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News and stories from across the South West Goulburn Landcare Network. Follow our member groups as they plant, restore and connect across the Mitchell Shire, one paddock and one working bee at a time.
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Glenaroua planting weekend, the full story
More than 120 volunteers, 3,500 trees along Kurkuruc Creek, and two days of rain. The feature written for the local papers in July 2026, in full.
Rain, mud and 3500 trees: Glenaroua turns out for Kurkuruc Creek
The article is free to read here. The Seymour Telegraph keeps its copy behind a paywall; if you already subscribe to the paper, the link will open for you.
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3,500 trees go in at the Glenaroua planting weekend
The annual Glenaroua community planting filled a cold June weekend with more than 120 volunteers, locals alongside visitors who make the trip every year. By the time the barbecue was packed away, run by Glenaroua members with the Southern Mitchell Rotarians, 3,500 native trees and shrubs were in the ground along Kurkuruc Creek at Glenaroua Station. The full story is in the feature article on this page.
- The trees come from someone's backyard
- Fox control starts at the den
- One warren eats what a sheep eats
- Serrated tussock: act before it seeds
- Farmers' petition reaches the Council chamber
- What Glenaroua and Dabyminga can offer your property
- Tell us what we should be doing next year
Community turns out for a planting weekend at Broadford
Run through the FarmBlitz program, the July weekend brought together families, first-timers and seasoned planters. Three hundred and sixty tubestock went into prepared ground and 800 metres of new fencing now keeps stock off the waterway. The plantings add shelter and habitat as they grow.
Building skills through the Scaling Success project
Led by the Up2Us Landcare Alliance, Scaling Success spans several Landcare networks and matches student groups to practical projects during university breaks. In the South West Goulburn patch the early site options include the Climate Smart wetland demonstration at Lyndale Park and a planting day at the FarmBlitz site at Broadford. Delivery dates will be announced once they are locked in.
Working together
Working with Assumption College Kilmore, whose students join community plantings like the Kilmore Creek day in August 2026.
Partnering with the Up2Us Landcare Alliance on Scaling Success, which brings university student groups onto local properties.
The Glenaroua planting weekend runs each June with the support of the Southern Mitchell Rotarians and the Pajero 4WD Club.
Newsletter archive
Every edition. The 2026 editions open as web pages; the earlier ones, compiled by Vanessa Wright, our previous facilitator, are PDFs.
August 2026
The trees come from someone's backyard · Fox control starts at the den · One warren eats what a sheep eats · Serrated tussock: act before it seeds · Farmers' petition reaches the Council chamber · What Glenaroua and Dabyminga can offer your property · Tell us what we should be doing next year
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