by Annette Kilarr | 7 Nov 2023 | Black Gully, Event, SLAM
The 5m high Giant Koala and her baby that first attended the Armidale Autumn Festival will be appearing again at the Black Gully Festival this year. Come on down to the festival on November 11th from 10:00am to 8:00pm (at the creek lands at the back of NERAM), see...
by editor | 1 Nov 2023 | Black Gully, Event, SLAM
You can use your creative talents to help the Black Gully Festival. Come to the festival art workshop on Sunday 5th November at 2pm at Packsaddle Room, NERAM. Help us prepare signs and decorations to be used throughout the festival site. All materials supplied. Just...
by editor | 1 Nov 2023 | Black Gully, Event, SLAM
Friday 10th November – come to the festival site at the back of NERAM between 1 and 5pm to help set up the festival Saturday 11th – On festival day we need helpers from 7:30am to 10am to set up tents and marquees, or as parking attendants for a one hour...
by editor | 1 Nov 2023 | Event, Local Food, SLAM
Would you like to be a part of the Local Food Growers Tour? This event invites the public into the backyards of local food growers and will take place on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th February 2024. You would need to be available for two of four sessions over the...
by editor | 31 Oct 2023 | Event, SLAM
SLA Planning 2024 — This Thursday 2nd 5:30pm at Kent House Remember: Bring, share & nibble nibbles for possibly a 2 hour meeting Here are a few things that are on the timeline for 2024 Home Grown Garden Tour Autumn Parade Save Koala Day Black Gully Festival...
by editor | 26 Oct 2023 | Energy, Event, SLAM
New England Visions 2030 Institute Forum — The Windfarm Experience Wednesday 8th November Armidale Bowling Club 5.30 – 6.45 pm Europeans have learned to live with wind turbines for many years now. They are sited on hills, plains and offshore in the sea around...
by editor | 26 Oct 2023 | Habitat, SLAM, Water
About the course The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) conservation land management e-learning modules offer landholders an opportunity to educate and upskill at their own pace, online. The course has been developed by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust’s...
by editor | 19 Oct 2023 | Event, Habitat, NPA, SLAM
All welcome! BYO food and drink (and something to sit on), and enjoy the day with friends, family, and the local community. You’ll have the opportunity to engage with your local environmental groups and learn about what they do to protect nature. We’ll...
by editor | 19 Oct 2023 | ATG, Habitat, SLAM
Armidale Tree Group launched a crowd funding page at its 40th Anniversary dinner and are now promoting it. We raised good funds at the dinner with plenty of support, kick starting the goal of $25,000. ‘Bridging the Woodland’ crowd funding page will build a...
by editor | 18 Oct 2023 | Black Gully, SLAM
Black Gully Festival Saturday November 11th 2023 – is coming up fast… does your group have a stall, an activity, a song or other activity they want to bring? Hi I’m Annette — I am coordinating community and environmental stalls and any ideas, art, workshops or...
by editor | 18 Oct 2023 | AURG, Event, SLAM
We had a great day last Sunday planting 1360 grasses (Juncus, Carex and Lomandra). We also planted 1000 on 28 September but had to replant 328 of these that were pulled out on 4 October. Sarah Mica from UNE’s Aquatic Ecology and Restoration Lab showed us how to place...
by editor | 18 Oct 2023 | SLAM
At Regional Australia Bank, your financial well-being and the well-being of our communities go hand in hand. We are incredibly proud to share that through our Community Partnership Program, we have given back over $2.75 million in donations to the Regional Australia...
by editor | 12 Oct 2023 | Event, NPA, SLAM
We hope that you can come along on Thursday evening 12 October for Armidale NPA AGM, dinner and evening focus on Styx River State Forest. Where: Kent House 141 Faulkner St. Armidale When: 5:30 pm Armidale Branch AGM, 6:00 – 6:45 Soups and crusty bread, 6:45...
by editor | 12 Oct 2023 | Aboriginal, Event, SLAM
On Saturday 14 October we, the people of Australia, are invited to recognise the First Peoples of Australia through an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice enshrined in our constitution. What can each of us do, with only days to go? We can have conversations...
by editor | 12 Oct 2023 | Event, Garden, SLAM
Hi All, The 22nd of October will be a Working Bee at the Community Garden. Any time from 1pm onwards. Bring your favourite tool. It’s getting close to planting and hopefully we will get some more rain to soften the ground. Blackberry is well under control thanks...
by editor | 12 Oct 2023 | Event, SLAM
You are invited to Hillgrove Film and Supper nights, held every third Saturday of the month. Bring a plate to share and enjoy a film (or two) on the theme of living sustainably/regeneratively in a changing world. This month’s film is “Living the Change” (approx. 90...
by editor | 5 Oct 2023 | Aboriginal, Event, SLAM
Meet at the stage in the Armidale Mall at 4:30pm leaving at 5pm-5:30pm, 6th October to participate in the Street March and Concert with your logo or sign of your business, community group, union or just as your smiley self. We will of course have other promotional...
by editor | 5 Oct 2023 | Event, SLAM, Transport
The Ebike Expo 2 will again bring together both bicycle shops, Armidale Bicycle Centre, and Bicycle Central, people who own ebikes, and those who want to own ebikes. Both bike shops are offering demo bikes to try and special Expo prices for the day. The Ebike Expo 2...
by editor | 5 Oct 2023 | ATG, Event, Habitat, SLAM
Its our 40th birthday! The Armidale Tree Group is celebrating 40 years as a not-for-profit community group with a Celebratory Birthday Party at the Bowling Club on 7th October. Come and celebrate the many amazing years of the growing and planting of millions of native...
by editor | 5 Oct 2023 | ATG, Event, Habitat, SLAM
Self-guided tours of Armidale Tree Group plantings $10 per adult covers both days (u16 free) refreshments available 10am–3pm Saturday October 21 Selwyns Wood, 303 Castledoyle Road, Armidale (Jeremy Smith) 6,000 Trees Planted 2017 and 2020-21 10am–3pm Sunday October 22...
by Annette Kilarr | 5 Oct 2023 | SLAM
Call for donations…. As we countdown to the vote in less than 2 weeks time, the executive committee of Northern Tablelands for Yes, in partnership with ANTaR, is calling for donations to support the final expenses for the campaign. They have used almost all of...
by editor | 4 Oct 2023 | AURG, SLAM
Of a thousand plants put in last week at the Weedy Wastelands to Wildlife Wetlands (WW2WW) site, about 380 were pulled out. Some were thrown into water, we fished them out and will try to replant them. Those left on high ground dried out and died. This malicious...
by editor | 4 Oct 2023 | Climate, Habitat, SLAM
Are you a member of a local environmental group? Raise environmental concerns with your local land management stakeholders through this unique opportunity as a voice for nature! Vacancy — Nature Conservation Council representative on the New England BFMC We...
by editor | 4 Oct 2023 | Event, Habitat, SLAM
Have a taste for recording nature? Join the tutor and a group of like-minded people to observe, record and enquire into the nature found in Black Gully and in your own back yard. This is a one day a week, six-week course combining observational drawing in the field...
by editor | 27 Sep 2023 | Event, SLAM
All are welcome to attend the Annual General Meeting of Sustainable Living Armidale Inc. (SLA), which will be held at 6:30 pm on Thursday, 28 September 2023. Participants are invited to attend in person at Kent House, 141 Faulkner Street, Armidale or, in accordance...
