​Yarram Yarram Landcare Network

WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
AND THE ENVIRONMENT?
You don't have to be young, fit, own land or be knowledgeable about flora and fauna to join in. 
​All you need is a sense of fun and a willingness to contribute to a better environmental future.
For more information contact
Anna Feely, YYLN Landcare Facilitator,
M: 0417 536 873, E: [email protected]
W: www.yarramlandcare.org

BRINGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER ​
​TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE OUR ENVIRONMENT

OUR GROUPS

YYLN Membership Renewals due now!

The Yarram Yarram Landcare Network acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Owners on whose lands we live and work -
the Gunaikurnai people. We recognise your historic and ongoing care of the diverse landscapes that we call home.
​As the original land-carers, your guidance is important to us as we protect this unique land, together. 
Always was, always will be, Gunaikurnai Country.

EVENTS (UPCOMING)

Trees on Farms - Field Day (27 Oct 25)

Want to lear how you can diversify your income through revegetation, carbon benefits, increased agricultural productivity, and timber supply?  Check out this upcoming field day at Darriman:

EVENTS (RECENT)

YYLN AGM (18 OCT 25)

What a terrific way to celebrate our 30th Anniversary!!   Bill Gammage AM, award-winning author of The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (2011) talked to a capacity audience about first nations land management across Australia, and particularly about the use of fire.  So much to learn from the traditional owners in our region.

Frankie McLennan talked about the history of the YYLN and the many achievements of the Network in it's 30+ years.  

We are all looking forward to making a difference in the next 30 years!!

National Landcare Conference (21-24 Sept 25)

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The National Landcare Conference was held on Sunday 21 September - Wednesday 24 September 2025 at the Gold Coast Conventions and Exhibition Centre, Queensland.  The theme of this year's conference was 'Landcare: Nature, Agriculture, Land and People Positive'.  The Conference included a field trip program, First National Landcare Gathering, the NextGen Landcare Summit, world-class speakers, exhibition hall and poster competition, and National Landcare Awards Gala Dinner.  Costa held together over 650 landcarers as MC again.  For a full report, read the Facilitator's report in the October Newsletter.
You can now watch all the speaker presentation videos from the 2025 National Landcare Conference, and the 2025 National Landcare Awards event online. Landcare Australia has also published over 50 poster presentations that were on display at the conference. If you missed the recent National Landcare Conference, or if you want to listen to the speakers again, accessing this content online means you can share the content with others in your landcare network and community. 
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The posters and speaker presentations are hosted on Landcare Australia's Landcarer platform, this is a user generate website that allows you publish your own content and join online conversations about landcare, agriculture and natural resource management.

SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE (17, 25 SEPT 25)

YYLN hosted two field days exploring the benefits of direct seeding shelter belts.  Further information will be included in the November Newsletter.  Contact: Ben Layton Mob. 0423 800 477.

YYLN Community Nursery Open Day (6 Sept 25)

YYLN volunteers, community members and special guests celebrated 30 years of YYLN and one year of our Nursery at our Open Day on 6 September.  Wellington Shire Councillors Garry Stephens and Catherine Bannerman joined in the celebration and gave special thanks to Bronwyn Teesdale, Anna Feely and their fabulous team of volunteers who have contributed so much to the success of the Nursery.  If you want to join the Nursery team, pop in on Tuesday mornings from 10am - 12noon and say hello.  Plants are for sale on Tuesdays and orders are currently being received for the upcoming season.

Yarram Secondary lends a hand!!

Students from Yarram Secondary helped out at a recent planting and guarding day - amazing job by all!!  These Year 9 and 10 community students have been assisting throughout Term 3 and have done an amazing job in Nursery and in the field!!

Rail Trail Planting with Wellington Shire Council

Gippsland Primary Health Network - Volunteering Day (20 Aug 25)

On Wednesday August the 20th Gippsland Primary Health Network’s (PHN), Communication and Primary Health Initiatives and Response Teams spent the day volunteering with Yarram Yarram Landcare. They enjoyed planting sunflower seeds at the nursery and planting natives along the Rail Trail, learning that “Landcare is about people and community”.
Gippsland PHN’s vision and strategic purpose is for a measurably healthier Gippsland. They recognise we must think beyond health to achieve this vision and strategic purpose and have an impact at a population health level. They do this by Coordinating, Capacity Strengthening and Commissioning of Health and Primary Care Services across the Gippsland Region. To read more about their work visit: Gippsland PHN - Gippsland Primary Health Network
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Gorse Control Demonstration Day
(Friday, 23 May)

On Friday, 23 May 2025, the Albert River Landcare Group and the Victorian Gorse Taskforce held a successful demonstration day on Brinker's property at Alberton.  Over 20 landholders, contractors and representatives from government agencies attended.

Gorse infests valuable pastoral land and significantly reduces land values. It is a haven for rabbits, foxes and feral cats.  Gorse is a regionally-controlled weed and landholders, both public and private, are responsible for preventing its growth and spread. Tackling gorse takes effort but doing nothing means it just gets worse.  So we need to keep on keeping on.  

A variety of approaches were demonstrated. Dylan Rash (Yarram) mulched an area almost to saw dust, John Kosta (Wonyip Landcare Group) showed hand spraying from his truck spray unit, Mitch Henderson (Gippsland Spray Drones) showed how drones can spray herbicide particularly successfully on steep inaccessible land.  Peter Sporle (Victorian Gorse Taskforce) demonstrated hand cutting and painting which kills plants and is particularly effective on outlying small plants which are the "Super Spreaders “of a new spread of gorse. The importance of follow up treatment of new plants was stressed as seed can stay viable in the soil for at least 25 years.

