eNews #24

• 8th November - Black Gully Festival
• 9th November - Armidale Urban Rivercare Planting Day
• 12th November - 2025 AGM & Member Muster
• 24th November - Making Every Drop Count - Banded Bee Farm
• 25th November - Making Every Drop Count - Armidale Tree Group
• 26th November - Making Every Drop Count - Uralla Library
• 27th November - Making Every Drop Count - Black Mountain Nursery
• 27th November - Making Every Drop Count - Guyra Neighbourhood Centre
• 28th November - Making Every Drop Count - Walcha Neighbourhood Centre
• 29th November - Making Every Drop Count - The Alternate Root
• 30th November - Making Every Drop Count - Uralla Rivecare Group Picnic
• 3rd December - Click with Confidence (Uralla)

We’re gearing up for another amazing Black Gully Festival on 8th November 2025 and need your help to make it happen!

We’re looking for friendly, reliable volunteers to join the team for:

•  Festival setup on Friday 7th,
• car park guides on Saturday and,
• pack up on Saturday and Sunday.

It’s a great way to meet people, support your community and be part of a fun local event focused on arts, music and environment and celebrates Armidale’s vibrant spirit.
Interested?

Get in touch via the Black Gully Festival now to land a hand in making this year’s festival a success!

The Uralla Rivercare Group together with Southern New England Landcare are excited to bring renowned horticulturist and sustainability expert Jerry Coleby-Williams from Gardening Australia to the New England region this November, sharing practical water-saving solutions for urban and peri-urban gardens.

“We’ve all experienced drought and the water quality challenges that follow,” said Sheenah Turnbull from the Uralla Rivercare Group.

“Most people want to make the most of every drop of rainwater they can capture, and Jerry is the expert on rainwater catchment systems and urban biodiversity,” she said.

Best known as a presenter on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia, Jerry will deliver his engaging talk, “Whole of Site Water Saving – Making Every Drop Count”, across a series of events in Walcha, Uralla, Armidale and Guyra.

Drawing on more than two decades of experience designing and managing sustainable gardens, Jerry will demonstrate how a Whole of Site Water Management Plan can help households and small landholders capture, recycle, and reuse water efficiently.

Southern New England Landcare (SNEL) now has a presence on the GiveNow platform, making contributions from donors easier than ever before.

SNEL CEO, Karen Zirkler said, "We've operated almost solely on grants in the past, but our board decided during it's 2025 strategic planning work, that it's time we started tapping into philanthropic giving as a means of funding some of the important work we do."

"Our first trial of the platform is for our 'Koala Kits for Kids' cause," said Ms Zirkler.

"This project is aiming to raise $5000 so our Koala Conservation Project Officer can develop educational resources and use then with children in the classroom and at special events," she said.

The Guyra Landcare Network delivered an outstanding Seasonal Update on the 23^rd of October, bringing together landholders and local industry representatives alike for an informative afternoon.

Perry Newman, Northern Tablelands Local Land Services (NT LLS) Biosecurity Officer, discussed feral animal management, stressing that an integrated approach is often best to manage feral animals.

“Often working with your neighbours to coordinate management events is more effective,” said Perry.

There are currently free-to-access management tools such as baits, training and traps through LLS.

Perry said, “You don’t need lots of baits, you just need to know where to put them, and this is something we teach in our training courses.”

The following nominations were received by the Secretary by the due date for consideration at the 2025 Annual General Meeting to be held at 6 pm  on Wednesday 12th November 2025 at the Uralla Community Centre.

Published in 2016, the publication provides a summary of past and present stream improvement projects undertaken by the Uralla Rivercare Group (URG) and outlines the new and ongoing works for the continued care and maintenance of URG sites along Uralla Creek. 

Full publication can be downloaded here.