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THINGS ARE BUZZING IN DODGES FERRY
Dodges Ferry,Tasmania The honeybees around Dodges Ferry in Tasmania are in safe hands. Extra hives were built at the Okines Community House during a series of five workshops supported by Highways and Byways. As well as educating a new generation of bee lovers and...
SEEDS OF CONNECTION – 2022 IN REVIEW
Roma, Queensland. Our Seeds of Connection program has flourished during 2022, with our project leader Megan Brown supporting other Indigenous leaders to run programs in Roma and other even more remote communities! Megan and her cousin David McCarthy ran our...
CHILDREN LEAD THE WAY
Gundagai, NSW Step into the Gundagai Preschool Kindergarten and the three and four year old children will greet you in the traditional language of the local Wiradjuri people, or sing you a song acknowledging the traditional owners of the land along the Murrumbidgee...
THE GRASS REALLY IS GREENER NOW
Far Western NSW Sarah Mashford looks out the window of her home today and sees small, green, native frangipanis, an olive bush hedge and rows of bottle brush. For a while during the crippling drought in NSW, Sarah saw nothing but red dirt and the remnants of trees...
RESTORING NATURE AND COMMUNITIES – 2021-2022 IN REVIEW
St Helens, Tasmania Our Restoring Nature and Communities partnership with Todd Dudley’s North East Bioregional Network continues to show how good an ecological approach can be for our whole community of life. By employing four locals to restore the land to its natural...
YARCK TO YEA, WALK, RIDE, RUN 2022 RECAP
On a foggy and chilly morning in late August, 50 people were up early to join in this year’s Highways and Byways Yarck to Yea event. The annual event raises funds to support the programs of Highways and Byways, the mission entity of the Missionary Sisters of Service...
2021 SMALL GRANTS ACHIEVE BIG OUTCOMES
Highways and Byways - Healing the Land, Healing Ourselves, Together is pleased to release its final report on its 2021 Small Grants Program, showcasing the efforts and achievements of its funding recipients nation-wide. Forty three (43) grants totaling $87,521 were...
FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS FOR CULTURAL LAND MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Gairdner, Western Australia Highways and Byways has supported land managers in the southern Western Australia to better understand and incorporate cultural fire wisdom into their ecological planning and management activities. With funds from the 2021 and 2022 Highways...
JOHN WALLIS MEMORIAL LECTURE HOBART 2022
The 2022 John Wallis Memorial Lecture – presented from Hobart This year’s John Wallis Memorial Lecture is now available for viewing online and can be accessed via the following link: https://youtu.be/JeUZg2wVjPk. The lecture proper commences with the introduction of...
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