Following a couple of wet days in August, I was in the neighbourhood of the Aldinga Washpool and stopped in for a look. The Washpool, one of Adelaide's last coastal lagoons, was full and spilling over the concrete weir into the outlet channel and the...
The Basin Waterbird Network is a forum for the sharing of knowledge and building of relationships amongst those working in the area of waterbird science and management across the Murray-Darling Basin. In April, Ben was asked to give a presentation to the Network on...
In previous editions of the NGT newsletter we have covered the restoration of Lake Hawdon North in quite a bit of detail, from baseline (pre-restoration) ecological monitoring, through to construction of the new regulator to retain more water in the lake, and some early post-restoration...
In the April edition of the NGT Newsletter we provided an update on hydrological restoration works in Square Waterhole Swamp, within Hesperilla Conservation Park, on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Mt Compass, in South Australia. Artificial drains were constructed several decades ago in a past...
NGT's long-term involvement with Square Waterhole Swamp, within Hesperilla Conservation Park has continued recently, thanks to funding from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). Hesperilla, named for the extremely rare golden haired sedge-skipper (Hesperilla chrysotricha), is an important example of the critically endangered Fleurieu...
As we've covered in a number of previous articles, NGT have been investigating the potential to restore the Aldinga Washpool, one the Adelaide regions last remaining coastal lagoons, since early 2021. The Washpool is protected within Wangkuntila-Aldinga Conservation Park and supports important ecological and cultural...
As regular readers will know, NGT has had a long involvement in the restoration of Lake Hawdon North, a 2,745 ha seasonal wetland located 15 km inland from Robe, SA. Completion of the Lake Hawdon North regulator in May 2025 has enabled water levels to...
Early in September, Bec and Ben spent three chilly days at Silver Plains Reserve in Tasmania's central highlands, a property owned and managed by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC). This is an impressive area of sub-alpine forest, marshes and grassland that supports a number of...
Environmental restoration projects can be a slow burn, taking years between the initial idea and on-ground implementation. Fifty years ago, in 1975, an ecologist named Warren Jones visited Lake Hawdon North as part of a broader survey of wetlands in the lower South East. His...
Mount Compass Area School Swamp, which has featured previously in the NGT Monthly Newsletter, is located on the grounds of the school (60 km south of Adelaide) and is an important remnant of the critically endangered Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp ecological community. The School community puts...
