Wild, windy, cold weather made it feel more like August than January for much of my stay, but fortunately this didn't deter the more than 30 visitors who popped in at different times to catch up and say g'day over the five days I spent...
Before I start, a quick warning - if you are squeamish about looking at dead wildlife on our roads - then this post is not for you!The other day I came across and interesting sighting in pine forest on the track that runs along the...
I was recently contacted by biologist Mike Thompson who is part of a consortium of scientists managing an extensive program of study into the biology and conservation of Australian freshwater turtles. As a result of significant decline in long-necked turtles in the Murray River region,...
To end what has been a very different year for all of us, we decided to go with the flow and hold the annual NGT workshop online last month. As many of us are now finding with meeting this way, it actually worked quite well...
With little fanfare (although that may still be to come!), in the past couple of days we've noticed an update to the EPBC Act list of threatened ecological communities in Australia, on the Australian Government website.On the 15th of December 2020, the Karst springs and...
After a year of a constantly juggling things on all fronts within NGT, I'm personally looking forward to a bit of down-time over Christmas and New Year. But I have a confession to make - I do have one big regret this year! After Walker...
A couple of weeks ago I took a call from Shane Robertson, who shared the very sad news that his brother Ryan had passed away a couple of days earlier, after a brief and sudden illness.Ryan James Robertson (30th Nov 1987 - 14th Nov...
Back in the July newsletter, we released a discussion paper and revisited the story of Hanna Swamp, a long drained and modified (formerly in-stream) wetland of Strathaird Creek near Wallan, situated in the approved urban growth corridor north of Melbourne.Not long after the release of...
So far 2020 has certainly been a year of extremes and, with the arrival of a La Niña event this spring, that trend appears to be continuing. A rather disappointing winter for our wetlands that produced limited runoff has now given way to a cool...
At NGT we pride ourselves on working collaboratively and respectfully with a wide range of people, across all sectors and walks of life in south-eastern Australia, especially in rural landscapes.So it is with great pleasure that I am able to announce the establishment of...
