02/08/23 | Grant Stories, News
Grafton, NSW (Gumbainggir Country) Claire Purvis describes her time on Elizabeth Island, a river island at Grafton in New South Wales, as a big adventure in a different world. It was a world that was almost lost and overgrown until Claire and her team of volunteers...
02/08/23 | Grant Stories, News
Goondiwindi, Queensland (Bigambul Country) Farmers have a lot on their plate. They battle the challenges of weather – too much rain, dry seasons, poor crops, fires and floods – and somehow they have to juggle immediate outcomes with long-term...
21/03/23 | Grant Stories, News
Lake Pedder, Tasmania Tabatha Badger’s work takes her to the magnificent Pedder Impoundment in Tasmania and the halls of Parliament House in Canberra. It’s for the same purpose; the restoration of the original, World Heritage Listed, Lake Pedder. It’s the same reason...
21/03/23 | Grant Stories, News
Drake, NSW Gardeners at the Drake Village Women’s Shed wanted to cater for most folk in the small NSW town when they developed their community garden with support from Highways and Byways. Using three newly built raised garden beds they planted up pollinator, sensory...
21/03/23 | Grant Stories, News
Broulee, NSW Lynn Bain wears a few hats around the beautiful NSW coastal town of Broulee, including “Rubbish Queen” and “Weed Lady”. She and a group of volunteers can often be found pulling weeds, replanting and picking up rubbish from Mossy...
21/03/23 | Grant Stories, News
Goondiwindi, Queensland Louise Carroll cites a worm farm as the highlight of the recent regenerative cropping field day she helped organise. Not your average domestic worm farm, but a massive purpose-built worm farm producing enough material to contribute to crop...
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