A little bit of laughter goes a long to making hard work a little bit lighter. This week has been super busy with a range of clients and program, however it is also pre-season for the 2008 Queensland Landcare Conference. One of my most enjoyable tasks was to shoot this lighthearted video with some of the Conference organising team as they took a look at their To-Do-Lists. Stay tuned to www.qldlandcareconference.com for lot’s of updates during the conference 21st - 24th September.
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In just 3 days, the 2008 Queensland Landcare Conference will kick off in Monto. Monto is of course in the Burnett Catchment so it is only fitting that the BCCA should make a contribution. So the Better Burnett team will be hosting 2 of the 7 field trips on Tuesday 23th.
Beef, Bunyips & Boonie Doon - will look at Leucena cultivation and how it and herd recording can improve land condition. The tour will check out Native Forestry opportunities in Spotted Gum forests, play a game to benchmark pasture condition, and hear all about BMRG’s Water Quality Monitoring network
Sip’n'Sap - will visit a Cat’s Claw Creeper biocontrol site, hear from Rohan Allen about Native Forestry, find out about Creeping Lantana and a trial using Compost Tea to manage it and finally visit a winery for some wine tasting.
Katie, Louise, and Letetia have all worked hard to pull the tours together and I’m sure anyone on their trips is going to have a great day out. See you there.
Stop Press If you haven’t registered for the conference yet, why not? You still have time to register if you haven’t already but you need to get on to it now. Contact Event Manager Sam Morris: email sam {[at]} wombatcreative.com.au or phone 0421 709 519.
If you are an Irrigator when do you need scheduling data? When you are at the pump right. New technology developed by Phd student Nick Car working with the CRC for Irrigation Futures will do just that.
irriGATEWAY:SMS calculated an evaporation index from a series of meteorological measurements including temperature, wind and solar radiation using data from SILO and BoM. The grower is then sent an SMS tailored to local farm condition using data from local weather stations, and explains how long and how much irrigation is required.
The service was launched in Townsville on Wednesday by the Minister for Natural Resources and Water Craig Wallace.
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This is one of the best executed micro-philanthropy efforts I have ever seen. Natural Resource Managers and Environmental Protectors take note. Oh and if you are born in September, Happy Birthday.
