Bullock Bridge, a newly acquired nature reserve for Nature Foundation, is an important 203 hectare conservation property east of Kingston on the Limestone Coast, SA. It was purchased by Nature Foundation in January 2024, and is described as a "small but highly significant parcel of...
'Planting, planting and more planting' has been the catchcry at Mt Burr Swamp lately through funding from two sponsored projects from Graymont and Department of Transport and Infrastructure (SA). Over 5500 plants have gone in around the edge of the wetland to create riparian zone...
Have you ever wondered what that noise was during a hot summers day, or what that bug-like-thing that lobbed into your car or landed on your leg was? Come along to this series of workshops and you might just find out. This series of workshops...
Have you ever wished to know more about native Australian birds? Or wondered which bird was making that call from out of sight? Well, we have the course for you! Nature Glenelg Trust is teaming up with the Limestone Coast Landscape Board to run a...
Could you ever imagine that a butterfly would be helped by an ant to complete its life cycle?! When you consider that ants can be a formidable force in the bush, its amazing to know that ants will tend to a particular special caterpillar species...
Over recent months we have all witnessed perhaps one of the driest starts to winter we've ever experienced in the south east of South Australia. The well below average rainfall has impacted all aspects of the landscape. The impacts have been felt by all people...
Camera Monitoring (capturing footage and images using fixed point cameras) can be a time-consuming, data-hungry technique, requiring many hours of review and verification; identifying the subject matter is not always easy either. However, as the following video shows, it can reveal some unexpected species sightings!Andy...
All hands were on deck recently when NGT coordinated another burn along Wattle Range Road (north-east of Millicent in South East SA) this autumn, with the help of Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation and OneFortyOne. The original project brief about the importance of native grasslands and why...
As I write this story, I have only just got off the phone from Andy at NGT's Eaglehawk Waterhole Restoration Reserve. Andy said he has been hearing the Bush Stone-curlew for the past two nights, calling around camp. This is such a relief as a...
Heathland is one of the oldest recognised ecosystems in the world and, in southern and western Victoria, is found on flat to gently undulating country. Typically, this ecosystem has nutrient-poor, acidic, sandy soils with vegetation comprised of a dense layer of low growing small-leafed shrubs,...
