Community Biodiversity Events 2014

We have two exciting workshops coming up in the next few weeks which we would love you to be involved in!   How to Create a Butterfly Garden Thursday, 20 November, 4-6pm Community Nursery, Vansittart Park, Mount Gambier [caption id="attachment_8440" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Shouldered Brown Heteronympha penelope[/caption] Do you remember seeing...

[caption id="attachment_6627" align="alignright" width="300"] A short-beaked echidna (photo S.Bourne)[/caption] There’s only a week to go until the world’s foremost echidna expert Dr Peggy Rismiller arrives in Mt Gambier and we’re getting excited… It’s not every day that we manage to get a legend of Australian ecology...

(Well, not actual talking Echidnas, but talking about Echidnas is exciting too!) [caption id="attachment_6627" align="alignright" width="300"] A Kangaroo Island echidna (photo J.Tuck)[/caption] It’s a way off, but be sure to circle Friday August 29 on your calendar as NGT will be hosting the world's foremost echidna expert...

Join us for a day out at the recently acquired Eaglehawk Waterhole habitat restoration reserve on Sunday May 18! See the details below, or download a pdf of the event flyer here [caption id="attachment_4152" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Eaglehawk Waterhole Open Day flyer[/caption] Eaglehawk Waterhole is a 684Ha property in...

Each Wednesday evening for the last 4 weeks the seed-sieves, secateurs and smoke water were moved aside as the NGT community nursery transformed into an art studio for the ‘Up Close’ botanical illustration course. Local artist and botanist Yvonne Riley ran the course for an enthusiastic...