Learning from others
About the trips
Bus trips to different regions are a great way to see what other farmers are doing to deal with the opportunities and challenges of farming today. Here’s a list of the trips that have occurred under the TopSoils program:
2016 - visited Nigel Kerin, Norm and Pip Smith, and Martin Royds (with a surprise dinner guest of Peter Andrews).
2019 - visited the Mulloon Institute via Charles Massey and Charlie Maslin.
2021 - farmers travelled to the North East and then headed to the North West of Victoria.
2022 - farmers travelled from North East Victoria into NSW and the Monaro Tablelands.
2023 - farmers travelled to the South West, into South Australia and back down from Mildura.
Farmers Bus Trip 2023
SFS trial site
Monaro Plains 2016
Charles Massey 2019
Martin Royds - 2016
Bus Trip 2016
Nigel Kerin - 2016
Norm & Pip Smith - 2016
Norm & Pip Smith 2016
Charlie Maslin - 2016
Bombala 2016
Wellington 2016
2019 bus trip
Charles Massey 2019
Charles Massey
Mulloon Institute 2019
Mulloon Institute 2019
Mulloon Institute 2019
Mullooon Institute 2019
2019 Bus Participants
Bus trip 2021
bus trip 2021
2021 bus trip
Grant Sims Dung Beetle Nursery 2021
2021
Acknowledgements
The Top Soils program is supported by the East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. Project partners include Southern Farming Systems, Agriculture Victoria, East Gippsland Landcare Network, Far East Victoria Landcare and Snowy River Interstate Landcare Committee.
Funding for these bus trips comes from numerous partners, including the Sustainable Agriculture Project and Gippsland Agriculture Group.
