Bat box building & bat night walk event photos

Bat Box Building and Bat Night Walk What amazing workshops with bat expert Joe Tonga! We learnt all about our local bat species in an informative presentation and then set about building bat boxes. The local community enjoyed the experience helping to build homes for bats which have now been...

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Flora walk event photos

What a fabulous day with beautiful weather and even better company! Thanks to our expert local botanist Damien Rathbone for helping identify the local plant species as we explored the area above Dingo Beach & thanks to Andrew McGonney for the awesome photos! Top left Banksia Grandis, top right Stylidium Schoenoides...

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Healthy Estuaries – new funding available for farmers

 Project area expands to include City of Albany coastal reserves Finally we have funding available to assist farmers to look closely at which nutrients they need to apply and exactly how much is required.  The funding comes in the form of  subsidised soil testing, easy to read fertiliser mapping (done on...

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What’s Happening 

Saturday 5th September   1080 Baiting, Training & Accreditation Workshop book here Monday 14th September  Spring predator control and camera monitoring—West Cape Howe NP more info Monday 14th September  Spring predator control and camera monitoring—CoA coastal reserves more info October school holidays  Possum Printmaking and Fun Facts  ….more information coming soon  

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Muttonbird Beach polluted with microplastics

pictured above – nurdles (plastic beads used in the manufacturing of plastic products) collected TCG working with the Sea Shepherd Marine Debris Team did a beach clean up at Muttonbird Beach on Sunday 3rd June .  At a glance you would think Muttonbird Beach is clean but looks can be deceiving.  One...

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How clean are our beaches?

pictured above – collecting microplastics and nurdles (raw plastic beads used for making plastic products) On Sunday 3rd June TCG in conjunction with the Sea Shepherd Marine Debris Team did a beach clean up at Muttonbird Beach.  At a glance you would think Muttonbird Beach is clean but looks can...

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Wrap on the TCG – Biodiversity & Fire: Resilience & Recovery Workshop: Bornholm: Saturday, 26th May, 2018

Photo courtesy of SBS.com  – Albany WA Western Australian gardening personality, author and “The Forever Project” advocate – Chris Ferreira and Bushfire Safety Consultant – Rohan Carboon, in conjunction with the Torbay Catchment Group, held a Workshop on Saturday, 26th May at the Bornholm Hall that discussed the overall best...

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Next Sydney Wattle removal busy bee – Tues June 12th!

Location: 86 Rainbows End and possibly Lot 29 as well, Littlegrove. If you feel like some good old-fashioned Sydney golden wattle bashing and a good feed afterwards, come join us on Tues June 12th from 9.30am until 12.30pm. Green Skills staff will also be in attendance with chainsaws, we’d be...

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Making your Property Fire-Safe and Sustainable

TORBAY Catchment Group (TCG) will be running a 3 hour workshop on Saturday May 26 at Bornholm Hall, from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. Learn how to prepare your home and property in the face of the ongoing threat of fire. Gardening personality Chris Ferreira and bushfire consultant Rohan Carboon from “The Forever Project” will be down on the South...

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Film screening of Tomorrow – Torbay Hall

Come and join us for  the screening of Tomorrow  ALL WELCOME!!  Just come for the movie, or the join us before or after Entry $5  (to cover screening cost, hall hire, tea and coffee)  6:30pm  Film Screening 8:30pm   Discussion For more details please contact: mcld@westnet.com.au or 0438 418 949  OR  holistichealthcarenetwork@gmail.com WHY THIS FILM ? Our...

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