Awards
The Toodyay Naturalists'
Club was awarded the Bushland Conservation Award in the John Tonkin Greening Awards in 1996. In 1998 it received an
Accredited River Manager Gold Award from the Avon River Management Authority. In 2003 it received the Toodyay
Shire's Organisation of the Year Award. Two members of the TNC have been
recipients of the Western Australian Landcare Awards as 'individual landcarers'. The Club was nominated for the 2018
WA Regional Achievement and Community Award, and was selected as a Semi-Finalist.
In 2024 both Robert Boase and Wayne Clarke were inducted
into the 'Western Australian Landcarers 'Hall of Fame' Updated 19th December 2024
In 1990 Foundation Member Ray Paynter had been awarded the John Tonkin Greening Award for Individual Endeavour
In 1996 the Club was also a finalist in the Community Group Award along with immediate past President Wayne Clarke who was
a finalist in the Individual Endeavour Award
In 2014 Greg Warburton and 2017 Robert Boase were both selected for their contribution to caring for the land.
Congratulations to Rob & Wayne as they join twenty-two other dedicated Landcarers, including Rex Edmondson AO, Ted Rowley, Barbara Morrell, Dr Denis Saunders AM, Rosanna Hindmarsh
and Keith Bradby OAM.