eNews #26

• 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)
• 22nd December to 5th January - Office Christmas Closure

In recognition of World Soil Day, I’d like to recommend the best soils textbook I have ever read.

‘Soil – The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy’ by Matthew Evens (2021) is proving to be a most engaging read.

My sister has followed Matthew Evans for years as he moved from writing food critiques to farming.

She was excited to visit his on-farm restaurant for her birthday and was not disappointed.

She gave my dad a copy of ‘Soils’, which he loved, constantly disturbing mum’s reading to share amazing facts with her.

Armidale Urban Rivercare Group, a sub-group of Southern New England Landcare Ltd, hosted a Creeklands Bus Tour on Wednesday 26th November 2025 to showcase more than two decades of ecological restoration along Dumaresq Creek in the Armidale urban area.

Councillors from Armidale Regional Council joined local Landcare leaders to visit key restoration sites, hear project stories on the ground, and discuss future opportunities to enhance the city’s green corridors.

Preserving rural history in Australia.

ACFSA extends an invitation to all Australian families farming their land for 100 years or more, to apply for a Century Farm or Station award, or the Sesquicentennial award (150 years).

Gordon Williams volunteered this article for SNEL just prior to the height of the 2019 drought regarding his experience over the years around managing ‘Eastlake’ proactively to navigate drought conditions.

NSW Farmers invites members and the wider community to a series of free Telecommunications Information Roadshows.

These Information Sessions will take place at Uralla on Tuesday 9 December – Uralla Courthouse – 11am - 1pm.

Basic catering will be available. RSVPS are requested.

Telecommunications have been raised as a major issue to me as your Regional Services Manager at several Branch meetings and events.

As a result NSW Farmers is inviting The Regional Tech Hub, Telstra, NBN and the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman to visit various locations throughout the Regions to share information and share possible solutions to telecommunications issues.

I strongly ask you to consider attending an information session near you.

I don't promise you will get all the answers you are looking for but this is a rare opportunity to have all these groups in the same room and in the our Regions.

Please invite friends, neighbours and family.

RSVPS are essential.

Guest speakers:

• Ian George & Michael Marom – Telstra
• David Crough – NBN
• Ellen Day – Regional Tech Hub
• Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
• Jamie Coleman – Cmobile
• Local Council Representative
• Mick Collins – Regional Services Manager – NSW Farmers

For further information please contact:

Mick Collins – Regional Services Manager 0439 958 163.

Register here.