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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
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
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
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
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
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 theme...
AN UPDATE FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER – JULY 2024
Highways and Byways is so grateful to all of you for your continuing support! We are pleased to announce the successful grant applicants to our 2024 Small Grants Program, Valuing Community Connections in an Ancient Land. In all, we are supporting 33 small communities...
GREEN THUMBS IN ACTION: GROWING AND COOKING TOGETHER
GOONDIWINDI, QLD Karra Suhr’s students are growing food in the first half of the year that they will use to cook up a storm in the second half of the year. Her approach to teaching agricultural science is practical and one she hopes will equip her students to better...
LILY’S STORY
ST HELENS, TASMANIA Highways and Byways partners with Free2b Girls in remote North East Tasmania. Founder Tani Langoulant created Free2b Girls to provide a supportive environment and facilitate local relationships that can nurture new experiences for young people...
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