Mulloon Institute

12/10/2026

Learn how to manage water and successfully implement a landscape rehydration project on your property.

This interactive, hands-on two-day course will empower you to understand the water cycle to enhance the resilience and productivity of your rural landscape. Through activities that blend scientific principles and practical skills, you will learn:

• the role of the water cycle and plants in farming landscapes
• drivers and indicators of a healthy and unhealthy water cycle
• how to identify and prioritise issues on your property to ‘heal your hydrograph’
• how to apply sound planning and design principles to give your Landscape Rehydration project the best chance of success.

The course will introduce you to a range of landscape rehydration strategies and tactics.

Date: 10-11 November 2026
Time: 8:30am – 4:30pm (both days)
Cost: $60, includes catering
Presenters: Mulloon Institute Landscape Planners Annabel Manning and Penny Cooper
Location: Taralga district (address supplied upon registration)
Contact: April Stons [email protected]

This event is proudly supported by Transgrid as part of the Community Investment and Benefits Program for HumeLink, designed to ensure local communities share in the positive outcomes of the HumeLink project through targeted funding and support.

Further details & tickets here 🔗👉 https://events.humanitix.com/landscape-rehydration-bootcamp-taralga-nsw

11/10/2026

Our team are looking forward to sharing further knowledge with the Collumbooka catchment community at the planned 2-day boot camp in 2027. Keep an eye on our events page and socials for upcoming events in your location.

If your community would like to host a learning event in your catchment anywhere across Australia, please reach out to [email protected] 💙💚

Today we put on our farmer hats and attended a catchment mapping workshop with Mulloon Institute.

Trapping more water in the dry Australian landscape has to be a win! We look forward to further adventures.

A two-day bootcamp is planned for March in the Coolumbooka Catchment. Keep an eye out if you're interested

08/10/2026

White smoke, black ash!

Moisture in the landscape is what keeps a cultural burn cool, and it's why rehydration and fire management go hand in hand.

Our recent co-design workshop with North East Wiradjuri Company, Gulgong farmers and artist Georgie Pollard shows how biochar can help close the loop.

Read more on our latest news article 🔗 👉 https://mullooninstitute.org/2026/10/07/cultural-burns-biochar-landscape-rehydration/

07/10/2026

Huge thanks to the Upper Shoalhaven Landcare and community for hosting the first TIMME bootcamp (and Tough Mudder!) in late September.

Mulloon's TIMME is a 5-year project empowering six communities of practice to increase the health and resilience of their landscapes. It is enabling local communities to work collaboratively on landscape-scale projects that achieve measurable benefits for land, water, people and biodiversity. It is funded by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund (FDF).

07/10/2026

Drought-proofing doesn't need to be complicated 💧 🌱

Come along to Collector for a free, hands-on field day with Mulloon Institute's Annabel Manning and Penny Cooper. Explore simple, natural strategies to improve your farm's water cycle, productivity and drought resilience.

Fri 13 Nov, 9:30am-2:30pm
Collector Memorial Hall, NSW

Free, catering included, limited places.

Bookings essential 🔗 👉 https://events.humanitix.com/landscape-rehydration-field-day-collector-nsw

05/10/2026

Day 1 of the Project TIMME bootcamp in Araluen was a ripper, even in 30+ degree heat! Thanks to Upper Shoalhaven Landcare for sharing, and to everyone who came along to learn how to slow, spread and sink water in the landscape.

Mulloon's TIMME is a 5-year project empowering six communities of practice to increase the health and resilience of their landscapes. It is enabling local communities to work collaboratively on landscape-scale projects that achieve measurable benefits for land, water, people and biodiversity. It is funded by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund (FDF).

29/09/2026

Platypus, native fish and thousands of other organisms are helping tell the story of the Mulloon catchment!

Using environmental DNA (eDNA), Mulloon Institute's Science and Monitoring STREAM team identified more than 9,500 DNA barcodes across three sites within the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative.

Among the species detected were platypus, Western carp gudgeon and Shortfin eel, all important bioindicators of healthy, connected waterways.

Every species found adds to the evidence base demonstrating why restoring water cycles, reconnecting floodplains and improving landscape function matters for both biodiversity and people.

As we look back on National Biodiversity Month, we continue to celebrate the extraordinary life that healthy landscapes can support.

Read all the details on our NEWS page 🔗 👉 https://mullooninstitute.org/2026/09/24/platypus-freshwater-jellyfish-and-9500-dna-clues-what-edna-is-revealing-about-the-mulloon-catchment/

If you're recording playtypus on your land, don't forget to include your findings in Australian Conservation Foundation's Platyus Project Map: https://www.acf.org.au/get-involved/the-platy-project/platy-project-signup-map

Thanks to Wilderlab for supporting Mulloon and this important work.

28/09/2026

Mulloon Institute CEO Carolyn Hall joined the Australian Citizen Science Show to explain landscape rehydration: slowing water down so the land can soak it up like a sponge. Twenty years of data shows it means MORE water in creeks, not less.

She also shared how restored valley floors near Braidwood resisted the 2019-20 bushfires, how the work helps protect Sydney's drinking water, and how native fish bounced back once the creek got a helping hand.

Listen to the podcast now on the link below 😊

What if the answer to drought, flood AND bushfire was hiding in a creek? 💧🌿

We sat down with Carolyn Hall, CEO of the Mulloon Institute, to talk about landscape rehydration: slowing water down so the land can soak it up like a sponge. Twenty years of data shows it means MORE water in creeks, not less. 🏞️

She also shared how restored valley floors near Braidwood resisted the 2019 to 2020 bushfires, how the work is helping protect Sydney's drinking water, and how native fish bounced back once the creek was given a helping hand. 🐟

🎧 New episode live now, link in comments. Do you have a favourite local creek or wetland? Tell us about it below 👇

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24/09/2026

💧 What can a bottle of water tell us about biodiversity?

Quite a lot, it turns out!

Recent environmental DNA (eDNA) testing across three sites in the Mulloon catchment detected more than 9,500 DNA barcodes, revealing an incredible diversity of life beneath the surface, from bacteria and fungi to fish, frogs, insects and mammals.

Most exciting of all? Platypus DNA was detected at every sampling location!

As we celebrate Biodiversity Month this September, these findings provide another piece of evidence showing how healthy waterways support thriving ecosystems and resilient landscapes.

Read more on our NEWS page 🔗 👉
https://mullooninstitute.org/2026/09/24/platypus-freshwater-jellyfish-and-9500-dna-clues-what-edna-is-revealing-about-the-mulloon-catchment/



Thanks to Wilderlab for supporting Mulloon and this important work.

17/09/2026

💧 What if the key to more resilient farming starts with understanding how water moves through your landscape?

Join us for a hands-on Landscape Rehydration Field Day in the Sandhills Creek Catchment and discover practical strategies to improve your farm's small water cycle, build drought resilience, and support healthier soils and vegetation. Learn from Mulloon Institute experts, visit real-world rehydration sites and gain skills to apply on your own property.

• 15 October
• Bungendore NSW region (location provided on registration)
• $30 + booking fee, includes catering

Be part of a growing community restoring water and landscape function across the region. Places are limited, register today 🔗 👉 https://events.humanitix.com/landscape-rehydration-field-day-sandhills-nsw



This event is supported by the Australian Government through the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust, WaterNSW and The Ian Potter Foundation.