Participants were encouraged to access the excellent VGT website which has a virtual field officer to help plan landholders' management. Participants came away with a sample bag of information and a hand "dabber", a sponge applicator for hand-cutting and painting. More of these can be obtained from the YYLN Office on request.
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Jenny Davies
Contact Officer
Albert River Landcare Group​

Visit to Bass Coast Nursery (May 25)

​On Friday, 9 May 2025 a group of YYLN Nursery enthusiasts visited the Bass Coast Community Nursery and the Wonthaggi Seed Bank and Nursery.  There was much to learn about how our Nursery might grow in the future.  The Bass Coast Landcare Nursery team were most complementary about our amazing Bronwyn Teesdale who established the Bass Coast Nursery some years ago, and is now leading the establishment and growth of our YYLN Community Nursery!!  Well done Bronwyn!
This year's National Landcare Conference will be held in Queensland from 21 - 24 September 2025.  So if you want to get inspired, share experiences from your patch, and get to know your national landcare community, here's a great opportunity!!

Get involved in your local Native Nursery!! 

Our new Native Nursery at the Yarram Showgrounds is shaping as a buzzing community hub, with volunteers helping every Tuesday morning.  If you are interested in getting involved, the Nursery is open from 10am -12noon every Tuesday - do something amazing for your local environment and your local community!!  Contact: Anna Feely 0417 536 873

Take Home Propagation Kit

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With help from Wellington Shire Council, YYLN is launching an exciting new propagation project!  YYLN is creating propagation kits (tubes, racks, potting mix, fertiliser and seed) and offering regular workshops on how to grow plants at home for your own use and/or Landcare projects.  The propagation process takes around 6 months.  There will be a small cost for those growing plants for their own projects ~ 20c/plant.  (Note: Nursery-bought plants are around $1.20 - $1.50 each!)

So if you would like to be part of this exciting new initiative, text Bronwyn Teesdale on
​M. 0428 559 582.

NEWS

So we were in the News!

Our nursery champions have starred in the news.  VLG grants have now closed but our Landcare volunteers are forever famous!

Network Notes 

Check out the latest Network Notes from our YYLN Facilitator and the Board:

Inspired by Phillip Johnson (Mar 2025) 

We had a packed audience at Yarram's Regent Theatre where we were inspired by landscape designer and RHS Chelsea Flower Show Award Winner, Phillip Johnson. Phillip shared his wisdom on how to see, create and live with beauty!!  Thank you Phillip and Anna Feely for making this event happen!!

Albert River LG Gathering
​(Feb 2025)

Albert River Landcare Group recently hosted a picnic and get-together at which Anna Feely, our Landcare Facilitator, showed the group around her patch! Lots of interest and lots of ideas!!

Seed Collection Workshop (Jan 2025) 

The 2025 Landcare year kicked off to a fabulous start with a wonderful seed collection workshop, led by Bronwyn Teesdale.  We learned all things seed collecting at our new YYLN native nursery and then headed to the Yarram wetlands for some in-field instruction.  Our growing expertise in seed collection will help in the propagation of local species at the Nursery.  It's a lot of fun and can be a bit addictive!!

LATEST GRANTS AVAILABLE

Looking to fund your Project?

Visit our Project Funding page for more information about these and other opportunities for funding.

Trees on Farms Program 

The Victorian Trees on Farms Program (VToF) provides grants to rural landowners seeking to integrate trees into their land.  The program acknowledges the differing motivations of landowners and is therefore flexible in its approach to species selection and spatial arrangement.  VToF encourages the management of trees for timber production but also allows for integration of environmental plantings to provide shade, shelter and other on-farm benefits.

The amount of funding available is determined by the number of hectares planted. Successful landowners will receive grant funding in instalments provided upon completion of project milestones.
  • Integrated environmental plantings are eligible to receive $2,000 per hectare (excl. GST) up to a total of $40,000 (excl. GST).
  • Farm forestry plantings are eligible to receive up to $4,000 per hectare (excl. GST) up to a total of $80,000 (excl. GST).

​Round 1 of the Victorian Trees on Farms Program is open until 30 June 2026.
For further information visit: https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/crops-and-horticulture/farm-forestry/trees-on-farms/victorian-trees-on-farms-program​

Wettenhall Environment Trust - Small Grants

The Wettenhall Environment Trust (WET) has a Small Environmental Grant Scheme that opens for applications every three months.  "We are looking for projects about flora and fauna conservation around Australia. These projects should involve any of the following: monitoring, recording and sharing data; delivering community education; providing community capacity building (e.g. training); research and science."
For more detail: 
https://wettenhall.org.au/grants/small-environmental-grants/

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

    CONTACT US

YARRAM YARRAM LANDCARE NETWORK
2 Livingston Road, Yarram, VIC 3971
T: (03) 1300 094 262/ (03) 5613 5902

​Anna Feely
YYLN Landcare Facilitator
M: 0417 536 873
E: [email protected]
W: www.yarramlandcare.org
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Field Workshop
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Yarram Secondary College tree planting team

Related websites...

Follow the links below to learn more about YYLN's Jack and Albert River (JARR) Project, and the good oil on all things 'revegetation'...

2025 YYLN Annual Report

The 2025 Annual Report was adopted at the October AGM.  Check out the Report for details on our projects and financials.

Yarram Yarram Landcare Network - Connecting Community and Landscapes

A DONATION THAT REALLY MATTERS
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DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN MAKE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO LANDCARE?
​Yarram Yarram Landcare Network is now registered with Landcare Victoria Inc as an eligible recipient of tax-deductible donations. 
Contribute financially to the Network and we will make sure your money makes a real difference to the environment.  ​
So what are you waiting for?

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