A Trees on Farms Grant application has been submitted for the planing of trees and shrubs to create a wildlife corridor from Charleyong Creek to Tomboye road along the Fence of two properties.
The Applicants are Tony and Nick.
Tony has started promoting the opportunity for volunteers to participate. See one of these at the Tomboye Community Website here.
Thank you for the opportunity to represent Tomboye Landcare as President. In this post I will outline some thoughts that will guide my actions in this role. Please feel free to raise any ideas or concerns you have with me directly. See “Contact Us” for contact information.
Perform the normal role of President and
Tomboye landcare is now off and running. The minutes of the last meeting have been sent to all on our email list.
Special thanks to Felicity for her support and reference materials, Di for her sage advice and Jenny for the use of the Nerriga Hall which was wonderful.
And also thanks to all who attended and especially those who volunteered for a role. It is with some humility I (Tony) accept the role of President and appreciate the trust I have been given. Watch this space for a message from the President.
We have been hard at work and the following email addresses are now active;
Email addresses for committee members
Following the inspiring initial meeting in March the First Formal Tomboye Landcare meeting on the 21st of April was very successful.
We now have what we need to proceed to Incorporate and establish the group formally as an independent legally established organisation.
More information will be posted here soon, and the minutes distributed to all members.
The first public meeting of the new Tomboye Landcare is to take place on Easter Saturday. All who are interested in being involved with this new Landcare chapter are welcome, Current plans are to focus on the small areas of Tomboye and Charleyong, where the Nerriga Road crosses the Mongarlowe River, however the public are invited if they are keen to be involved.
The Details are at 4pm on Easter Saturday the 23rd of April at the Nerriga Hall, Just past the Hotel in the Nowra Direction.
Please check our website here, at www.tomboye.net/landcare/ in the week before, for any last minute alterations, in the unlikely case of a change we will endeavor to place a notice on the hall in advance.
Any questions, or if you are interested in a committee role please forward a nomination to 
or Call Tony on 0407 55 88 47
Some members of Tomboye Landcare will also work with the Friends of the Mongarlowe River (FMR) in their projects.
For more information on Landcare please see www.landcareonline.com.au
Welcome to our new dedicated Landcare Site.
Material that belongs to the Tomboye Community website will be progressivly removed.
The Tomboye Community website will have much that interests Landcare members and visitors some of which relates to the local environment.
Friends of the Mongarlowe River FMR has been successful in gaining the Funding through the recreational fishing trust to carry out a rehabilitation project on the eroded bank at ‘Riverlea’ on the Mongarlowe River! This is right near Tomboye and is supported by some members of the newly established Tomboye Landcare.
The Bank
Contact the FMR if you would like to be involved !
On February the 26th the first meeting of the Tomboye Landcare group took place. The details will be reported here shortly. It was a wonderful success with attendance and interest expressed as well as many ideas. There are few steps for the Interim committee Tony, Bill and Julia to undertake with the first formal meeting occurring at 4pm on the 19th of March.
Regards Tony
We will soon be posting a great list of birds Identified in the area, by Nick and with plans for other species in the near future.
Felicity as located the information we need for starting our group at Landcare Online and specifically the Start up kit (a PDF document). I have printed a copy and will go through the document in detail.
Tony
