A community-led Landcare and Coastcare organisation connecting coastal villages, bushland reserves, creek catchments, and productive small farms.
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Before we begin
Our landscapes are changing, and the work of caring for them is becoming more important. Together, we can protect local places, strengthen communities, and support practical action for healthier land, water, farms, and biodiversity.
What we do
We bring people together to share knowledge, support local projects, host events, and help community-led landcare work grow. Every activity is part of a bigger effort to care for this place and the people connected to it.
Where we are heading
We’re working toward a future where local landscapes are healthier, communities are more connected, and people have the knowledge, confidence, and support to care for the places that sustain us.
Stories from the community
Behind every project, event, and local group are people making change happen. These stories celebrate the landholders, volunteers, partners, and community members helping Landcare grow from the ground up.
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A local sponsor sees how practical in-kind support helps volunteers keep restoration work moving through tough conditions.
Read A hardware store, a working bee, and a dry summer
A nursery volunteer follows local plants from seed collection through propagation and into a creek restoration site.
Read From seed tray to shade tree
A Saltmarsh Watch volunteer learns how repeat photos and field notes can help the community understand estuary change.
Read Watching saltmarsh change one photo at a time
Young Landcarers use nature journals and simple observations to help adults see a familiar creek with fresh attention.
Read The students who noticed the creek first
A hinterland landholder starts with one windbreak and finds a pathway into soil cover, pollinator habitat, and farm biodiversity.
Read A shelterbelt that changed a small farm
A first-time DuneCare volunteer discovers how a few hours of practical work can change how a familiar beach track feels.
Read The morning the dune track felt cared for
A community mapping and storytelling project documenting estuary change, local knowledge, saltmarsh wildlife, and restoration priorities.
Read Saltmarsh StoriesHear the story of Banksia Coast Landcare
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Read Our StoryGet involved with Banksia Coast Landcare
There are many ways to support local Landcare: become a member participate in events, projects, and groups volunteer your time donate to local projects partner with us as an organisation .
Become a member
Membership is a way to belong to local Landcare, stay connected with what is happening, and help shape practical action for healthy places, community, and future generations.
Learn about membership with Banksia Coast LandcareMember information
Members are invited to review the draft Paperbark Creek restoration plan and share priorities before the committee considers the next stage.
Read Have your say on the Paperbark Creek restoration planA practical code of conduct setting clear expectations for respectful, safe, inclusive, and constructive participation in Landcare activities.
Read Code of ConductTake part
Take part through local events, projects, workshops, and groups. Whether you are learning, lending a hand, joining a field day, or connecting with neighbours, participation is a practical first step into Landcare.
Things to join
A relaxed morning removing coastal weeds, checking access fencing, and planting native dune species at Banksia Bay.
Read DuneCare Sunday Working Bee
A staged riparian restoration project connecting farm shelterbelts, creek fencing, and rainforest plantings along Paperbark Creek.
Read Lower Paperbark Creek Habitat LinkGive your time
Give time, skills, and local knowledge to practical Landcare work. Volunteers help care for places, support events, grow plants, monitor change, welcome people, and keep community projects moving.
Learn about volunteering with Banksia Coast LandcareWays to help
A local sponsor sees how practical in-kind support helps volunteers keep restoration work moving through tough conditions.
Read A hardware store, a working bee, and a dry summer
A nursery volunteer follows local plants from seed collection through propagation and into a creek restoration site.
Read From seed tray to shade treeGive your support
Support practical Landcare action with money, materials, equipment use, professional services, or other in-kind help. Every contribution can help local people care for local places.
Donate to Banksia Coast LandcareWhere support helps
Help the group respond after storms, erosion events, flood debris, or damaged community plantings.
Read Emergency site repair after storms and erosion
Help grow the plants used in local creek, dune, farm biodiversity, and reserve restoration projects.
Read Community nursery capacityOrganisational support
Organisations can support Banksia Coast Landcare through annual sponsorship, practical in-kind contributions, or targeted support for projects, events, youth activities, and community restoration.
Sponsor or partner with Banksia Coast LandcareProject and event sponsorship
Help fund student field kits, bus support, safety gear, learning materials, and youth volunteer supervision.
Read Youth Landcare Supporter
Sponsor practical workshops on soil health, weeds, farm biodiversity, coastal resilience, or climate-ready plantings.
Read Field Day SupporterSponsors
Sponsors help turn practical ideas into funded local action through annual support, in-kind contributions, materials, equipment, and project backing.
A Gold Sponsor providing practical materials, tools, and equipment support for Banksia Coast volunteer working bees.
A Bronze Sponsor helping with event equipment, portable power, workshop logistics, and a member offer on selected solar assessments.
A Silver Sponsor supporting farm biodiversity field days, soil-health demonstration sites, and producer network events.
An in-kind sponsor providing discounted nursery materials, practical advice, and a member offer on selected native plant purchases.
Partners
Partners work with Banksia Coast Landcare on shared outcomes across public land, education, research, cultural knowledge, resilience, and community participation.
A local government partner supporting reserve access, permits, public-place restoration approvals, and coastal planning coordination.
An education partner hosting youth Landcare activities, nursery sessions, and student citizen-science projects.
A research partner supporting monitoring design, water-quality methods, data interpretation, and volunteer-friendly reporting.
A cultural partner supporting respectful project planning, place-based learning, and interpretation principles.
A community resilience partner supporting habitat-aware fire planning, property preparedness education, and local workshops.
Latest from Banksia Coast Landcare
Recent News Events Projects from Banksia Coast Landcare.
Members are invited to review the draft Paperbark Creek restoration plan and share priorities before the committee considers the next stage.
Read Have your say on the Paperbark Creek restoration plan
A relaxed morning removing coastal weeds, checking access fencing, and planting native dune species at Banksia Bay.
Read DuneCare Sunday Working Bee
Banksia Coast and Hinterland Landcare is inviting members and volunteers to join a winter planting program across creek, farm, and coastal sites.
Read Banksia Coast opens winter planting season
A staged riparian restoration project connecting farm shelterbelts, creek fencing, and rainforest plantings along Paperbark Creek.
Read Lower Paperbark Creek Habitat Link
Local volunteers have started seasonal photo-point monitoring and field observations around the lower estuary.
Read Saltmarsh Watch volunteers begin estuary monitoring
Practical demonstrations on water testing, erosion control, planting design, and stock access points at a demonstration paddock.
Read Creek Health Field Day
A new stage of the Paperbark Creek restoration project is linking fencing, planting, weed follow-up, and community monitoring.
Read Paperbark Creek project reaches new milestone
Weed removal, access control, dune planting, and shorebird awareness across three high-use Banksia Bay beach access points.
Read Banksia Bay Dune Recovery
Landholders came together to discuss soil cover, pollinator strips, shelterbelts, and practical farm biodiversity planning.
Read Small farms field day shares soil cover lessons