Mulloon Rehydration Initiative Landholder's BBQ
Renowned Australian artist Lucy Culliton was the artist in residence for the weekend at our Mulloon Rehydration Initiative Landholder’s BBQ (image: Matt Egerton-Warburton)
The Mulloon team welcomed Mulloon Rehydration Initiative (MRI) landholders, Member for Monaro Nichole Overall and renowned landscape artist Lucy Culliton to Mulloon Creek Natural Farms for a celebratory BBQ in February 2023.
The Mulloon Institute’s Chairman the Hon Gary Nairn AO hosted the event, with a presentation on the latest on-ground and scientific monitoring updates for the MRI by Principal Landscape Planner, Peter Hazell, followed by Mulloon Law Committee members Matt Egerton-Warburton (Chair) and Dr Gerry Bates explaining the NSW Planning regulation and implications, and the need for a Code of Practice, and our CEO Carolyn Hall rounding up with the vision of where the Mulloon Institute is heading with the National Rehydration Initiative and our national education programs.
Then followed a Q&A panel with the presenters, with great support for the Code of Practice to roll out Landscape Rehydration and Regeneration nationally by both landholders, including an enthusiastic Nichole Overall who is driven to support our groundbreaking work in Parliament every step of the way.
Everyone came together over great food under a brilliant bluebird sunny day, and we then headed off to neighbouring farm Palerang to see leaky weirs built in 2006 in action - the crystal clear Mulloon Creek running through the flood plain, flanked by healthy vegetation with no sign of the erosion and dry soils that dominated the landscape 20 years earlier.
The BBQ was a culmination of a busy week for the team, several of whom were interviewed by ABC alongside MRI landholders for a special screening to be broadcast in March. Stay tuned!
The Hon Gary Nairn AO, Member for Monaro Nichole Overall and Carolyn Hall.
Mulloon Rehydration Initiative landholders Sue and Ulli Tuisk, Ben and Alex Lynch, and Leisa Porter and James Innes.
Carolyn Hall, Peter Hazell, Gerry Bates and Matt Egerton-Warburton with The Hon Gary Nairn AO during the panel discussion with local landholders.
The Mulloon Creek Natural Farms team provided a wonderful lunch for everyone at the Barn under the watchful eye of the ABC camera crew!
Crystal clear waters in the Mulloon Creek at Pelarang flowing through a leaky weir built in 2006.
The Mulloon Rehydration Initiative is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, with support from the NSW Government’s Environmental Trust.