Back in September, I was lucky enough to be invited to present on one of the conference themes - 'Security' - at the SA State Landcare Conference in Clare. I was given a bit of creative licence, so it was a chance to explore some tricky ecological questions...
This photo of a young Black-headed Monitor (Varanus tristis) was taken while volunteering on a recent fauna survey up in Arnhem Land, NT. Black-headed Monitors grow to a length of 50 to 80cm, making them relatively small by monitor standards. While they may be on the petite...
We're currently busy putting the final touches on an evaluation report that summarises everything we've learned about Long Swamp since NGT first became involved with restoration planning and action for this magnificent wetland in Discovery Bay Coastal Park in 2012. Hopefully we'll be able to share the...
Ecologists at Nature Glenelg Trust have been monitoring known Wedge-tailed eagle nests within the pine forests of OneFortyOne Plantations over the last few months. This is the second season of monitoring and we covered 12 known nests sites this year, which were checked three times...
Sheryl and I recently headed out to check on the Little Dip Spider Orchids (Caladenia richardsiorum) that were planted out at various sites in the region in winter 2015. To refresh your memory, these threatened orchids along with three other species were purpose-grown for reintroduction...
While at Glenshera Swamp for a couple of days in late September, we were able to see precisely how responsive an already wet catchment above the swamp is to small amounts of rainfall - with 8.5 mm of rain falling overnight on the 24th of September. So after...
On the 24th and 25th of September, NGT's Mark Bachmann and Ben Taylor teamed up with DEWNR's Randall Johnson to guide visitors around some of the recent restoration works at Stipiturus Conservation Park, 6 km west of Mount Compass. NGT's Ben Taylor kicks off one of...
The Annual AGM and Campout for the SE Field Naturalist Society was held last weekend at the Black Cockatoo Bush Camp. This campout brings together all Field Naturalist groups from around the region including Mt Gambier, Millicent, Naracoorte and Bordertown. On Saturday Oct 14th the...
While other NGTers were slogging away in the rain doing reveg and working on other projects this winter, I recently had the pleasure to escape to the Mexican summer for three months! Just a couple of months earlier my interest was piqued by a job ad...
On the 12th October I was fortunate enough to have a seat on the two-day Wonderful Wetland Ecology Bus Tour, a training course on the ecological drivers of wetlands (geomorphology, hydrology and water quality). On this tour of wetlands across the Loddon floodplains (North Central...
