Central Otway Landcare Network

24/08/2026

See you Friday folks!

🌱Community Planting Day – Barongarook Creek - Friday 28 August🌱

Roll up your sleeves and help restore Barongarook Creek!
You’re invited to get involved in a series of GreenLinks community planting days along Barongarook Creek.

Our next event is on:
📆Date: Friday 28 August
⏰Time: 9.30 am to 11.30
📍Location: Barongarook Creek between Harris Street and George Street, Colac.

Whether you're an experienced gardener or trying planting for the first time, everyone is welcome. This is a great opportunity to make a hands-on contribution to the environment and help restore an important local waterway.

The planting days will be facilitated by the Central Otway Landcare Network, whose team will provide guidance and support throughout the event.

Additional planting days will be held on Sunday 13 September and Friday 16 October.

Visit www.colacotway.vic.gov.au/events for more information.

13/08/2026

Only five days left to secure your tickets to the 2026 Victorian Landcare Forum.

This year's forum has something for everyone, with more than 40 local and state landcare experts sharing their knowledge, experiences, and insights over three engaging days.

Don't miss out on highlights such as plenary sessions, concurrent presentations, a special dinner celebrating 40 years of Landcare, and two fantastic bus tours.

🗓️ When: August 31 - September 2
📍 Where: Cardinia Cultural Centre, Pakenham
🎟️ Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/2026-vlf
🔍 More info and program: https://landcarevictoria.org.au/2026forum

Get your tickets before Monday, 17 August!

03/08/2026

🌱 Roll up your sleeves and help restore Barongarook Creek! 🌱

Colac Otway Shire Council is inviting community members to get involved in a series of GreenLinks community planting days along Barongarook Creek.

The first planting day will be held on Friday 7 August from 9.30 am to 11.30 am between Harris Street and George Street, Colac.

Additional planting days: 📅 Friday 28 August 📅 Sunday 13 September 📅 Friday 16 October

Whether you're an experienced gardener or trying planting for the first time, everyone is welcome. This is a great opportunity to make a hands-on contribution to the environment and help restore an important local waterway.

The planting days will be facilitated by the Central Otway Landcare Network, whose team will provide guidance and support throughout the event.

✅ Bring a hat ✅ Wear sturdy shoes ✅ Bring plenty of enthusiasm

03/08/2026

Look forward to restoring Barongarook Creek with you folks. See you Friday.

🌱 Roll up your sleeves and help restore Barongarook Creek! 🌱

Colac Otway Shire Council is inviting community members to get involved in a series of GreenLinks community planting days along Barongarook Creek.

The first planting day will be held on Friday 7 August from 9.30 am to 11.30 am between Harris Street and George Street, Colac.

Additional planting days: 📅 Friday 28 August 📅 Sunday 13 September 📅 Friday 16 October

Whether you're an experienced gardener or trying planting for the first time, everyone is welcome. This is a great opportunity to make a hands-on contribution to the environment and help restore an important local waterway.

The planting days will be facilitated by the Central Otway Landcare Network, whose team will provide guidance and support throughout the event.

✅ Bring a hat ✅ Wear sturdy shoes ✅ Bring plenty of enthusiasm

05/06/2026

Launched at the most recent Grounded event - Yan Yan Gurt West, Deans Marsh, Victoria.

Resilient Farming Course is still open for Central Otway Farmers, but not form long...

Central Otway farmers have the opportunity to build practical skills and knowledge through a new Resilient Farming Course, now open for applications.

Delivered through the Central Otway Landcare Network, the course offers 10 heavily subsidised places for local farming businesses.

The program will run over five days between August and November 2026, combining expert-led sessions with hands-on learning on local farms.

Tailored to the Central Otway environment, the course will explore soil health and carbon, grazing systems, pasture management and fertiliser use. It will also focus on helping farmers monitor and understand changes within their own farming systems over time.

Project lead Kristy Stewart said the course is designed to support locally relevant learning.
“This is an opportunity for farmers to take a closer look at their own systems, supported by testing and analysis, and to develop a practical Farm Action Plan,” she said.

Participants will receive soil, microbiology and plant tissue testing as part of the program.
Sessions will be delivered across the Central Otway region, with a focus on shared learning and local connection. A peer learning group will continue beyond the course to support ongoing knowledge exchange.

Valued at approximately $5,000, the course is subsidised, with a $300 contribution from participants.

Applications close 14 June 2026.

For more information or to apply, contact Central Otway Landcare Network - [email protected]

This project is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.

14/05/2026

Resilient Farming Course, Sustainable Ag Training Position, COLN Works Crew Team Leader and Crew -

Central Otway farmers have the opportunity to build practical skills and knowledge through a new Resilient Farming Course, now open for applications. Delivered through the Central Otway Landcare Network, the course offers 10 heavily subsidised places for local farming businesses. The program will ru...

13/05/2026

- Professional Development Opportunity -

Applications for a regional "Sustainable Agriculture Educator" training position are NOW OPEN

Are you a local farmer, agricultural professional or recent graduate wanting to create meaningful change and are interested in being mentored and trained in how to educate, connect and support sustainable agriculture in your local farming community?

If this sounds like you, the Central Otway Landcare Network are looking for a person interested in Sustainable Agriculture to upskill and mentor farmers in the Central Otway Landcare Network region.

The position includes tailored training and mentoring:
✅FREE enrolment in the local 5 day Resilient Farming Course
✅FREE enrolment in 2 leading sustainable agriculture courses
✅Cultural awareness training with Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation
✅Farmer peer group initiative
✅Mentoring from leading educators in the sustainable agriculture sector

⌚️Time period: July 2026 - April 2028

🗒️Contact Central Otway Landcare Network to receive an application form (see flyer for details)

📌Applications close Friday June 5

The Educator Training role forms part of the "Leading Farmer Adoption in Sustainable Agriculture" project and is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.


Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation

13/05/2026

Very exciting opportunity folks. Expressions of Interest are now open for the Cental Otways, as well as three neighboring Landcare Network areas. There are very limited places, so don't hesitate to get your EOI in quickly.

08/05/2026

28/04/2026

The Stewarts’ regenerative farm at Deans Marsh has welcomed almost 800 people from across the world to a food and farming festival.