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Walk your ‘iso’ blues away: Red Light Hill
Posted: 02 April 2020
Next in our discovery series for great local exercise walks is Red Light Hill to the north of Albury.
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A helping hand for Bears Hill restoration
Posted: 02 April 2020
A big thank you to our neighbour on Bears Hill for enabling vehicle access on this very steep terrain. This has enabled us to deliver our fencing materials and equipment right to where they are needed to replace boundary fences destroyed by the January 2020 bushfire.
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Walk your ‘iso’ blues away – Eastern Hill bush circuit
Posted: 02 April 2020
Over the coming weeks we’ll bring you some of our favourite walks in Albury Wodonga that can tick all the boxes for safe COVID-19 exercise; uncrowded bush walks with beautiful fresh air, great views and a walk that will give you approximately 4km/45mins of gentle exercise.
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Home DIY: Deconstructing your old mattress
Posted: 02 April 2020
If you have old mattresses at home, consider pulling these apart yourself for re-use and recycling. It will save you money and save the environment too as you prevent mattresses from ending up in landfill.
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DIY Park Activities: Beating Bindii
Posted: 02 April 2020
Anyone who uses the local trails will know that ‘Bindies’, especially those we call ‘Three cornered jacks’ are a curse, and they are spreading! It produces particularly nasty burrs, which can pierce feet, thongs, even bike tyres! Please, if you see it, pull it out before it seeds!
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DIY Park activities: Mistletoe Appreciation
Posted: 26 March 2020
Mistletoes aren’t just beautiful, they provide vital ecological services that land managers have only recently begun to appreciate.
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DIY Park activities: Identifying Frogs
Posted: 26 March 2020
If you're out in a park with flowing or standing water around dusk you will most likely hear at least one type of frog announcing it's presence. But what type of frog is it?
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Teamwork cracks House Creek willows
Posted: 26 March 2020
The Friday sessions of our Park Stewardship program before 'lockdown' succeeded in making a great dent in the wall of Black willows choking House Creek.
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DIY Park activities: Take a Night Walk
Posted: 19 March 2020
We are disappointed that COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of our planned ranger led Spotlighting Night Walks during the school holidays. But that doesn't mean you can't do it yourself! Here's how to go about it...
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Event cancellations in response to COVID-19
Posted: 19 March 2020
Cancelled: Tastes of the Garden,Community Nestbox Monitoring, Spotlighting Night Walks, Park Stewardship mornings,Volunteer Ranger program.
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Behind the Upstream scenes
Posted: 12 March 2020
Parklands rangers had some interesting insights helping out with the set up for last weekend's spectacular light show at Noreuil Park.
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Parklands coronavirus measures
Posted: 12 March 2020
With the declaration of coronavirus as a pandemic today, preventative measures have come to the forefront. Parklands rangers feel very fortunate to spend the majority of our time outside in the fresh air, removed to a large degree from potential
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