NAB Community Grants 2026
NAB Community Grants The NAB Foundation Community Grants program will run across two rounds in 2026. Round 1: opens from 16 February to 16 March, with funding awarded in June 2026. Round 2: opens from 17 August to 14 September, with funding awarded in December 2026....
Awesome Foundation Grants 2026
The Awesome Foundation Grants Program These grants are for projects benefitting the Lake Macquarie and Lower Hunter communities. Each month, Awesome Lake Mac and the Lower Hunter provide $1,000 in grants to people with great ideas that can make these areas even more...
Creating the rainforests of the future
Creating the rainforests of the future, students from St Patrick’s Primary School Lochinvar have been helping repair and restore Country in the Maitland region. They have also written a book about it to guide and inspire other children and adults to do the same. ...
Landcare Agony Aunt – Bush Regen like a pro
Landcare Agony Aunt: some seasonal advice for your Landcaring questionsDear Agony Aunt, I’m leading our working bees, but not trained in ecology or anything like that. Where do I find out the best ways to do bush regen? Yours, Curious in ClaroDear Reader, Firstly,...
Plant of the Month: Not the Landcare Weed!
Plant of the Month - Not the Landcare Weed! Way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I was at TAFE doing Certificate 2 in Bush Regeneration* the instructor, a well known environmental consultant in the region, would refer to Lomandra longifolia as “the Landcare...
Good Neighbours for the RAMSAR Wetlands
We all need good neighbours and the Hunter Wetlands are no exception. This amazing habitat supports a vast number of plants, animals and migratory shorebirds, as well as being a nursery ground for fish and their food. The wetlands provide a buffer against sea level...
Wine Country Landcare growing strong
Founded in late 2021, Hunter Valley Wine Country Landcare (HVWCL) is a small, community-driven group dedicated to protecting and enhancing native biodiversity across the Lower Hunter Valley Wine Country region. Operating within Singleton and Cessnock LGAs, our core...
Landcare Agony Aunt – Wetland Warrior
Landcare Agony Aunt: some seasonal advice for your Landcaring questionsDear Agony Aunt, Our Landcare group has a beautiful wetland on our work site. Last year we noticed a pretty, yellow flowering plant along its margins and along the banks. It looked like a native...
Love Water Grants 2026
Hunter Water offers one-off payments of up to $10,000 to support community projects in the areas of water conservation, sustainability, wastewater and water education in the Lower Hunter. Applications open annually on 14th February and close on 14th March. Check this...
Indigenous Protected Areas Grants
Australian Bushland Program – New Indigenous Protected Areas Grants Closes 11th March 2026 The Australian Government is inviting applications via a targeted process to apply to deliver services under Program 2.1 Conserve, protect and sustainably manage Australia's...
Plant of the Month: Time to Give a Fig
Plant of the Month - Time to Give a Fig But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid; Micah 4:4 I’m generally more for "random musical references" kinda bloke but every now and then I’ll drag out something from...
Turtle Tracking
Did you know the Hunter River Turtle is only found in our very own Hunter River system? You might have guessed from its name. 77 eggs were laid this summer in the Aussie Ark breeding program, which aims to prevent extinction of this unique animal. This rare and...