The foundation of Landcare is weed control, revegetation, waterway protection and community engagement. These are our strengths and focus as Landcarers and our works projects reflect this.

We need to learn how to share our passion, projects and group activities with the wider community. We identified a need to increase our communication skills. We invited Remember the Wild (RTW),  to deliver a series of workshops which will share how to use narrative persuasion to affect behaviour change and develop a comprehensive engagement plan, outlining recommendations to help us target new audiences and achieve community awareness and participation leading to improved regional environmental outcomes.

This project also includes four case studies to practice our new story telling and communication skills.

Case study 1 is a blackberry control project, in which we will explore how weed control can be effectively undertaken by part time landholders.

Case study 2 and 3 are projects that involve fencing waterways and replanting native vegetation. One will use tubestock and the other direct seeding. Both landholders are experienced but the sites are challenging. These will make compelling case studies, but more importantly protect local waterways, improve sediment and nutrient flow into the Ruby and Good Creeks, and ultimately the Bunurong coast. There are scant remnants of native vegetation on both sites that will be protected and enhanced.

Case study 4 involves removing weed species from the roadside and planting endemic species. This will be the last major planting in an ongoing project involving adjoining landholders. This project has engaged neighbours, family and friends working together to protect and enhance roadside vegetation. This roadside forms an important biolink between preserved remnants and the Tarwin River.