Birds, frogs and sunset walks: how a wetlands project transformed the NSW town of Goulburn

Not long ago Goulburn was in the midst of a water crisis, but volunteers have rejuvenated the local environment with a thriving wetlandsSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityHalfway between the Big Merino, which stands like a sentinel on the Hume highway, and a supermax prison is a place known only by a few.Here, less than a kilometre to the east of Goulburn's main street, is the music of birds twittering in trees, the splash of ducks diving, the ponk-ponk-ponk of frogs in conversation, and the heady smell of eucalyptus. Continue reading...