Held in August each year in Gunnedah, the field days attract tens of thousands of visitors over 3 days.  Each year, the North West Local Land Services generously allow us to have a stand within their shed, giving us a great base to meet and greet the public as they pass through the pavillion.

The stand was manned by a roster of volunteers and staff from across the North West region, who were able to speak with visitors about the great work that Landcare groups across the region have been undertaking, and hand out some great vegetable and native plant seedlings from two of our regional Landcare nurseries.

The stand also provides an opportunity to put faces to the names of Local Land Services staff from across the region, along with other stakeholders sharing the pavillion such as Biodiversity Conservation Trust and Rural Adversity Mental Health (RAMHP)

For the first time this year we introduced a visitor survey, to learn from visitors to the site what Landcare activities they would be interested in participating in.  The results were invaluable, showing the highest priority topics across the region however also revealing the variation in priorities between different parts of the region.  The majority of respondents had not previously engaged with Landcare, so it proved a great opportunity to canvass these people and find out what initiatives would attract them to become involved.  This data was also shared with North West Local Land Services for their consideration in project planning.