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SPREADING THE WORD ON WISDOM
WARWICK, QUEENSLAND David Parsons hopes that one day it will be commonplace to hear people share First Nations knowledge and stories of land and country. For now he’s doing his bit to spread the word around Warwick, south-west of Brisbane. Supported by Highways and...
SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE
MURRIGAL, QLD Brett Krause has a goal: to build new forests in Tropical North Queensland that provide habitat for endangered and threatened species such as the Southern Cassowary and Mahogany Glider. Brett cofounded a not-for-profit organisation, Brettacorp Inc., that...
YARCK TO YEA 2022 RIDE-WALK-RUN
After a two year hiatus due to Covid-19, Highways and Byways - Healing the Land, Healing Ourselves, Together is excited to be hosting the 2022 Yarck to Yea Ride-Walk-Run. Join us on Saturday 27th August 2022 to ride, walk or run the Great Victorian Rail Trail between...
HEALING THE LAND IS NO QUICK FIX
CAPE YORK, QLD Indigenous man Trevor Meldrum and Vera Scarth-Johnson, the English botanist who ‘adopted’ him, have saved more farming land around Cooktown in Queensland than most people will ever realise. Trevor, the Environmental Operations Manager with the small...
THE FUTURE IS IN OUR HANDS
BYRON BAY NSW Lealah Shostak-Herber thought the film and Q&A event at Byron Bay as part of the ‘In Our Hands’ project would help educate locals about climate issues and provide some local solutions. She was overjoyed to discover that many people were already...
RESEARCH LINKS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OUTCOMES TO ECOLOGICAL PARTICIPATION
A project engaging disadvantaged and unemployed workers in ecological restoration work is achieving a range of health and well-being benefits according to new research by the University of Tasmania. The Restoring Nature and Communities project, supported by Highways...
START LOCAL THEN GO GLOBAL
GOODWOOD, QLD Ask kids around the Bundaberg region what should be done to protect the environment and they’ll point you in the right direction. Stop buying too much, stop throwing it away and look after where you live. These are a few of the messages school children...
Our April Newsletter!
We hope you enjoy reading our Highways & Byways newsletter! We farewell the incredible Liz McAloon as she finishes up eight years of growing Highways & Byways into what it is today! Liz hands over the baton of Executive Officer to Jane Collopy. Our newsletter...
AND THE WATER IS RUNNING AGAIN
STANTHORPE, QLD Jane Muller got used to hearing people talk about gardens being abandoned and trees, growing for generations in a family’s backyard, dying because of the drought. The same thing happened to the garden at her workplace, the Granite Belt Support Service...
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