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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...

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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...

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DECEMBER 2023 NEWSLETTER

AN UPDATE FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER, DECEMBER 2023

Thank you to you all for your generous support of Highways and Byways throughout 2023. We have had a wonderful year supporting Australian communities with our Small Grants Program to heal and grow with projects that encourage reconnection both to each other and to the...

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PRO HART WAY SHOWS NEW LIFE

PRO HART WAY SHOWS NEW LIFE

Broken Hill, NSW Years of drought have taken a toll on the main roads into Broken Hill in NSW. A census found that more than 1,000 trees have died from 3,000 planted. But Pro Hart Way, the road from town to the airport is bucking the trend thanks to a handful of...

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HELPING THE MAGIC HAPPEN

HELPING THE MAGIC HAPPEN

Ballarat, Victoria ‘Just put your hands in the dirt and let the magic happen’, is the advice Lou Ridsdale gives the young people at her workshop before they embark on making a mini-garden terrarium. She urges them to have fun, be creative and make something they love,...

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A FOREST OF FOOD

A FOREST OF FOOD

Byron Bay, NSW Young people and community folk around Byron Bay are planting hundreds of trees and creating a fruit food forest. Importantly, they are also learning to improve their environment by nurturing the health of their garden through the use of worm farm...

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FINAL REPORT ON OUR 2022 SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

FINAL REPORT ON OUR 2022 SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

Highways and Byways is pleased to release the final report on our 2022 Small Grants Program, showcasing the efforts and achievements of our funding recipients nationwide. Each year, our Small Grants Program focuses on an aspect of rural and regional disadvantage where...

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2023 JOHN WALLIS MEMORIAL LECTURE

2023 JOHN WALLIS MEMORIAL LECTURE

Hobart, Tasmania The 2023 John Wallis Memorial Lecture featured keynote speaker Rev. Dr Jake Mudge, who addressed the topic, You are a Chosen Race, a Royal Priesthood: living fully our shared baptismal calling. Fr Jake, a priest of the Bendigo Diocese, is a staff...

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