JULY 2024 NEWSLETTER

JULY 2024 NEWSLETTER

Welcome to the July 2024 edition of the Highways and Byways newsletter!  In this issue, we announce the successful recipients of our 2024 Small Grants Program, Valuing Community Connections in an Ancient Land. We are pleased to be supporting 33 small communities...
2023 ANNUAL REPORT

2023 ANNUAL REPORT

We are pleased to share the 2023 Highways and Byways Annual Report with you.   The 2022-2023 year was a busy and productive one for Highways and Byways. We continued to consolidate the changes made in recent years to set Highways and Byways up as the independent...
MARSHES TELL A STORY

MARSHES TELL A STORY

WARREN, NSW Some areas of cultural significance around Warren, in north-west NSW, have been seen for the first time by local Indigenous people, thanks to RiverSmart Australia and Highways and Byways. Two bus trips to the area included people from the Warren Wayliwan...
PLANTING SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE

PLANTING SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE

JIMBOOMBA, QUEENSLAND Beth Cook has future generations in mind when she wanders around parts of the Jimboomba Community Garden. Not just tomorrow’s gardeners, but sustainable fruit and vegetable plants that will be producing food for future generations. Beth and her...
READING THE LANDSCAPE

READING THE LANDSCAPE

INVERELL, NSW Byron Norman has a big job. He’s a coordinator with the Gwymac Landcare team working with farmers around the Inverell area of the New England Tablelands of NSW, encouraging them to consider tending their land differently. It can be challenging as farmers...
ANNOUNCING OUR 2024 SMALL GRANTS

ANNOUNCING OUR 2024 SMALL GRANTS

Each year, Highways and Byways provides small grants to community organisations addressing disadvantage and exclusion, especially in rural and regional Australia. This year’s Small Grants Program theme is ‘Community Connections in An Ancient Land’. This...