Live from the 2019 Local Landcare Coordinator State Gathering

Highlights, insights and keeping our network updated throughout the conference at the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence, Redfern.

18 March 2019 1:30pm
Welcome to our live posting of the 2019 Conference!

And we’re live! We’ll be posting from the Local Landcare Coordinators state gathering at The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. Expect governance, LLCI expansion and Landcare/Bushcare/’caring’ announcements and updates, and exciting news for supporting our volunteers, members and NRM community.

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18 March 2019 3:00pm

The incredible Bruce Pascoe discussing Indigenous cultivation of native grasses, caring for the land and future directions of Landcare and Indigenous collaboration.

On addressing the awareness (or lack of) Indigenous agricultural practices: “We’re starting to look at the old history of this place, 120,000 years [of Indigenous archaeology in] Australia and how there is so much coming out now. We’ll be teaching our kids about this in 10 years time.”

On Landcare helping to heal the landscape: “Realise as a nation, bashing the hell out of the soil… taking every tree out of the gully and having enormous erosion [on the creeks]. Landcare came in… and people were going into the Creeks of Apollo Bay and …. Planting trees on the riverbank. Simple stuff like that. Not rocket science.

Full write-up with Bruce, including Q&A coming tonight.
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18 March 2019 5pm

A smoking ceremony at the fire pit at The National Centre for Indigenous Excellence. More than 80 attendees joined for a Welcoming ceremony and a roll call of visitors from across the state, experiencing traditional songs over 5,000 years old an an intimate ceremony with Indigenous didgeridoo and violinist.

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19 March 2019 9:40am

Day Two of the Landcare Coordinator State Gathering at The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. Dr. Adrian Zammit giving a seminar on the structure and future of Landcare NSW.

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19 March 2019 1:00pm

A lunch of trade displays, including our friends over at Habitat Network! Making connections with OzFish, Orange DPI and Pest Management, and Ceneta (Community Underwriting; insurers of Landcare NSW and GSLN).

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19 March 2019 2pm

Revisiting Day 2, and the breakout Art of Hosting conversations sessions. Exploring youth engagement ideas and challenges as part of our coordinator Clare’s volunteer youth role at Landcare NSW.

Clare is keen to hear what youth engagement looks like in your area. Email here here ➡️clare.vernon@greatersydneylandcare.org.

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20 March 2019 10am

Exploring what the next Local Landcare Coordinator program will look like. An informative and exciting session planning the next four years (and how GSLN will support you!)

Note that the coordinator funding depends on the commitments of (a). who wins the election on Saturday and (b). the funding commitment.

NSW Labor has committed the full amount – $32.5m, whereas NSW Liberal Party has committed $22.6m.

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20 March 2019 5pm

Thanks for following our live updating of the #LLCI_StateGathering_2019. Kudos to Landcare NSW and Local Land Services NSW for hosting a fantastic event at the The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. We’re excited for the future Landcare coordinator program, and the potential for Landcaring in both #GreaterSydney and across NSW!

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The Creating Canopies team added 1,600 native plants to Camden Park on the outskirts of Southwest Sydney in November 2021. Just a year later, there is now a thick understory of local flora.

Different vegetation types attract different species. The open parklands with tall trees and no understorey suits predator birds and more aggressive species. Understorey vegetation is really important for lots of smaller bird species who need to hide from predators or build nests in the bushy shrubs.

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Do you have a fabulous Landcare or Bushcare story you wish to share with the wider community? They could be stories that celebrate achievements, stories that invite more Landcarers into our groups, a call to action, anything that you feel compelled to share more widely. If so, please contact Local Landcare Coordinator, Chris McMillan: chris.mcmillan@greatersydneylandcare.org

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Back in October and December in 2020 the Creating Canopies team planted 1,300 native trees at Fairfield Hospital, turning the bare grass into a small forest. Now two years on, just look at how they are thriving. Some of the trees are well over 2 meters high! Visitors to the hospital can now enjoy a greener, more relaxing visit while the native wildlife have gained more habitat to explore.

Stay tuned for some new planting opportunities you can get involved in!

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Season's Greetings from Greater Sydney Landcare! 🌲

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Chauvel Park, on the banks of the Georges River in Sydney’s South West, got a big boost in December 2021 when we converted large areas of grass into native habitat. We managed to plant 950 plants as part of the Creating Canopies project.

One year on and just look at the difference! Flowering native bushes and tall trees are now well on their way to cooling down the area and offering habitat to the local wildlife.

Landcare NSW has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare to plant 100,000 trees as part of the Greening our City NSW Premier’s Priority to increase tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. Supported by Department of Planning and Environment
#creatingcanopiesingreatersydney #premierspriority #creatingcanopies #greeningourcity #landcarensw

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In November the company ADAPT joined us to plant some of the last remaining plants for the Creating Canopies project.

We planted 500 native mid and under-story species for Archer Park, in Parramatta. These plants will provide some lovely habitat and food for the birds and pollinators of the area. It was a big turnout with 30 participants from ADAPT lending their time and energy to help us with the plantings. We were rewarded with one of the first really warm and sunny days coming into Summer, and plenty of sandwiches and biscuits to keep up our energy.

@landcare_nsw has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare to plant 100,000 trees as part of the Greening our City NSW Premier’s Priority to increase tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. Supported by @nswenviromedia
#creatingcanopiesingreatersydney #premierspriority #creatingcanopies #greeningourcity #landcarensw

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On Tuesday 6 December we held the last Creating Canopies planting day for the year at Kyeemagh Community Hub. With the help of @baysidensw , @fixitsistersshed and local community members, we planted over 600 coastal heath and Critically Endangered Eastern Suburb's Banksia Scrub species. Most of these plants were grown locally by IndigiGrow .

The Fix It Sisters - a group that empowers women of all ages with practical and creative skills - provided a great morning tea and tour of their facility where they are busy making native bee boxes, fairy penguin habitat and floating habitat rafts!

These planting days are really embraced by the volunteer community and Bayside Council used the opportunity to announce a new bushcare group which the Fix It Sister's will host and many of the volunteers signed up for.

The Kyeemagh site is at the mouth of the Cooks River and continues the long term commitment of Mud Crabs and the Cooks River Alliance's to clean up the river.

@landcare_nsw has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare to plant 100,000 trees as part of the Greening our City NSW Premier’s Priority to increase tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. Supported by @nswenviromedia
#creatingcanopiesingreatersydney #premierspriority #creatingcanopies #greeningourcity #landcarensw

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It’s always inspiring to compare photos of our Creating Canopies sites before we planted, with ones several months down the line.

Check out these before and after photos at Mt Druitt Hospital that were taken one year apart. The recent photos show flowering callistemons and shrubs such as one of our favourites, Ozothamnus diosmifolius and look at the change from bare grass to bushy understorey! Can’t wait to see what another one year's worth of growth will look like!

@Landcare_NSW has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare to plant 100,000 trees as part of the Greening our City NSW Premier’s Priority to increase tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. Supported by Department of Planning and Environment

#creatingcanopiesingreatersydney #premierspriority #creatingcanopies #greeningourcity #landcarensw

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