Welcome to our central hub for resources to support the work in caring for the land and connecting our community. Here you’ll find helpful resources, materials, and tools to assist with on-ground works, and more. Whether you’re a volunteer, committee member or coordinator, these resources are here to make your role easier and more effective.
Helpful Links
Please find a selection of helpful links below. You can navigate through each tab.
We are often asked where people can source local native plants so we have collaborated with Yass Area Network to put together this list.
Please get in touch if you know of other nurseries that should be included.
Some important links.
- Upper Lachlan Landcare: http://upperlachlanlandcare.org.au/
- South East Local Land Services: http://southeast.lls.nsw.gov.au/ Yass Office 02 6118 7700, Boorowa Office 02 6385 1018, Goulburn Office 02 4824 1900
- Greening Australia: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/
- Upper Lachlan Shire Council: http://www.upperlachlan.nsw.gov.au/
Some important presentations.
Loan Items
You can use this handy table to search for tools, materials, and books available to loan for members of GDL. You can read more about our loan policy here. If you would like to borrow any equipment, please contact our coordinator, Leah.
| Item | Type | Details | Cost to Hire |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trail Cameras | coordintor@gdl.org.au | Gunning District Landcare has available a number of trail cameras for hire to members. These are Reconyx HC600 Hyperfire HD Covert IR cameras, capable of day and night photography when triggered by movement. They are ideal for identifying feral animals and for nature studies. Each camera is equipped with rechargeable batteries, battery chargers and instructions. | Free, but the hirer must agree to cover the replacement cost of the camera if it is lost or damaged. |
| Single Tyne Ripper | Matthew Streat, our Equipment Officer | a tractor attachment used to prepare ground for tree and shrub planting (long rows or single paddock trees). It can also be used to destroy rabbit warrens. | FREE for use by members on their own projects and for community field days. A $50 deposit, refundable on safe return of items, is required. |
| Tractor Drawn Tree Planter | Matthew Streat, our Equipment Officer | a machine that rips soil and allows operator to drop tube stock into place. | FREE with $50 refundable deposit |
| Mounder | Matthew Streat, our Equipment Officer | used to prepare raised beds for tube stock planting. | FREE with $50 refundable deposit |
| Pottiputki Planters | Matthew Streat, our Equipment Officer | used to plant Hyko and stanadard tube stock. Also excellent for planting riparian plants. | FREE with $50 refundable deposit |
| OHP Projector and Screen | Matthew Streat, our Equipment Officer | used by Gunning District Landcare for presentations. May also, at the discretion of the Equipment Officer, be borrowed by other community organisations. | FREE with $50 refundable deposit |
| Hyles Hand Seeder | Matthew Streat, our Equipment Officer | a tool to direct sow seeds by hand, Suitable for small jobs. | FREE with $50 refundable deposit |
| Library Books | coordintor@gdl.org.au | Gunning District Landcare has donated a range of excellent resource books to the Gunning Library, related to flora, fauna, soils, Indigenous history, and more. | FREE to borrow |