Better Burnett

BCCA invite all graziers to attend: Pasture Management Workshop Techniques to improve sustainability and profitability The workshop will be presented by Russ Tyler (retired DPI&F Officer) of Tyler Rural Consulting  The interactive workshop will cover the following topics: • Making the most of rainfall on your property • Management techniques to improve land condition • [...]

It’s going to be an exciting year, 2012.  There are already a number of exciting workshops in the making and they’re coming to a venue near you…. Friday 3rd Feb (Nanango) ‘Chopper Roller Field Day‘ Get up close and personal with a Chopper Roller which is being used around the region as a cost effective [...]

Funding is still available for landholders who have suffered land degredation issues as a result of the floods last Summer in the Burnett Mary region. You can download the Expression of Interest Form for the current round of funding here: – Expression of Interest Form – Disaster Recovery Funding. These funds are specifically targeted at [...]

Workshops for writing funding applications Learn how to hone up on your  funding writing skills at workshops being held in Gayndah, Bundaberg and Gympie this March.  Samantha Morris, Managing Director of  Wombat Creative, will facilitate the workshops, and provide participants with a toolbox of tips and tricks for writing successful funding submissions, by simplifying the grant [...]

Thanks to grants available for Burnett landholders some areas of  our regions endangered species habitat and threatened ecosystems be protected on private land. Decades of population growth and the development of land for economic purposes has resulted in the clearing of many softwood scrub stands and remnant areas have now been highlighted by the state [...]

Currrently in it’s 4th of 5 years, the Reef Rescue program has been run across the Queensland coast to help land managers to improve the management of and reduce their sediment and nutrient runnoff into the creeks and onto the Reef. In the Burnett this year, 48 graziers‘ projects were funded with the assistance of [...]

Private Forestry Services Queensland are hosting a Naitve Forest Treatment Field Day at Wonbah (off Mt Perry – Gin Gn Rd) Thursday 15 December 2011 9am – 3pm Free of charge What to bring: A packed lunch, a water bottle and a chair. Morning tea will be provided. Please wear covered shoes. Thongs, sandals and [...]

Two different topics, but one event for both: a Field Trip hosted by the Central Burnett Land Management Advisory Group on November 5th. More than 20 landholders took part in the field trip which visited Terry Haupt’s successful biocontrol population for controlling the common weed, Blue Heliotrope. The beetle has been in Australia for several [...]

Popular soils workshop, Soil and Plant Nutrition with Bart Davidson is being run in Bundaberg on Tuesday 6th December. “This will be one of the most inspirational soil and plant workshops you will ever attend. You will find answers to many of the questions which have confused and frustrated you in the past. Learn about [...]

South Burnett Regional Council and Kingaroy Landcare Group Giant Rats Tail grass management workshop on Tuesday 8 November 2011, 10am Morgans Rd, Windera RSVP to Denise Whyte at South Burnett Council on 41 899 122 DOWNLOAD:  GRT workshop flyer