FRIENDS GRATEFUL FOR A FEW REGENERATION ‘MIRACLES’

FRIENDS GRATEFUL FOR A FEW REGENERATION ‘MIRACLES’

Carolita Fuentes says little miracles along the way have helped a small band of volunteers regenerate a 0.5 hectare patch of Greenhide Reserve Forest, near Linville in southeast Queensland. In recent years, heavy rains have washed invasive weeds away and cattle who...
KIM SERVES UP A TREAT

KIM SERVES UP A TREAT

Kim Spriggs is working desperately to sustain her culture. She wants her own people to know about their culture and she wants non-Indigenous people to appreciate her history and let go of fears and suspicions about Aboriginal people. One important step was the...
YARCK TO YEA WALK, RUN, RIDE – 27 JULY 2024

YARCK TO YEA WALK, RUN, RIDE – 27 JULY 2024

Together with the Missionary Sisters of Service (MSS), Highways and Byways is hosting the 2024 Yarck to Yea Walk, Run, Ride on Saturday 27 July. This is an annual event to raise funds for the small grants and partnership programs of Highways and Byways. It’s a...
FOREST REVEALS IT’S SECRETS

FOREST REVEALS IT’S SECRETS

Standing on the ridge of the Hunter River Reserve, surrounded by beautiful spotted gums, with sandstone steps down to the river flats, it’s hard to imagine you’re in one of the last remaining strands of intact native vegetation along the lower Hunter River. And...
DECEMBER 2023 NEWSLETTER

DECEMBER 2023 NEWSLETTER

We are pleased to release the December 2023 edition of the Highways and Byways eNewsletter. In this edition, we bring you updates and stories from our Small Grants Program, including a new report highlighting the impacts of projects funded in 2022. We also share the...
WADEYE ON THE MEND

WADEYE ON THE MEND

Wadeye, Northern Territory There’s a patch of Wadeye, a remote outback town south-west of Darwin, that’s starting to look pretty good. Two years of weeds, abandoned car parts and town rubbish is disappearing. Slowly, the Thamarrurr Men’s Shed is re-emerging thanks to...