Beyond the back fence - national news roundup

Penny and students creating the model at the CSIRO STEMfest

Given the festive season, a lot of our team took the opportunity to take a well-earned break and recharge their batteries!  Having said that, we’ve been busy working with many groups and individuals around the country on project proposals and are excited about the ongoing delivery of our work in 2024, while also use the quieter time for upskilling on some new spatial data and modelling tools.

The unexpected wet weather over December and January in the southeastern part of the country has further delayed some of our on-ground projects, however we were able to round out the year with the completion of design work at various sites including the Central West and Southern Tablelands of NSW and the ACT. 

We’ve continued working with Bush Heritage Australia on a project at Turnip Creek in northeast Victoria with planning for monitoring of the site and utilising our knowledge and experience from years of monitoring the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative sites. 

Our General Manager, Jono Forrest presented at the Territory NRM conference in Darwin, covering the Centralian project and our upcoming Communities of Practice events in the NT.

Our GM Jono Forrest networking at the Territory NRM conference.

The last couple of months saw some good external collaboration with our involvement in the CSIRO STEMfest at Bicentennial Hall in Queanbeyan, hosing a Soil Properties Observation Test (SPOT) workshop at Home Farm with Phil Mulvey from Ryzo, and holding a tour of the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative for a group from the National Youth Science Forum, as well as other smaller and private group tours.

Our team were also busy with the delivery of the mentoring component of our FDF grant-funded Communities of Practice Project and planning for 2024 events.