Upper Billabong

Upper Billabong Refreshing Rivers – Great Southern BioBlitz 2025

Upper Billabong Refreshing Rivers – Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 

 

24–27 October 2025

 

Holbrook Region

Holbrook Landcare and the Refreshing Rivers Program invite YOU to take part in the Great Southern BioBlitz – a fun, hands-on weekend of nature discovery with a focus on our beautiful creeks and waterways in the Upper Billabong region!

 

What is a BioBlitz?

It’s a snapshot intime where the community and scientists work together to record as many species as possible – from plants and birds to fungi and frogs!

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How to get involved:

Download the iNaturalist app (free!)

Create a login

 

Join our iNaturalist Projects:

  •  Great Southern BioBlitz     2025 – Greater Hume
  •  Refreshing Rivers –     Umbrella Project
  •  Refreshing Rivers –     Upper Billabong

 

We’ll be hosting events across the weekend in Holbrook and Woomargama – stay tuned for more details soon!

Let’s get outside, explore our creeks, and celebrate local biodiversity – one photo at a time! 

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Latest news and events

Central Billabong
March 10, 2026

Refreshing Rivers Carpathon 2026

European carp (Cyprinus carpio) uproot vegetation, degrade habitat and reduce water quality, competing with native species for food and space. Come along to help us remove some of these carp from our local waterway.

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Riverina Highlands
February 28, 2026

Celebrating Our Nocturnal Environment

Join the Refreshing Rivers team and Landcare under the clear, unspoilt night skies for an evening celebrating the beauty and importance of our nocturnal environment.

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Riverina Highlands
February 27, 2026

Native Vegetation and Waterways: Supporting Biodiversity and Farming in the Yaven Creek

The Refreshing Rivers project is offering a pilot project to deliver low-cost waterway solutions for landholders on the Yaven Creek.

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