Keeping with the coastal summer theme of recent species of the months, we bring you: Sea Hares! This month’s focal species is actually a genus; several species of Sea Hare are commonly found along the southern coastline of Australia. Sea Hares are slug-like organisms that...
We usually choose an endangered or rare species for our featured Species of the Month. If you've ever visited a beach in south eastern Australia you will recognise the Turbo Snail (Turbo undulatus) so it is by no means unusual. However, a recent question prompted...
To beat the summer heat, over 300 'cool' activities have been happening in January across Victoria's diverse and fascinating coastal and marine environments as part of the 'Summer By The Sea 2020' program. This program has now been running in the summer holidays for 25...
Coastal Connections is back again in January with a packed program, including Fishing Clinics! Starting Monday 2nd January, Coastal Connections offers coastal activities for the whole family. Make sand sculptures, be beach detectives, and join NGT in a Fishing for the Future Clinic. The Fishing for the...
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...
WOW! What can I say? The last five months have gone by at blistering pace. It was a fleeting 7 or 8 months ago that I was in another country trying to figure out what I’d be doing in 2016. And then came the internship offer...
If you're about to give your garden a 'spring clean' and have a few gaps to fill, we may be able to help you fill them. Our Community Nursery has a small amount of excess tube stock available for purchase. Some of the species available are...
Last month, on June the 28th, the last of our native orchids were planted out on to private property near Robe, with 41 Little Dip Spider-orchids (Caladenia richardsiorum) planted in-between rain showers for the Restoring the Under-represented Ecological Communities project. Last year NGT planted nearly 900 purpose...
Last week Jess joined four Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare volunteers on a trip to Phillip Island Nature Park to undertake Little Penguin handling and microchip training. During the training the group gained valuable skills in handling, weighing and measuring Little Penguins, and also learnt and practiced...
Oddball, a family movie, tells the quirky story of how Swampy Marsh convinces the local council to allow his Maremma Sheepdog, Oddball, to protect a local colony of Little Penguins from foxes and cats. It might sound a little far-fetched, but as many of you...
