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Share how you experience landcare, through your lens

Landcare Week is a national celebration of the Australians who actively restore, enhance and protect the natural environment in their local communities. This year for Landcare Week, we’re inviting people across the country to help tell this powerful story through Landcare Through the Lens – a national photo campaign capturing what landcare looks and feels like where you live.

Across Australia, people experience landcare in many ways. From caring for bushland, waterways and coastlines, to restoring landscapes and soils on farms, creating habitat for threatened species, learning from First Nations people or spending time outdoors with your community – every landcare experience tells a story.

Share a landcare photo and why it’s important to you

Submit a photo that reflects your personal experience of landcare and share why it is important to you (in 100 words or less). Your image will help us showcase the diverse ways Australians are caring for the environment in their local areas and inspire others to do the same.

Your chance to win for your group!

You’ll also have the chance to win $1,000 for your landcare group or community-led environmental group. Submissions close on Monday 31 August, and the winner will be announced on Tuesday 15 September 2026.

We can’t wait to experience landcare through your lens!

Submit photo

How will your photo be used?

Selected photos may be:

  • Featured on the Landcare Australia website 
  • Shared across Landcare Australia social media channels to promote Landcare Week 2026
  • Published in Landcare in Focus online magazine
  • Shown at the 2026 State & Territory Landcare Awards
  • Featured at the 2027 National Landcare Conference and Awards

Submission criteria:

  • Share why the photo is important to you (100 words or less) 
  • Photos must be taken in Australia 
  • File type: TIFF, JPEG or RAW 
  • File size: 1 MB and a maximum of 10MB, high resolution 
  • Include: 
    Your name 
    location (town/suburb and state/territory)  
  • You must own the copyright and have permission from anyone featured 
  • AI generated or modified images are not accepted 
  • Submissions close 31 August 2026 
Submit photo

Looking for inspiration?

We’re looking to bring landcare to life through the click of a lens. We’re looking for that one special photograph that shows the essence of landcare. What does it mean to you? You can check out some of last year’s submissions here.

Volunteers working together, learning together, or simply enjoying time outdoors in nature with others. 

Native flora, fauna, landscapes and waterways being protected or restored.

Farmers, primary producers, landholders caring for soil, water and biodiversity    

Moments that show how landcare supports connection, belonging and mental wellbeing. 

Submit photo

In providing us with your photo, you agree for Landcare Australia, the National Landcare Network and the Landcare State and Territory Organisations, to publish the photos for non-commercial use to promote that landcare is for everyone across our collective communications channels.  

You are submitting a photo that is an original copyright and that you have already obtained photo releases forms from any person featured in the photo. We do not accept AI generated pictures as an entry. 

  • You must be the sole owner of the copyright of the photograph(s) submitted or have secured written permission of the copyright owner or any joint owners of the copyright. A copy of such permissions must be supplied when requested. 
  • Ownership of the copyright in any entry will remain with the copyright owner(s). 
  • Your photo submission grants Landcare Australia, the National Landcare Network and the Landcare State and Territory organisations, the right to use the photos for non-commercial use across digital media including but not limited to publications, websites, social media and events. We will use photograph credentials where possible.  

Landcare Australia (63 008 656 513) is the promoter of the competition.

This is a game of skill and a permit is not required.

Eligibility:  

  • Entry is open to Australian residents aged 18 years and over. 
  • Entry is free and no purchase is required. 
  • Employees of Landcare Australia, and associated agencies, as well as their immediate families, are not eligible to enter. 
  • The Promoter reserves the right to verify entries and disqualify any entrant who tampers with the entry process or submits an entry that is not in accordance with these terms

Entry period: 

  • The Competition opens on Monday, 11 May 2026 and closes on Monday, 31 August, 2026 at 11:59pm. 

How to Enter: 

  • Submit a photo and follow instructions on “Landcare Through the Lens” webpage hosted on the Landcare Australia website. 
  • Each entrant must be the original creator of the submitted photo. 

Prize Details: 

  • The prize is $1,000 cash donated towards a landcare group of choice. It cannot go to an individual.
  • The winner will be notified via email and publicly announced on the Landcare Australia website. 
  • The winner must claim the prize within 30 days being notified. 
  • If a landcare group is not chosen for the prize money it will be
  • Winner selection/judging:
  • This is a game of skill. Chance plays no part in determining the winner.
  • Entries will be judged based on creativity, originality, and alignment with the “Landcare Through the Lens” theme.
  • Judging will take place at the offices of Landcare Australia.
  • The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

Winner notification:  

  • The winner will be notified by email using the contact details provided at the time of entry within 7 business days of the winner selection (Tuesday 15 September). If the winner cannot be contacted or does not respond within 30 days, the Promoter reserves the right to select a new winner. 
  • The winner will be published on Landcare Australia social media channels, our newsletters and Landcare in Focus November 2026 edition.  

Privacy:

  • Your privacy is important. Personal information collected will be used solely for administering this competition and will not be shared with any third parties.  
  • The winner’s name may be published in accordance with these terms, but private contact details will remain confidential. 

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