What an inspiring time spent with Mark Tupman from Productive Ecology and Murray Gomm from Oranje Tractor Wine! Sharing their combined knowledge of how to create healthy soil and utilise ecofriendly methods to use in your orchard and gardens. Thanks to City of Albany for the sustainability grant and Torbay...
See map below showing areas where baiting will occur within West Cape Howe NP (indicated with yellow) and trapping within the City of Albany coastal reserves (indicated in red) from 29th April until 10th May only:
Attention beef and sheep producers! Expressions of interest are now open for the 2024-25 Grazing Matcher program which has been specifically designed for southern WA climatic conditions and is heavily subsidised by MLA and Healthy Estuaries WA. Find out more at: https://southwestnrm.org.au/project/grazing-matcher/ or contact Jeisane Accioly at Jeisane.alis@gmail.com
Awesome to have Simon Cherriman from the Re-Cyc-ology Project down this weekend to share some of his in-depth knowledge about birds and mammals including the black cockatoo. We then built 20 duck and possum nestboxes that will be installed around the catchment in the coming weeks. Thank you Simon, we...
What a divine evening spent watching Black Cockatoo Crisis last Friday- underneath the Karri trees, cockatoos flying overhead, vermouth spritzes, and plenty of tucker! A confronting film, but truly well made, and a great crowd of community to help support these beautiful creatures to continue being an integral part...
Would you like to learn how to regenerate your soil’s health? Soils are one of your farm businesses most important assets. The Soil Wise program is offering a free online course delivered by Soil Land Food to provide professional support to help you on your soil health journey. Through the...
It’s breeding season for Black Cockatoos and we need your help! From NOW until January, if you see black cockatoos anywhere in the Torbay Catchment, at any time, please fill out our quick 2-minute survey. Every survey entry will go into a raffle for a prize! The prize is a...
We had the loveliest walking tour with Mark Parre near Muttonbird Beach on the weekend, basking in our beautiful catchment! We learnt all about fodder for black cockatoos and possums and the fruiting/seed cycles for many of our native plants. Big thanks to Mark for bringing his expert knowledge.
The annual Healthy Estuaries Science forum was held at The Old Dairy, a great new venue in the catchment! Fabulous food and stunning views greeted all those who came along to the event and a big thanks to the Department of Water (DWER) who presented data captured over the last...
Spring has sprung! If you’re planning a spring fertiliser application on your farm, a free online nutrient calculator can help you work out how much fertiliser each paddock needs! Input your own soil test results, select the right fertiliser and calculate the application rate needed. The nutrient calculator is a...
