The latest edition of Wetlands Australia magazine has just been released to coincide with World Wetlands Day 2019. You can see the full edition here, or a direct link to the Walker Swamp article here. An image of the article is also below. ...
First up, I have to admit that I had a bit of a chuckle with a colleague the other day - apparently my handing over editorial responsibilities for the NGT newsletter last month may have given some people (yep, those who didn't read the full story!)...
If you have the pleasure of knowing Mark personally, you will be aware that as Manager of NGT he is constantly on the go and incredibly busy behind the scenes keeping all the cogs turning in the operation of this small but hard-working NGO. Since...
Over the past couple of weeks, Nicole Mojonnier, Lauren Kivisalu and I have been busy hosting a series of coastal activities in Nelson, Narrawong and Warrnambool as part of the Summer By the Sea school holiday program. The events are coordinated and funded through the...
Further to our previous announcement of upcoming restoration opportunities in western Victoria, funded with the support of the Victorian Government, our project to permanently restore Long Swamp (Discovery Bay Coastal Park) is underway and works are now just around the corner - capping off a...
As we’ve reached the 12 month mark for the project, I thought it would be timely to provide a brief update on the Mulloway tagging work. The 3-year project is funded through the Victorian Fisheries Authority, by Recreational Fishing License Fees and is investigating broad-scale...
This time last year, we held the Great Goolwa Cockle Challenge to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable management of recreational fisheries. Prior to the event we tagged and released over 3000 cockles (also known as pipis) at Goolwa Beach. On the community day, Saturday...
As we are now in the height of summer, the butterflies are emerging, so monitoring has commenced again at the Penambol Conservation Park Butterfly Walk (20 minutes south-east of Mt Gambier). All are welcome to join me! For an update on the history of the...
In 2017 and 2018 I spent eight weeks working as part of a small team of scientists to carry out the first baseline flora and fauna surveys on a project aiming to establish the first large National Park in Fiji. While reptile and amphibian numbers...
After seeing so many beautiful pictures of peacock spiders (Maratus spp.) on social media recently, I decided to head out bush myself in search of this elusive type of jumping spider. Knowing how small they are (only 3-5 mm), I wasn’t feeling overly confident but...
