having a break at bargaraI

Our entire family has had a busy couple of weeks. Everyone was involved in the 2008 Queensland Landcare Conference. Michelle was involved in conference planning and coordination, Tom ran a juice bar with other Year 10 students to raise funds for their leadership camp, Basta won the trade display event and Maya and Arki did the cute landcare kids thing.

After reading recent blogs on live conference blogging here, here and here. I was excited about getting as much of the conference online as possible.

However the workload on a small landcare group hosting a state conference meant in reality I had very little time to blog, vlog, or tweet. I did manage to squeeze in a presentation on Leaving a Legacy through eExtension. Thanks to the efforts of Beryl and Cec Bleys from Monto History Centre and their videoing of many keynote speeches and major events, I have managed to get a number of videos online.

• Welcome Reception
• Presidents Welcome
• Traditional Owner Welcome to Country
• Fay Jackson’s Keynote on Mental Health

Interestingly IAALD blog has a great video by Paul Van Mele of the Africa Rice Center recorded at the 2007 Farmer First conference. In the video talks about the “democratisation of knowledge” that occurs when extension information is equitably accessible.

So in an effort to refresh after such a busy period the family and I have invested in a weekend at Bargara. Which seems like a very appropriate place to consider Reef Rescue and Better Catchments, both programs will be part of the eco2oh roster between now and Xmas.