Author: Bryan Haywood

Posted at 19 Sep 2019 at 15:10h in Bushcare, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Wetland Restoration by
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Threatened Species projects form a large part of what NGT does; helping native fish, rare birds, reptiles, small mammals, bats, marine creatures, frogs or insects. We try to do it all, but we rely on the support of volunteers, community groups, businesses, local, state and...

Posted at 29 Aug 2019 at 14:33h in 20 Million Trees, Community Nursery Project, Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, Video, Volunteer by
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Wouldn't it be nice to say you've planted 20 million trees!! Well we haven't managed to do that yet, but we have contributed to the overall target with 13,000 in the ground so far this planting season, thanks to the massive effort of our amazing...

Posted at 29 Aug 2019 at 14:31h in News, Photo of the Month, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands, Species of the month by
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The Swamp Bluet (Coenagrion lyelli) is a damselfly endemic to Australia, and also the only species of this genus known from Australia. Until recently, the Swamp Bluet was recorded in south-east Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, central and eastern Victoria. In 2012, one male was photographed...

Posted at 07 Jun 2019 at 12:17h in Species of the month by
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Avenue Cassinia (Cassinia tegulata) is Critically Endangered in Australia, endemic to South Australia and south-west Victoria, and has been a focus of NGT actions since 2015 including pre-planting and post-planting work to establish new populations in 2016. [caption id="attachment_33111" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Cassinia tegulata in full bloom...

Posted at 23 May 2019 at 15:49h in Frogs, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, National Volunteer Week 2019, News, Volunteer by
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[caption id="attachment_33621" align="alignright" width="300"] Listening for frogs at Mount Burr Swamp (Photo: Kimberley Height)[/caption] In one night, keen volunteers drove and walked to over 30 of the 60 wetlands on the Mount Burr Swamp property. Their aim; to listen and record the frogs in search of...

Posted at 13 Mar 2019 at 16:14h in 20 Million Trees, Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve, News by
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For over three years Andy Lines has been our amazing on-site caretaker at Eaglehawk Waterhole. He has systematically pulled and sprayed Salvation Jane over the entire property, fumigated extensive areas of rabbit warrens, mapped wetland boundaries with GPS, pulled down old fences, collected insects, recorded...