Tomboye Landcare meeting planned for mid April 2016

We are planing a Tomboye Landcare meeting for mid April. So if you are not yet on the email list yet leave a comment here with your email address and we will let you know.

Alternatively contact Tony

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Soils For Life Case Study 7: Jillamatong NSW

From struggling farmer to award winner, Martin Royds, along with his partner Trish Solomon, have re-defined their own  meaningof success on the land

Read the PDF article here

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Tomboye Landcare site now Connected to Tomboye NSW in Facebook

Today we have connected the news posts of this blog to the Tomboye NSW community in facebook.

This means by being a member of this Facebook community you can get all Landcare News posts from out website.

Vist our Tomboye Landcare site at www.tomboye.net/landcare

Visit Tomboye NSW Facebook at www.facebook.com/tomboyeNSW

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Tomboye Landcare Planting 15th of December 2013

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I wonder if these extend to the Southern table lands or what novelties we have

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Solar in our neighborhood

20MW solar PV plant after winning ACT auction : Renew Economy
reneweconomy.com.au
FRV is to build a 20MW solar PV plant near Canberra after winning the ACT government’s solar auction with a bid of $186/MWh.
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Scientists discover early source of El Nino › News in Science (ABC Science)

Scientists discover early source of El Nino › News in Science (ABC Science)
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/06/25/3531367.htm

Weather insight Tell-tale signs that an El Niño climate event is looming are detectable up to 18 months beforehand, scientists have found, nine months earlier than current models can predict. Early warning of these events, which usually bring dry, hot conditions to much of Australia, would be welcome news for the country’s farmers, fire fighters and weather forecasters more

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Landcare Podcast and Transcript


Is the carbon Landcare’s missing link? – Ockham’s Razor – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcastin…
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/is-the-carbon-lan…

Robyn Williams: Today, once more we shall celebrate the 25th anniversary of Landcare. Carrie Tiffany mentioned it last week: a movement that recognised that those actually living on the land, the farmers and their families, can know as much as any expert about how to look after it.

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Finale for La Nina

Finale for La Nina
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201203/s3465522.htm

Finale for La Nina The weather bureau has officially called the end to the La Nina weather pattern. The Bureau of Meteorology says all the signs which point to La Nina, like cloud levels, trade winds and the Southern Oscillation Index, have returned to neutral levels.

More details see BOM

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Did you know it is the Year of the farmer ?

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