Great Southern BioBlitz 2023

Upper Billabong

Great Southern BioBlitz 2023

Love Your Creek! Refreshing Rivers and Holbrook Landcare Network are teaming up to participate in the Great Southern BioBlitz 2023 [#GSB2023], with a focus on our creeks and waterways. Kylie Durant and Peter Rowland are running a series of tag-a-long and organised events over the BioBlitz period (24-27 November), taking pictures of everything they see and uploading the images to the Refreshing Rivers - Upper Billabong & Great Southern BioBlitz 2023 - Greater Hume iNaturalist projects. Head over to the Holbrook Landcare Network website to see what's on in the Upper Billabong area and how you can get involved...

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March 29, 2026

Platypus Monitoring

Take part in the Platy-project and you’ll help researchers understand more about this elusive animal, and how we can better protect it..

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Upper Billabong

March 25, 2026

Virtual fencing - a step change for waterway and pasture management?

We're hosting an introduction session to virtual fencing technology! Come and learn about virtual fencing, the pros and cons of the technology, and hear from one of the technology providers, Halter and a farmer in the early stages of adoption.

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Central Billabong

March 24, 2026

Jerilderie Carpathon 2026

On Saturday the 21st of March, the inaugural Carpathon was held at The Cape in Jerilderie. The sun was shining, the grass was green from the recent rain, and 73 people registered for the event! It was a day full unlucky carp, prize winners, a delicious BBQ and many happy faces.

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The Refreshing Rivers Program is a collaboration between government, industry, research, and community organisations, led by Local Land Services. This Program has been assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust.

The Refreshing Rivers Program works on Country that always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land and waters, and we pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.