Case Studies
Connecting Community Through Nature Journaling
Supporting well-being while strengthening community connections and environmental awareness
Men’s Night Gains Momentum
2025 Men’s Night Out gathers great crowd to promote positive mental health in regions.
Funding Fills Skills Gap in Glen Innes
$19,310 worth of training brought to the Glen Innes region thanks to AgSkilled
Getting Your Hands on Weeds
Practical workshop on weed identification and control techniques.
Local Landcare Coordinator strengthens rural community conservation
A new Local Landcare Coordinator based in Berrigan Shire Council office has strengthened Landcare support locally through building relationships, attending meetings, and offering on-ground advice. Local Landcare presence means improved access and boosted capacity for community to plan restoration works, apply for grants and explore reintroduction of rare locally native plant species.
Advocacy in Motion: On the International Stage
An invitation to sit on a panel of pastoral women from across Australia at the International Rangeland Congress in Adelaide, was an opportunity I just couldn’t pass up. A chance to advocate the needs of my community and our Western region to industry experts, government and pastoralists from across the globe.
Todays Young People - Tomorrows Landcarers
Junior Landcare in Railwaytown Public School
Creating Content to Drive Engagement
Using new marketing and design platforms to drive engagement by sharing stories of success, project updates and upcoming events via Westerns ‘new look’ Newsletters; Western Landcare Life and What’s On
Burning and Learning
Napolean Reef Landcare has undertaken a series of ecological burns to improve their patch.
Meat Masterclass: A Place for Community to Connect
An opportunity to upskill, while connecting community to Western Landcare, other support services and most importantly, to each other.
Barber’s Pole Worm - Livestock Infestation.
Combating the return of Barber’s Pole in Western NSW
“Jet Setting” Dung Beetles!
Young District Landcare was able to generate funding for their Grazing Group through the payments for collecting and sending colonies of dung beetles to Western Australia in a collaboration which saw thousands of live beetles shipped to the other side of the country after being collected on local farms.
WildVenture Habitat Planting
WildVenture's introduction and first event on the Central Coast
Woody Weed Control
An educational workshop to enable and encourage landholders to deal with Privet on their properties
Co-design – An Unexpected Evolution for Western Landcare NSW
Introduction of a different way of thinking creates unexpected outcomes.
A balancing act, seeing the value in time spent in nature
It takes discipline and planning to achieve work life balance as a Local Landcare Coordinator and as a land caring volunteer. Achieving work life balance can be a tricky act unless you keep an eye on it. As a Local Landcare Coordinator there are always lots of outdoor activities, though these activities require planning and reporting. The big issue may be balancing the time you spend in each activity? Two ideas are Nature journalling and Bush breathing, based on the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, which literally translates to “forest bathing” and may be incorporated into most workplans.
What does a Knowledge Broker do? Good Question!
The Southern NSW Innovation Hub Western Knowledge Broker Project commenced in 2024. Western Landcare NSW (WLNSW) as host organisation, employed two Knowledge Brokers and contracted a Project support officer. Across the Southern Hub region there were varied examples of how the project could proceed. The Knowledge Brokers began by defining the Western Regions priorities. The initially appointed Knowledge Brokers moved on to more permanent roles, handing over to two new Knowledge Brokers. Project support also changed from the initial contractor to the WLNSW Regional Landcare Coordinator. The Knowledge Broker Project concluded in the Western Region at the end of April 2025.
Carp: Pest to Fertiliser - Bourke Community Garden
Utilizing a pest in the river to create an organic fertiliser