Tree planting for koalas
Everyone is welcome! There is no prior experience needed, wear sturdy shoes, gloves and a hat. It’s a great way to get involved in your community, meet new people, plant koala habitat, and make a difference. We hope to see you there! BBQ Lunch...2025 Armidale Regional Liveability Survey
Liveability means different things to different people – what does it mean to you? This year, for the first time, the Armidale region is participating in the 2025 Armidale Regional Liveability Survey, joining over 80,000 people across Australia who have shared their...Armidale Farmers Market
Armidale Farmers Market is on 2nd Sunday each month 8:30am–12:30pm at Curtis Park One of the great advantages of Curtis Park is that many people will be able to cycle and walk to the market. We’re always working on new ideas and activities in the pipeline and are...Clean Up Australia Day ’25
Join in between 10am and 12pm, bring your own food for morning tea and then a sausage sizzle will be provided at the end for lunch. Where: starting at Civic Park (across from the Armidale Ex Services Club) and moving along the creeklands. What you will need to wear:...Sustainable House Tour ’25
Are you looking for ideas to save energy at home, create beautiful spaces to live in, adapt or extend your present house or just to meet other locals and see how they’ve incorporated sustainable ideas into their house or renovation? Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA)...Biodiversity Offsets Conference
The Biodiversity Offsets Conference, organised by Wando Conservation & Cultural Centre, is a one-day conference, movie screening and 1/2-day field trip taking a deep-dive into the Leard Forest ecological catastrophe that will explore biodiversity offsets and what...Markets in the mall
SLA usually has an information stall in front of the City Post Office at Armidale Markets in the Mall. They are held on the last Sunday of each month from 8am–1pm with 50 plus different stalls making a regular appearance. Stalls include a huge range of street food,...Dumaresq Creek regeneration
Welcome to 2025 and advice for the start of our 2nd Sunday Working Bees. Our working bee will involve planting a new area within the Weedy Wasteland to Wildlife Wetland area, some infill planting and possibly weeding as well. Access will be from the south side via...NAWT win Australia Day Environmental Award
Ken Barnett was stunned recently when told that their group, now known as the North Armidale Walking Tracks Working Group, was to be presented with an Armidale Regional Council Environmental Citizen / Group of the Year Award at the Australia Day ceremony in Central...RiverCare Working Bee and End of Year Celebration Sunday 8th December
Time: 8.30am Date: Sunday 8th December 2024 Location: Park on the cleared area near the picnic table past the Wharf Bench on the southern side of the creek accessed off Kennedy Street. Turn left into the gap between the trees before you reach the house...Can a discussion change our discussion?
Thursday, 12 DecemberActivity Room, Kent House, 141 Faulkner Street5:00 – 7:00 pm The Armidale Death café, which has been meeting monthly at Boobooks, and the Uralla Death Café, which has been meeting monthly at Ross Barnett’s bookstore, are holding a joint end of...Not your typical Black Friday
As the holiday shopping frenzy ramps up, it can feel like we’re being bombarded with ads and promotions, pushing us to buy more and more. But here at The Story of Stuff Project, we believe in something different — that joy doesn’t come from Stuff. We...‘Breaches’ profiles illegal forestry operations since Black Summer
This book written by Mirriam Pepper and Jason John describes the breaches in NSW State forests, including Styx forest, wild Cattle Creek forest and many others. The fabulous photographs in the book were taken by activists, including Terry Cooke, Mark Graham and Joe...Surviving a climate crisis – lessons from the Bronze Age
UNE Archaeology’s Professor Lloyd Weeks is preparing to lead an international team to the desert in the Middle East this November, in an attempt to better understand how people survived the challenging climate conditions of the Bronze Age. The team will focus on a...Black Gully Festival ’25
The always highly anticipated Black Gully Festival is set to kick off on Saturday, November 9th, 2025, in the scenic Black Gully Reserve (behind NERAM on the south side of the creek). This free, family-friendly event celebrates the vibrant spirit of Armidale as the...NPA presents Hearty Soup + AGM + Citizen Science talk
Armidale Branch of the National Parks Association is a community group dedicated to protection and appreciation of nature. We invite all nature lovers to join us for a meal, meeting and/or talk Friday 20th September 2024 at Armidale Tree Group’s Woodland Center, 80...RSVP: NPA day trip to Oaky Creek TSR
Sunday 22nd September NPA day trip to Oaky Creek TSR (public reserve) to walk in the woodland, discover flowers and animals, record where they live. Free but travel costs to be shared. BYO lunch & family. Numbers limited, so book early. For more information and...The deforestation on farms that ‘people don’t even know’ is happening
There’s one industry that destroys more forests than any other — beef. Forests around the world are cleared to make way for cattle destined for your dinner plate. And Australia is no different. More than half the continent is used for grazing livestock. And most...Thanks to RAB bankers for putting SLA as your Community Partner
Regional Australia Bank (RAB) Community Partnership Program (CCP) presented Sustainable Living Armidale with $1,165.90. How it works? The Community Partnership Program is an option on the following RAB everyday transaction account: Community Partnership Account...Follow up: Online Launch for Renew Australia for All
Wow, what an amazing week it was last week. Thanks so much for attending our Online Launch for Renew Australia for All. It was so amazing to see so many of you on the call. If you couldn’t make it, there’s so many other ways to get involved. Next steps Across the...Winners of ACF’s Wild at Art comp
What a beautiful year for Wild At Art, made extra special by the thousands of submissions from talented kids and the adults in their lives who support their creativity and love for nature. Thank you for being supports to the next generation. Last Friday, we came...Renew Australia for All — Online Launch & Household Electrification
Hi SLA, Climate Action, Renewable Energy, Education, Advocacy and Community Health (REEACH) and the Electrify Armidale project with SLA have joined Renew Australia For All, a new movement backed by social services, unions, environment organisations, faith groups,...Hand-in-Hand Concert
Hand-in-Hand Concert Friday 13th 4:30–8pm Armidale Mall Stage Free concert in the Mall: The Altones, Rapper Skele Jay, Jillari Faulkner, Kath Waters, Khaleel Merza Jundi, the Pacific Islanders Women’s Choir, and more. Food stalls10 weeks until the People’s Blockade!
The 2024 People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port is rapidly approaching, and all around the country we’re busy spreading the word and preparing for this historic event. If you’re planning on coming, now is the time to register! Early registrations are...
This guide shows planting time periods that should allow you to get a crop in Armidale.
