Come and join us on Sunday the 9th of October for a day of celebration, to see what we've all come together to make possible - the future restoration and permanent protection of Mt Burr Swamp. It will be a great day, with: talks guided bird watching waterbugs for...
The South East Flows Restoration project is about restoring historic flows from the South East back to the Coorong, via Tilley Swamp (inland of the coast, north of Kingston), and has been under development for several years since 2007. The project is largely funded by the...
I was just starting to stroll into the Grampians National Park, along the drain that flows from Walker Swamp towards Gooseneck Swamp off Lynchs Crossing Road, when something caught my eye in the drain...
Special thanks to Todd Burger from Glenthompson for sending this fantastic snap of a juvenile Eastern Long-necked Turtle, found on the road near Brady Swamp. [caption id="attachment_26434" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Eastern Long-necked Turtle. Photo by Todd Burger[/caption] And just in case you are wondering just how big this cute...
There are approximately 25,000 species of orchids in the world, with 1,800 here in Australia. In the Limestone Coast, we have a few unique species, which can only be found in this region, like the Little Dip Spider Orchid and the Maroon Leak Orchid at Piccaninnie...
Thanks to the generous support of about 50 people and/or groups that have donated so far to the Mount Burr Swamp fundraiser, we have reached $22,000 in funding - which is a great achievement! - but we still have a long way to go. If at this...
The demise of many of the medium sized ('critical weight range') small mammals across south-eastern Australia that followed the concurrent suppression or eradication of dingoes and the arrival of foxes - combined of course with the clearance, development and intensive grazing of land - was for the most part swift and...
With impressive winter rains, many of the often inconspicuous, and often dry wetlands of the region have come to life including our little swamp scrub restoration site at East St in Narrawong! As a lot of the area is now holding water, the plants and animals have...
It has been a long-time coming, but finally over much of the region people are saying "this is what a wet year looks like", or "it reminds me of the 80s or early 90s". My first visit to the region was in 1996 and there was...
I recently visited Fairview Conservation Park (in the mid south east, north of Lucindale) and noted water, water everywhere. "Not a surprise", I hear you say, but it was nice to see the Melaleucas with water lapping at their feet, in a lagoon I’d never...
