Past Events

One Day Introduction to Dowsing and Radionics

Sunday 5th May 2024

Where — Alton Downs Hall, Alton Downs 4702
When — Wednesday, 19th March 2025
Time — 10.00am — 3.00pm
Cost — $50 per Person (members are discounted)

Heinz Gugger (Holistic Farming – agronomist and energy specialist)
This free 1-day FREE introduction course is hosted by Heinz Gugger. He is an international
dowsing and radionics practitioner and author with over 20 years’ experience.
He teaches, works with and consults clients all over the world, harnessing dowsing and
radionics to help and empower farmers, ranchers, horticulturists across all industries to
achieve tangible results through the power of subtle energy.

Dowsing and radionics is used by quite a lot of Australian farmers already. These subtle
energy tools can be used to:
— Control, reduce unwanted weeds
— Enhance overall health and wellbeing of animals, stock and yourself.
— Eliminate pest pressure on the farm and crop.
Eg. rat’s, false army worms,mice, snakes etc.
— Finding underground water and water pipes. (Great to find leaks in pipes).
— Clear the land of detrimental energies such as Geopathic stress, EMF, burial sites etc.

Please RSVP to book and get a mud map—
Bookings Essential —
email or Mick 0438 395 255

Dowsing and Radionics 2025

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Regenerative and Natural Farming Forum

Friday 8th and Saturday 9th November 2024

Where — Dreamtime Cultural Centre (day1)
When — Friday 8th November 2024
Time — 9.00 am — 5.00pm

Where — Sleipner Station, Nankin (day 2)
Regenerative and Natural Farming demonstration site.
When — Saturday 9th November 2024
Time — 9.00 am — 5.00pm
Cost — $50 (per Person)

Contact to book: Mick on 0438 395 255 or Tony on 0407 995 522

Topics Include:
— Natural Sequence Farming explained
and a demonstration site on Sleipner Station
Frank and Alison Ellrott, Sleipner Stn, Nankin).
— Slowing runoff, reversing erosion.
— Natural grazing management - lots of new ideas.
— The role and diversity of soil microbes.
— How to enhance soil biology.
— How to balance soil nutrition.
— Pasture species options etc.

Presenters: -
— Peter Andrews - well known for restoring the natural landscapes and hydrology
in Australia and internationally using simple grounded techniques that slow
the flow, allow all plants to grow and watch where the stock go.
— Dick Richardson - is an internationally recognised grazing practitioner and
educator who is teaching farmers how to watch the animals, pasture and soils
in order to maximise production and performance.
— Dr Pauline Mele - is a researcher with 30 years’ experience in soil biology,
measuring, monitoring, and managing, employing the best new technologies
to assess which microbes are present and how farmers can manage soils
to optimise the many benefits of the biology.
— Myles Ballentine - is a well known farmer from Banana, with a passion for
soil health and balancing soil nutrition. Myles established a biofertiliser
manufacturing business to help other farmers improve their farms.
— Dr Sandrine Makiela is a highly experienced microbiologist and lecturer
from Central Queensland University, who has been educating our farming
communities about soil health for more than a decade.

"This project is jointly supported by the Integrated Engagement and Capacity
Building project through the Queensland Government’s
Queensland Reef Water Quality Program".

To Book —
Mick 0438 395 255 or Tony 0407 995 522

Promotion Flyer for Healthy Soils Regenerative & Natural Sequence Farming.

More information, photos & videos on Regenerative and Natural Farming.

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Cattle Assessment, Carbon and Organics FieldDay

Sunday 5th May 2024

Where — Bindaree, Garnant (42km from Rockhampton)
When — Sunday 5th May 2024
Time — 1.00pm — 4.00pm
Cost — $30 (per Person)

Gerald Wyatt (Classic Livestock Management) -
Herd Assessment:
— Choosing tender, fertile, consistent and balanced cattle.
— Identifying fertility traits.
— Assessing hormonal activity.
— Selecting for tenderness.
— Importance of high quality milk.
— Reading a bulls scrotum, etc.

