By Gum: Healing Country

By Gum: Healing Country

Visit spectacular East Coast properties, showcasing landscape recovery, threatened species, covenants and Aboriginal land custodianship.

By Nel Smit

Date and time

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM AEST

Location

Nipaluna Nursery

Church Avenue New Town, TAS 7008 Australia

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Agenda

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration and Introduction at Nipaluna Nursery

Nipaluna Nursery

Registration and a brief tour of Nipaluna Nursery before embarking on the bus for Triabunna. Meeting more participants at the Triabunna Information Centre at 9:45 am.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Okehampton- Eucalyptus Morrisbyi Trial

Dr Magali Wright and Rebecca Jones

Okehampton, Triabunna- Experience a spectacular 3500-acre conservation, cultural preservation, and coastal sheep farming property. Dr Magali Wright (Landscape Recovery Foundation) and Dr Rebecca Jone...

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Watchhouse Hills: Covenanted Blue Gum Habitat

Jimmy Collinson and Pip Jones

Watchhouse Hills Little Swanport , a covenanted property with Tasmanian Land Conservancy, features towering old-growth blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) forest. It is a threatened forest community provi...

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Windsong: The Healing Story

Linton Burgess and Nel Smit

Windsong-a 220 ha farming property, is situated at Little Swanport. Landholders Tom and Jane Teniswood handed back half their land (110 hectares) to the Aboriginal community, the first private land r...

11:00 AM - 11:40 AM

Morning Tea and Networking

Triabunna Village

An opportunity to network over morning tea.

About this event

  • 9 hours

By Gum: Healing Country

A Science Week Event

A day long field trip of three spectacular East Coast properties focused on showcasing positive stories about landscape recovery, saving threatened species, covenants and giving back to the Aboriginal custodians.

The day will begin with registration at Nipaluna Nursery at 8:00. Following a tour of the Nursery we will board the bus

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Frequently asked questions

If we are travelling from other parts of the state, can we meet at the first stop?

Yes, we can meet you at the Triabunna Village Community Centre, Melbourne St at 9:45 am

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Organised by

Nel Smit

Nel is convenor of Nipaluna Nursery, with a team of volunteers, based in New Town. In 2024 we are growing 26,000 native plants destined for the Midlands Biodiversity Hot Spot.