Events

Upcoming events

across our groups and network

Indigo Creek Landcare Group Planting Day

Indigo Creek Landcare Group invites you to roll up your sleeves and help plant the future—literally. Gathering to establish understory and midstory vegetation using native grasses and shrubs, all to support biodiversity and create safe, vibrant habitat for our local wildlife.

What to Expect

A light morning tea to kick things off
A few feel-good hours alongside fellow nature-lovers
Plenty of planting, chatting, and shared purpose

Whether you're a seasoned Landcare champion or just dipping a toe into community conservation, your hands will help shape healthier landscapes—and you’ll leave knowing you've made a real impact.

So grab your gloves and join us in the great outdoors. Let's grow something wonderful—together.

Refer to flyer for details.

Burgoigee Creek Landcare

AGM & Family Movie Night

Note date is Friday 22nd August 2025

Join us for an evening that celebrates community, conservation, and creativity!
We’ll begin with

the Burgoigee Creek Landcare Annual General Meeting at 6:00 PM, featuring:

Project updates
Election of Office Bearers
Premiere of our new short video showcasing habitat box success

Children's activities will be supervised in the supper room during the meeting, making it a relaxed event for families.

Dinner follows, provided by REMEL 185 with a delicious finger food menu designed to please all ages.

$20 per adult
$10 per school-aged child
$60 per family
Landcare Members eat free – fully subsidised meals for current members.
New memberships ($25 per family) available on the night – cash only please.

"Oddball" Movie Screening – FREE!
At approx. 7:00 PM, we’ll screen Oddball – a heart warming family film about saving endangered penguins with help from a clever dog. Filmed right here in Victoria!

Thanks to Rural City of Wangaratta for supporting this event.

We look forward to welcoming you as guests of Burgoigee Creek Landcare and RCOW for a fun, family-friendly evening.

Bookings are essential
Email Kathy at:
onecommunity20@gmail.com or dobsonandhammond@bigpond.com
Text: 0419 591 72

Calendar

across our groups and network

Past events

across our groups and network

Cultural Burn Event: Springhurst & Byawatha Hills Landcare Group.

Location: Nioka, 233 West Triangle Rd, Springhurst.

Friday the 4th of July, from: 11.30pm to 2.00 pm with a light lunch provided.

Want to learn more about cultural burning? The Mid Ovens Landcare Consortium and the Springhurst & Byawatha Hills Landcare Group are collaborating with local traditional owners to undertake a cultural and regenerative burn on a local property. We will be using traditional burning as a management tool. We will also give a background to cultural burning, then apply fire to an area of native woodland.

The use of fire is one of the important tools for Traditional Owners that helps care for country. We will also talk about how we can use fire to improve forest regeneration and manage fuel loads. The event is open to all, so it would be great to see you there on the day.

As this is an outdoor event, please wear suitable outdoor clothing, footwear and sun protection.

Please RSVP with Jim Blackney by 12 noon Thursday the 3rd for catering purposes.

For more information contact Jim Blackney 0459 622 260 or facilitatormolc@gmail.com

Rescheduled Cultural Burn Event, Saturday the 14th of June 2025

We invite you to attend our Cultural Burn event in the Indigo Valley. Duduroa elders will be carrying out a cultural burn on Saturday the 14th of June, 2025 at a private property on Watchbox Road, Indigo Valley. Further details will be announced to registered participants over the next day or so, including time, address etc.

If you are registered for the event on 14th June, your RSVP has been rolled over to next Saturday, Please let ICLG know if you cannot attend.

The use of fire is one of the important tools for Traditional Owners that helps them care for Country. We will be exploring traditional burning as a cultural practice and regenerative management tool. The Elders will give a background to cultural burning, then do a burn in an area of native grassland. We will also talk about how we can use fire to improve forest regeneration and manage fuel loads.

We have worked with Elders from the Murray family previously and they are very generous in sharing their culture and knowledge. It is always fascinating to hear their perspective.

Note: Burn will be weather dependent.

North East Catchment Management Flyer Burgoigee May 2025.pdf

Burgoigee Creek Landcare - Field day

Join us at Murmungee Hall on Wednesday, June 4th at 4:00 PM for an insightful session on soil health in the Murmungee and Bowmans Forest area—specifically tailored for cattle and sheep farming systems.

Led by Dr. Cassandra Schefe, a renowned soil scientist, this hands-on event will explore strategies to enhance soil fertility, improve water retention, and maximize productivity. We’ll visit a local farm to examine two soil pits, providing practical insights into tackling soil constraints.

Refer flyer for full details

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Cultural Burn, Stanley 9th of May 2025

Stanley Landcare Group and the Duduroa Dhargul Aboriginal Corporation ran a cultural burn at Stanley on the 9th. This was a great opportunity to meet and talk with some of our local indigenous community.

Springhurst & Byawatha Hills Landcare Group talk - Native turtles

On Sunday the 6th of April Springhurst & Byawatha Hills Landcare Group hosted a talk by Turtles Australia’s Graham Stockfeld. Graham gave detail on the 3 species of native turtle endemic to our area, their physiology and ecology including the threats impacting on them. Highly recommended, the children attending really enjoyed meeting the turtles “in person”

Installing artificial hollows demonstration

Indigo Valley 23rd April 2025

On the 23rd of April MOLC organised an event for the North East Landcare Facilitators forum with NECMA in the Indigo Valley. The arborist company “Arboressence” demonstrated installing artificial hollows using a “Hollow Hog” machine and chainsaw hollows. These are added tools for creating hollow habitat for wildlife. Arboressence also demonstrated removal of mistletoe from a heavily infested River Red Gum.

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