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Monaro Landscape Connectivity project – Captains Flat workshop
Are you a land manager in the Bungendore-Carwoola-Hoskinstown-Captains Flat region? Do you have native vegetation on your property? Would you like support and funding to help manage this native vegetation? If the answer is YES, then this opportunity is for you! The Monaro Landscape Connectivity project team wants to work with land managers to improve [...]
Monaro Landscape Connectivity project – Information available at Michelago Mayfair
The Monaro Landscape Connectivity (MLC) Project team is looking forward to meeting local land managers attending the Michelago Mayfair on Sunday 6th May 2012, at Michelago Oval. Land managers can hear about the range of support, advice and incentive funding available through this project by the three partners: Kosciuszko to Coast, Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc and [...]
Tell us what matters these school holidays
The school holidays are a chance to take a break, refresh, and spend some time with family and friends. They are also a good time to sit back and think about what really matters in life – and to share your ideas with the Whitlam Institute. The 2012 What Matters? Competition, proudly sponsored by Officeworks, [...]
Chemicals and Pests: Two Reasons to Switch from Natural Grass
After a busy day, there are few things more relaxing than relaxing in your own yard. Both real and synthetic grass allows you to do that, except, of course, you first have to mow the lawn, tend to the grass and spray it with chemical insecticides if an infestation has just taken hold. Grass is [...]
Canberra’s leading credit union leads fundraising efforts in flood-stricken Wagga region
Canberra’s leading financial institution Community CPS Australia and its subsidiary, Wagga Mutual Credit Union, have launched the Wagga Wagga Mayor’s Flood Appeal via its charitable foundation to raise much-needed funds for residents of the Wagga region, devastated by the recent floods. The Community CPS Australia Foundation has kick-started the appeal with a donation of $50,000, [...]
Rennie Aggio – Moving Mountains @ FORM
I visited a Queanbeyan Gallery the other day, on Aurora Ave, and was amazed at the exquisite colours and form that graced the walls. The curator was warm and friendly, offering me a cup of coffee while I viewed. I quickly learned that this was Rennie’s 1st solo exhibition, and I couldn’t help but wonder [...]
Sing while you’re pinning
Graphic designers who are looking to showcase their work in search of fame and fortune should look to social media that focus on sharing images. Facebook and Twitter have their uses, but art tends to get lost in the blur of amusing anecdotes, lunch updates and photos of your mom’s new dog. When you utilize [...]
Jodie Lee Foundation raises $151,270 for bowel cancer awareness
Setting out on the 10th of March, from Canberra to Melbourne, 21 cyclists covered 926.6km over six days with a total of 37 hours in the bike saddle, climbing 13,257 meters – 1.5 times the height of Mount Everest. So far Ride for the Little Black Dress has raised $151,270 toward increasing awareness of bowel [...]
Get Wine Savvy in Just 2 Hours
Do you choose your wines by the picture on the label or do you have nervous sweats when someone gives you the wine list in a restaurant? Become Wine Savvy in just 2 hours with The Wine Societies newest comprehensive wine appreciation course! Start your educational journey with the basics such as how to match [...]
these police men are a joke
Over the past few weeks IV been pulled over by the police for riding on the footpath in queanbeyan as there are no bike paths IV managed to avoid getting the fines obviously because the police can see that I had no choice but to use the path but that still say that if thay [...]
Taiwanese community participate in “Clean up Australia Day”
The 4th of March was the official Clean up Australia Day. Due to bad weather condition in ACT, the Taiwanese Association of Canberra Australia (TACA) had decided to postpone to a later date for safety reasons. TACA has now rescheduled the Clean up Australia Day to 25th March, Sunday. TACA is one of the earliest [...]
Overseas Volunteering Information Session
If you have ever thought you have something to offer people seeking a peaceful, just and sustainable future for themselves and their families, PALMS AUSTRALIA INFORMATION SESSIONS are a first opportunity for you to ask questions, hear about volunteering and speak to returned volunteers. You may be very surprised at just how life-changing volunteering can [...]
Coeliac Awareness Week
“I was effectively eating poison and I didn’t know it” 1 in every 100 Australians will have their lives turned upside down by Coeliac Disease and alarmingly approximately 75% of cases remain undiagnosed. Coeliac Disease brings a wide range of symptoms, the worst of which are totally debilitating and destroys a person’s quality of life [...]
Warren Miller's … Like There's No Tomorrow
This autumn, Warren Miller Entertainment brings you its 62nd winter sports film, Warren Miller’s …Like There’s No Tomorrow. Hosted by skiing icon Jonny Moseley and shot on location in India, New Zealand, Chile, Alaska, Norway, British Columbia and beyond …Like There’s No Tomorrow is your annual reminder that winter is on its way and, with [...]
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