Report from Felicity Sturgiss on the NSW Landcare Awards
Home About Friends of Mongarlowe River About the Mongarlowe River What's special about Monga? Protecting the Macquarie Perch in the Mongarlowe River What FMR is doing Now Newspaper articles Reports How to Join Contact us	Dear all, I attended the State Landcare Awards dinner in Port Macquarie in September 2009, on behalf of the Friends of Mongarlowe River. FMR where finalists - one of four community groups from across the state who impressed the selectors enough to be invited along for recognition of great work. We got a THIRD! AND a framed certificate saying so. AND a tea towel celebrating 20 years of landcare (great old tradition that one..) AND I got a whiskery kiss from Clancy of The Overflow himself. Equal first in the Community Group Awards were: Southern New England Landcare (SNELC) and Little River Landcare group. The winner to go on to the National finals was drawn from a hat and it was SNELC. They straddle four catchments and have a strong core team of women young and all. Very deserving group. Tight competition!! Mister Jack Thompson was lucky enough to be the sole recipient of the highly sought after FMR calico bag complete with all the goods. You know the one.. He was most impressed. There was a Landcare Superhero - flitting in amoungst the crowd who where enthusiastically brakin' it down to the ABBA cover band. Victoria and Fran have got a fabulous photo with him.. Plenty of champagne, plenty of great people from all over. So the next morning bright and early we gave our presentations. The place story went off without a hitch - we got plenty of laughs and some good questions at the end. The very first question was 'Who is Su Wild-River!!?? After all that a number of people approached me with congratulations and asking more. The conference was good too. Fran and Victoria where charged with giving a report of events. I took some notes also but mostly enjoyed the evocation of new ideas and the drinking up some hope and inspiration from the good Landcarers of NSW. There are some real kooks out there posing as generic Aussie Ruralites. And there are plenty who don't pose at all and let their kookiness run rampant. I've got a big ole bag of Landcare propaganda for all to have a goose at. Thanks for sending me guys it was great to go on a little adventure and get that furry kiss from ole Jack. Reporting for FMR - Floss...

Report from Felicity Sturgiss on the NSW Landcare Awards

Dear all,

I attended the State Landcare Awards dinner in Port Macquarie in September 2009, on behalf of the Friends of Mongarlowe River. FMR where finalists - one of four community groups from across the state who impressed the selectors enough to be invited along for recognition of great work.

We got a THIRD!

AND a framed certificate saying so. AND a tea towel celebrating 20 years of landcare (great old tradition that one..) AND I got a whiskery kiss from Clancy of The Overflow himself.

Equal first in the Community Group Awards were:

Southern New England Landcare (SNELC) and Little River Landcare group.

The winner to go on to the National finals was drawn from a hat and it was SNELC. They straddle four catchments and have a strong core team of women young and all. Very deserving group. Tight competition!!

Mister Jack Thompson was lucky enough to be the sole recipient of the highly sought after FMR calico bag complete with all the goods. You know the one..

He was most impressed.

There was a Landcare Superhero - flitting in amoungst the crowd who where enthusiastically brakin' it down to the ABBA cover band. Victoria and Fran have got a fabulous photo with him..

Plenty of champagne, plenty of great people from all over.

So the next morning bright and early we gave our presentations. The place story went off without a hitch - we got plenty of laughs and some good questions at the end. The very first question was 'Who is Su Wild-River!!?? After all that a number of people approached me with congratulations and asking more.

The conference was good too. Fran and Victoria where charged with giving a report of events. I took some notes also but mostly enjoyed the evocation of new ideas and the drinking up some hope and inspiration from the good Landcarers of NSW. There are some real kooks out there posing as generic Aussie Ruralites. And there are plenty who don't pose at all and let their kookiness run rampant.

I've got a big ole bag of Landcare propaganda for all to have a goose at.

Thanks for sending me guys it was great to go on a little adventure and get that furry kiss from ole Jack.

Reporting for FMR -

Floss...