You've probably heard of the Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) and might be familiar with some or even a lot of this species' story. Over the past few years we've written several posts about the OBP, but I thought it was time to refresh your memory...
You may remember that late last year we introduced you to the new concept of Regional Recharge Farms. In case you missed it, these are locations in the landscape where water is retained in natural wetland features, in our case using nature and the wetland...
We recently held the final two workshops in a series at Hutt Bay; one on local Aboriginal culture and the second an intertidal reef exploration.First up, on Friday the 11th of March, we hosted Aunty Michelle for two sessions on Boandik customs, first with students...
For the past six months, Orange-bellied Parrots have been in Melaleuca, Tasmania where they spend summer at their breeding grounds. As the breeding season came to an end, the recent survey report from the Orange-bellied Parrot Tasmania Program indicated "a lower than average number of...
Rose and Jess’ exciting find of a Southern Blue-Ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) at Cape Douglas with families from the local home-school network is our Species of the Month for April. (For those that are interested, the Limestone Coast Homeschool Group contact is Nicole: .)There are...
Late last year we kicked off a three-year environmental and cultural education program with Newbery Park Primary School of Millicent, South Australia. NGT is running the majority of activities and hosting many at our reserves, with other activities to be led by First Nations Elders...
Late spring and early summer is a great time to get outdoors and our environmental education events have continued over the past few weeks, through our wetland science program with Grant High School. In classroom sessions, year 9 science students were introduced to the function...
Over the past month we have continued our Hutt Bay workshops and working bees project with a rockpool ramble at Cape Douglas and aquatic macro-invertebrates (aka water bugs) at Hutt Bay.A community rockpool ramble was held at Cape Douglas where we were joined by some...
Over the past month we've been busy with a whole heap of environmental education events around the South East, from Eaglehawk in the north to Hutt Bay in the south.On 5th November, thanks to the support of the Coast Protections Board’s Community Participation Grant, I...
The end of year is fast approaching but we still have a few events and volunteer opportunities to finish off 2021. See our full schedule below.As well as our regular nursery sessions (held every Friday at the moment), we have two workshops coming up...
