Literally immersed in all things water, thanks to the hot springs on Kamilaroi Country at Burren Junction, the Mulloon Institute’s Sam Skeat and Tony Wells delivered our Bootcamp – ‘Rehydrating Your Farm Landscape’ to landholders from a diversity of landscapes across the region.

Croppers and graziers were introduced to principles and practices of landscape rehydration through interactive field activities. Geared towards growing their skills of observation with landscape patterns and processes that influence how water moves on their properties, they assessed the health of a site and explored a range of strategies and tactics that can be applied to restore function.

The connections forged between the participants over the weekend offers a great launchpad to building stronger more resilient communities.

This workshop was jointly funded through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and Climate Friendly.

Quotes from bootcamp participants:

“I gained a lot of insight into the landscape and water cycle health. This made a seemingly highly technical challenge was much more accessible and gave me confidence so that I could begin to make those sorts of assessments.”

“It’s given me the ability to really stop and look at a whole landscape, to identify where water flows are, to be able to identify erosion lines.”

“It has given me a lot more confidence knowledge, a lot more to consider, and lot of options and this to think about. I have learnt a lot of different terminology to be able to take part in discussion and understand the water cycle better.”

“Thank-you so much for an informative and interactive workshop with a great group of people.”