Yvonne and I recently made a quick trip to Melbourne to attend part of the 11th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference. We were particularly interested to take part in a field trip to learn about native grass seed production and see if there were any lessons that could be applied to...
A small group of dedicated community members were not deterred by the winter-like weather (13'C, rainy, and windy) on Sunday 13th November, but braved the conditions to venture out to our native butterfly workshop at the Portland Community Garden. The community garden Landcare group had...
Last weekend Lauren V and Jess held the first of this summer's Fishing for the Future Clinics with the Naracoorte Scout Troupe. Two clinics were held at the Robe marina to teach the youth the basics of sustainable fishing practices. These include why we have size...
Last month, I had the opportunity to travel to Hobart and speak about our mulloway citizen science project at the Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference. It was a great chance to share some research results and highlight the important role of citizen science in...
I recently had the pleasure of attending the annual Australian Society for Limnology (ASL) Conference in Ballarat. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Waters of past and present: shaping pathways for future management‘ and focused on decision making in times of uncertainty. This theme...
The September 2016 edition of Australian Birdlife magazine features a great story by Matt Herring, Inka Veltheim and Andrew Silcocks, which tells the full story of Robbie the Bittern, as well as the wider Bitterns in Rice satellite tracking project, which has taught us so much...
A selection of native wildflowers are available for purchase from our nursery in Mount Gambier. Growing locally indigenous native plants is a great way to support native wildlife including insects such as butterflies and bees. Please see the thumbnails below of the species available (click...
A group of 19 young people recently enjoyed a novel school holiday activity: creating native wildflower seed-bombs! Nursery staff, Yvonne and Rose, ran the school holiday workshop on 13 October at our nursery in Mount Gambier, with participants ranging in age from two to 12. During...
One of the important roles of the NGT community nursery is to conduct research into propagation techniques for species which are generally not available in existing commercial nurseries. Discovering germination cues - "cracking the code" - or other important propagation information, will eventually lead to an increase...
CrossBorder by name and cross-border by nature, last month's exhibition exploring the significance of wetlands across our region was a wonderful event. The show included artists from both sides of the border and was exhibited in two vastly different venues, but carried a consistent message. ...