Mick Alexander (CQ Organics) -
— Organic production.
— Buffalo Fly trap and dust bags.
— Grazing management.

Other guest speakers TBA.

Please RSVP to book and get a mud map—
Bookings Essential —
email or Mick 0438 395 255

Field Day 5th May 2024

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Soil, Plant & Human Health Forum & AGM Meeting

3rd December 2022
Where — CQIRP room CQUniversity
When — Saturday 3rd November 2023
Time — 9.00am — 4.00pm
Cost — $10 (includes lunch and smoko)

Guest speakers -
Dr Sandrine Makiela — Importance of soil and human microbiomes.
Dr Dana Stanley — Pasture dieback introduction and trials in CQ ‐ Activo.
Frankie Xipengren pHD — Co-culture Trial
Maria Whitton pHD — Pasture dieback – reducing impact pot trials part 1
Dr Dana Stanley — Thirty farm FBA supported Pasture Dieback trial.
Dr Cliff Hawkins — (Biohawk) The role of ginger to heal animal & human health issues.
Dr Thakur Bhattarai — ERF Carbon Farming program.

Please RSVP to book and for more information —
Bookings Essential —
email or Mick 0438 395 255

see videos

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Carbon Farming & Regenerative Grazing Event

22nd August 2022

Who can attend? —

Famers/ graziers
Mums and Dads
Scientists and students
Councillors
Concerned people

Transforming soils for healthy food and people.

Monday 22nd:

Establishing pasture and Leucaena in old cultivation
The role of Soil Carbon in regenerative grazing
Cover cropping/ Leucaena establishment/ pasture improvement
Soil health and rotational grazing
Cattle yard design/ Temple Grandin concept
Lots more
Property Tour
Question and Answer Session

Catering and other costs have been sponsored by Australian Government Future Drought Fund.

When — Monday 22th August 2022
Time — 8:00am
Where — Fair-lea, 869 Fairview Rd, Banana

Please RSVP to book in and for more information —
Bookings Essential —
email or Mick 0438 395 255

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Soil Health & Regenerative Agriculture Event

19th April 2021
Transforming soils for healthy food and people.
Also Healthy Soils Meeting

Monday 19th —
Graeme Sait and Mick Alexander:

Regenerative Agriculture
Nutrition Farming
Carbon Farming
Cover Cropping
Grazing Management
Microbe Management
Seed Coating
Residual Buildup
Microbe Management
Weed Resistance
Disease Mitigation
Property Tour
Question and Answer Session

The afternoon session included a farm tour to look at recent cover crop planting, carbon testing etc.
Catering and other costs were sponsored by Fitzroy Basin Association... (FBA).

When — Monday 19th April 2021
Time — 8:30am - 5:00pm
Where — "Bindaree" 275 Blanche Road Garnant (47km from Rockhampton)

Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st April 2021

20th & 21st April 2021 —
Graeme presented a two day workshop covering:

Carbon farming (how cows sequester carbon)
Carbon and water cycles and biodiversity benefits
Regenerative farming, measuring carbon and baselining soils
Soil health strategies and trading carbon
Government programs and the land restoration fund
Developing projects

We did not secure Graeme to speak in Rockhampton since 2019 - lots of valuable messages to remember.
These activities were free to farmers in the Fitzroy Basin.
For more information, please call Mick 0438 395 255

When — Monday 19th, Tuesday 20th & Wednesday 21st April 2021
Time — 8:30am - 4:00pm
Where — Building 43: CQUniversity 554–700 Yaamba Rd, Norman Gardens

Graeme Sait from Nutri-Tech Solutions at Yandina
Graeme conducts seminar tours across the globe each year. He trains soil scientists and Ag departments and he often consults at ministerial level. He is the author of two books and over 300 articles, and his weekly blog, Nutrition Matters, is enjoyed by thousands. Graeme is a sought-after conference speaker and his presentations are often described as “life changing”. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn from this accomplished teacher.