Dumaresq Creek Working Bee

by | 10 Jan 2018 | AURG, Event

Our next working bee will be a short morning one on Sunday 14 January to continue with our preparation for planting in February. Details for working bee are as follows: Time:                     8.30am Date:                     Sunday 14th January, 2018 Location:...

Climate Council — Cities Power Partnership

by | 10 Jan 2018 | Energy

Here in Australia and all over the world, it’s local governments and communities that are leading the switch to clean energy. Our communities are full of local heroes who are busy getting on with the job. Town by town, city by city, these Australians are tackling...

3 hour river care working bee

by | 6 Dec 2017 | AURG, Event, Garden

We have decided to hold the Working Bee next Sunday as advised – start 8.30am, Morning Tea 10.00am and finish by 11.30. As many have advised they can’t make it on Sunday, we will discuss over morning tea when we might have a get together/planning meeting...

Armidale briefing: Land Clearing Legal Case

by | 30 Nov 2017 | Event

On Monday you’re invited to join a special briefing at 6pm and the Armidale City Bowls Club to hear about the legal case we’ve just launched against the Government to court to scrap its destructive land-clearing laws, and what the laws mean for nature. From...

Coal and gas update from the Narrabri front line

by | 30 Nov 2017 | AACSGaM

The NorthWest Gas Pipeline – a Trojan Horse for Coal Seam Gas in NSW While the eyes of the nation have been on the scandalous Adani Carmichael coal  mine in Queensland, here in NSW there is an immediate and serious threat of new coal and gas projects and mine...

Steps to make planter boxes and plant them out

by | 30 Nov 2017 | Garden, Local Food

Here are some photos on the steps to make the planter boxes/compost bins and tools/techniques to plant them out. The box dimensions are 1200 by 1200 by 900mm high, as large as any forklift pallet timber pieces are. I am 52 years old, always enjoyed growing vegies...