Events

Records to Readiness: Business Compliance & Record Keeping

Tuesday 20 October

9am to 12.30pm

Dookie - location to be confirmed

Hosted by Riverine Plains

Register here

Keeping up with business records can feel like another job in itself, particularly when an audit, certification review, workplace safety issue or compliance request brings everything into focus.

This practical workshop is designed for farmers and other small rural business owners who want simpler, more reliable systems for managing records, safety and compliance without creating unnecessary administration.

Aussie Bird Count

The Aussie Bird Count is back - register now!

19 to 25 October

Register at https://aussiebirdcount.org.au

Australians everywhere are invited to spend just 20 minutes counting the birds around them, whether that’s in your backyard, on your balcony, at school or in your local park. No experience needed, just a love for birds and a desire to connect with nature.

Last year, 64,000 people counted more than 5 million birds across Australia. This year, we want to make the Count even bigger, and we’d love you to join us!

All you need is 20 minutes, a little curiosity and the free Aussie Bird Count app, which guides you through the whole process.

Your sightings help contribute to important citizen science, while giving you a chance to slow down, connect with nature and discover the birds living right around you.

Look Listen Learn Expo

Wednesday 21 October

10am to 2pm

Ryan's Lagoon Nature Conservation Reserve, Bonegilla

Register before 14 October for a free feed at https://events.humanitix.com/look-listen-learn-expo

Duduroa Dhargal Aboriginal Corporation is rolling out the welcome mat for you to dive into our cultural connection to Country.

Join us for a day of festivities including:

• Deadly cultural dancing
• Spectacular weaving and stone tool-making demos
• A yarn and a guided walk around the site
• An eco-friendly info tent 
• The Turtle Trailer with living turtles
• A showcase of the revitalisation work
• Waterbug ID, badge-making, pizza-making and much more

Look at the sights around this special landscape and wetland.

Listen to the sounds in the environment, listen to your Elders, and listen to our expert guest speakers.

Learn what's in your natural environment.

This event is funded through the Victorian Government's Water is Life Learning by Doing Grant Program and supported by North East CMA, North East Water, La Trobe University, On Country Pathways, Forest Fire Management Victoria, TVN On-Country, Wodonga Council, Murray Darling Basin Authority and Wodonga TAFE.

Applying the River Styles Framework to Urban Streams Webinar

Thursday 22 October 2026

12.30pm to 1.30pm

To be delivered via Zoom webinar

Member registration $10

Non-members $25

Register at Webinar Registration

This seminar, presented in collaboration between Stormwater Victoria and the River Basin Management Society (RBMS), explores a practical pathway for applying the River Styles Framework to urban and highly modified streams by demonstrating how geomorphic principles can remain central to river management even where channels have been engineered, constrained or entirely reconstructed.

Drawing on examples from a range of urban settings, the presentation will show that the Framework provides a robust and flexible means of charactising river form and function, assessing condition, evaluating recovery potential, and identifying realisitic management priorities in urban riverscapes.

Shelterbelts for Livestock & Biodiversity

Session 1: Benefits of Shelter & Shade - Planning for Success

Thursday 22 October 2026 - 10am to 3pm (lunch provided)

Hosted by Benambra Dinner Plain Omeo Landcare Group

RSVP by Thursday 15 October to Caroline Mildenhall, Landcare facilitator

tambovalleyhighcountrylc@gmail.com

0418 961 600

The first of a four-part practical workshop series focusing on planning, restoring, establishing, and managing farm shelterbelts for biodiversity or livestock protection.

Participating landholders who wish to establish or repair a shelterbelt as part of this program, may also be supplied with tubestock and tree guards for their project.

Focus: Livestock and biodiversity benefits, protecting paddock trees, species selection, and shelter design.

Speakers: Keren Walker (AgVic) & Sally Day (North East CMA)

Field activity: Ute drive visiting local shelterbelts to compare styles and establishment methods.

This project is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Natural Heritage Trust under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program and delivered with support of North East CMA.