News
Tue 07-Jul-2026 - Alawa Oval Fuel Load Removal
After a deliberate arson attack at their Alawa Oval site, the Rapid Creek Landcare Group realised we needed to do even more work removing fuel load. We called in three of our volunteer brush-cutters; and then raked up the clippings into one pile. ....[More]
Thu 02-Jul-2026 - Cracker Night Cleanup
Cracker Night Cleanup is the massive morning-after effort to clear hundreds of tonnes of firework debris from Northern Territory streets and beaches. The cleanup began early in the morning on July 2nd, immediately following Territory Day celebrations ....[More]
Sat 28-Mar-2026 - Wet Season at The Spit
We have had to dodge the heavy rains to get our working bees done. Parks and Wildlife rangers did a great job mowing the site. Our task for the day was some tidy up brush-cutting, removing weeds and fuel load. Happy volunteers enjoying water ....[More]
Sat 28-Mar-2026 - Late wet season fuel reduction
A Saturday in March saw our keen volunteers hard at work at our Alawa site, brush-cutting to reduce fuel load for the upcoming dry season. The brush-cutters still kept going even when knock-off time was called. Other members continued our regular ....[More]
Fri 13-Mar-2026 - Alawa Oval site – Brushcutting – Wet Season
For the past eighteen months Rapid Creek Landcare Group has added fortnightly weeding bees at their Alawa Oval regeneration site to its schedule. This 2026 wet season has resulted in extreme weed growth that is becoming unmanageable for our volunteer ....[More]
Sat 07-Mar-2026 - Camera Traps
On Saturday 7 March four Rapid Creek Landcare Group members attended an interactive Tools for Monitoring Biodiversity Workshop at Riyala. We were particularly interested in learning how to use camera traps to monitor our Alawa Oval site at ....[More]
Thu 05-Feb-2026 - Hydrology/Erosion Workshop
Several Rapid Creek Landcare Group members took part in the Hydrology/Erosion Workshop on Rapid Creek held at the Novotel Darwin Airport on 5 February. The lectures and field trips were led by Lance Mudgway and Henry Burt of Mulloon Consulting. ....[More]
Mon 05-Jan-2026 - Post-Cyclone Regeneration at Alawa Oval site
Yes, it is 2026 already. The next of our Monday working bees is Monday 5 January at 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. The trees knocked over by Cyclone Fina have been mulched, and there has been some brush cutting done - so our task is clearly ahead of us. The site ....[More]
