19 February 2009
Guest Speaker:  Dean Twist
Dean was one of 85 Australians chosen to work with Al Gore on his Climate Project in 2006. He has a background in science and agriculture, and in the development of sustainable energy. Dean will explain to us the significance of the Governments Greenhouse Reduction Target, and the global, national and local implications.
Title:  Climate for Change

16 April 2009
Guest Speaker:  Dr Brian Lord
Dr Brian Lord recently retired from Charles Sturt University, Albury, where he had been the Head of the School of Environmental and Information Sciences.  Brian’s area of expertise is fire ecology and vegetation ecology and management.
Title:  Fire ecology and living with fire - what have we learnt?

18 June 2009
Guest Speaker: Dr Alison Mitchell
Alison spent 20 years working for CSIRO at the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre where she gained a broad understanding of freshwater ecology.  Alison now teaches at the National Environment Centre, a campus of TAFE NSW and runs the Waterwatch program for Friends of Willow Park. Alison will talk about the ecology of urban streams, the things we do to improve them and our Waterwatch data.
Title: House Creek: What is going on in there?

20 August 2009
Guest Speaker: Dr Terry Hillman

Terry is an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University in Wodonga and he also chairs the University’s Regional Advisory Board. Terry has been a Board member of the North East Catchment Management Authority and also the Murray Darling Association for many years. He was also Director of the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre. Terry will talk about the challenges of managing our valuable water resources in this unprecedented time of reduced inflows and increased demand
Title: Looking after our dwindling water resources

15 October 2009
Guest Speaker: Ms Julie Hind

Julie is President of Friends of Willow Park and has been instrumental in not only proposing the Master Plan project to City of Wodonga, but also ensuring that an innovative community engagement program formed a significant part of that Planning process. The Community Conversations part of the Master Plan process has drawn to a conclusion and Julie will present the data gathered in this important and innovative project. Find out what the community have said about Willow Park and discuss if the findings are similar to your own views
Title: What did the community say about Willow Park? Findings from the Community Conversations project

17 December 2009
End-Of-Year Party

19 February 2008
Guest Speaker:  Stuart Roberton
Weed Alert Contact Officer
Department Primary Industries
Stuart will talk about the Weed Alert Program and how to be a Weed Spotter
Title:  Weed Alert: preventing the Blackberries of the future.

15 April 2008
Guest Speaker:  David Pinder
Rail Trail
Title:  Rail Trail – trials and tribulations

17 June 2008
Guest Speaker: Glenda Datson
Horticulturalist and author of the Wodonga Retained Environment Network (WREN) study
Title:  Projects in our local region

19 August 2008
Guest Speaker: Robyn Rattray-Wood
Sustainability Officer, North East Region
Department of Sustainability and Environment
Title:  Sustainability in North East Victoria

21 October 2008
Guest Speaker: Dr Juliet Bird
Following a prestigious career with Melbourne University, Juliet now works part time for a consulting firm, Geostudies Pty Ltd.
Chair, Landscape Committee of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
Member, Landscape Advisory Committee for Heritage Victoria
Patron of Friends of Willow Park

Title:  Landscapes lost and found

16 December 2008
End-Of-Year Party

17 April 2007
Guest Speaker:  Ron Herbert & Glen Johnson
Baranduda Landcare
Title: Project opportunities for Friends of Willow Park

19 June 2007
Guest Speaker:  Wayne Carlson
Parklands Albury-Wodonga
Title: Parklands - leading by example and opportunities for Friends of Willow Park

21 August 2007
Guest Speaker:  Professor Allan Curtis
Professor of Integrated Environmental Management at Charles Sturt University and Director of the Institute for Land, Water and Society
Patron of Friends of Willow Park
Title: The trend to increased suburbanisation of rural areas - implications and responsibilities for the Albury Wodonga community

16 October 2007
Guest Speaker: Professor David Mitchell
Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University
Member of the Institute for Land, Water and Society
Envious international reputation for his research in wetland ecology and is very active in our community contributing informed discussion to many environmental issues
Patron of Friends of Willow Park
Title: The ‘bush’ in our suburbs: what do we want?

18 December 2007
End-Of-Year Party