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Alison Wilson
Alistair Dermer
Allana Brown
Amelia Caddy
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New South Wales
---- Brogo Reserve
---- Burrin Burrin Reserve
---- Naree Station
---- Scottsdale Reserve
---- Sydney
---- Tarcutta Hills Reserve
---- Yantabulla partnership property
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---- Reedy Creek Reserve
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---- Nardoo Hills Reserves
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---- Charles Darwin Reserve
---- Eurardy Reserve
---- Gondwana Link
-------- Beringa Reserve
-------- Chereninup Reserve
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Spring in the Liffey Valley
by
Annette Dean
on
10 September 2019
The sound of Currawongs is echoing across the Liffey Valley. When snow falls on the Western Tiers, they soar down from the mountains, their loud raucous call evocative of misty moorlands that lie...
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Volunteers changing the world
by
Annette Dean (Regional Reserve Manager)
on
14 March 2019
Our monthly working bees in Tasmania are going from strength to strength, with new volunteers signing up every month. Last Saturday a team of nine (including three new volunteers) joined us to...
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BBQ at Oura Oura to mark achievements
by
Annette Dean (Regional Reserve Manager)
on
01 February 2019
More than 60 supporters, volunteers and Liffey locals joined our new CEO Heather Campbell and our patron Bob Brown to celebrate all we have achieved for nature over the past year.
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Volunteering on Tasmania’s East Coast
by
Annette Dean (Regional Reserve Manager)
on
02 November 2018
A big thank you to our wonderful volunteers who joined our East Coast working bee on 27-28 October to help with weed control, rubbish removal and South Esk Pine monitoring.
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Gorse & thistle on Tassie's east coast
by
Helen Tait
on
08 February 2018
Tasmania's east coast was hard to beat as a location for a working bee, so maybe our volunteers got more than a little inspiration from the stunning location. Our team of nine volunteers removed...
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Connecting kids with Aboriginal culture
by
Annette Dean (Regional Reserve Manager)
on
30 November 2017
The gentle sound of clap sticks tapping filled the Liffey valley last Thursday, as 43 children from Bracknell School joined us at Oura Oura reserve. Hank Horton and his team taught the kids...
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Liffey working bee
by
Annette Dean (Regional Reserve Manager)
on
17 October 2017
A massive amount of work was done at Liffey over the weekend, with 14 volunteers, and eight new volunteers keen to commit to ongoing assistance, and already asking for another working bee!
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