026
Mark your calendars for next year's Landcare Adventure and Regional Landcare Awards! Speakers include Ian and Di Haggerty, Bruce Maynard, Pip Jones and many more
An exciting and innovative opportunity for environmentally conscious youth is on the horizon!
Come and join the fun!🤩
An exciting and innovative opportunity for environmentally conscious youth is on the horizon!
The Tamworth TRLA is establishing an INTREPID LANDCARE GROUP targeted at individuals ranging from their mid-teens to their mid-30s. We
encourage schools, school students, and interested individuals to contact us if this initiative piques your interest. What actions can
Intrepid Landcare take to empower you, young individuals, and communities to engage in meaningful activities? Enabling stuff that happens-
Intrepid Landcare Australia (https://intrepidlandcare.org/enabling-stuff-that-happens/)
Contact: Kate Spry
Email: kate@trla.orga.au
Ph: 0428 267 912
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Community Takes Action on Common ‘Indian’ Myna Tamworth
Community Takes Action on Common ‘Indian’ Myna Tamworth
If you’ve spent time around Tamworth’s Peel Street cafés, you’ve probably noticed the cheeky Indian Mynas darting between tables, snatching
crumbs, and leaving more than a little mess behind. While they might look harmless, these introduced birds are a serious pest — and local
community members are banding together to do something about it.
Blackville Public School has joined the TreeTroff Program!
On Tuesday I (Liverpool Plains and Gunnedah Local Landcare Coordinator) had the great pleasure of joining the students and staff of Blackville Public School, and Wes Leedham and Carl Holmsby from the NSW DET Environmental Education Centre at Coonabarabran, to install a Tree Troff in the playground.
2025 Landcare conference videos and ressources
Did you miss the landcare conference? If so, You can now watch all the speaker presentation videos from the 2025 National Landcare Conference, and the 2025 National Landcare Awards event online. We have also published over 50 poster presentations that were on display at the conference.
SOIL: Rewilding the Underground
I know we have a few people among us who has an interest in soils, or if you just want to learn a bit more check out this podcast which was
sent to us by Helen. If anyone else has any resources they would like to share let us know!. Thank you Helen 🙏
https://open.spotify.com/show/3GTWyj92WzwyW7iLmc8sY9?si=Kw5BkEn8RdyqeaEhiuqunQ
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