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REHABILITATING THE TALL TREE FORESTS
LUDLOW, WESTERN AUSTRALIA A group of 40 children and adults came together in the southwest of Western Australia in early July to help restore some of the last surviving tall tree forests in the world. These trees, eucalyptus known as Tuarts, are in in the Ludlow Tuart...
2020: A YEAR IN REVIEW
Highways and Byways – a Community of Service is pleased to release its final report on its 2020 Small Grants Program - Nourishing our Land and Our Communities - showcasing the efforts and achievements of its funding recipients nation-wide. Seventeen grants totaling...
AUGUST 2021 NEWSLETTER
Greetings, We hope you enjoy a read of our latest newsletter. We have been receiving updates from some of our "Healing the Land" 2021 projects from across the country. Even within many areas of restrictions, organisations are adapting their projects and getting on...
WRAPPED IN CARE AND COMPASSION
CLEVE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Carmel Baxter likes to think that the quilts the Cleve quilters made, now comfort some of the people who lost everything in 2020 summer bushfires. The Cleve Country Quilters from the small town on South Australia’s Central Eyre Peninsula...
STOP TO SMELL THE FLOWERS
NUBEENA, TASMANIA Nubeena’s community garden has had a ‘facelift’ so that all the locals have a chance to stop and smell, touch, taste and pick the flowers. The DIGnity Garden program is about to start its autumn season of activities at the community garden, which is...
FEATURED WEBINAR: SCALING UP ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION IN THE UN DECADE OF ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
The ‘Scaling Up Ecosystem Restoration Webinar' explores ecological restoration and the need to scale up initiatives throughout the United Nations declared Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030). The Webinar, which occured live in late 2020, was coordinated by...
2021 JOHN WALLIS WALK – BELLERIVE, HOBART TASMANIA SATURDAY 28TH AUGUST
The Hobart Branch of Highways and Byways are organising a walk in the beautiful Bellerive area of Hobart. Everyone is welcome.... FIND ALL THE DETAILS HERE 2021 marks 20 years since the anniversary of Fr John's death and the 77th anniversary of the founding, by him,...
AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPES INSPIRE A NEW JEWELLERY COLLECTION
WEEMELAH, NEW SOUTH WALES For women who live in rural and remote parts of Australia, getting together to socialise can be difficult. More so if they want to learn a new skill or explore new creative interests. But a grant from Highways and Byways meant that the...
BOXING PLANT FOOD IN KING ISLAND
King Island, Tasmania The coastal town of Currie might be a little chilly at this time of year, but the King Island community is experimenting with ‘hot’ composting following a small grant from Highways and Byways. Its Community Garden now has six new composting bins...