Over the past three years, as part of an investigation into the ecology and hydrology of the Wannon River, whose catchment begins in the Grampians National Park in Victoria, we've had the opportunity to really grow our understanding around freshwater fish distribution and movement in...
The Wannon River catchment begins in the Grampians National Park and influences important wetlands like Brady Swamp, Gooseneck Swamp and NGT's Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve along the way. We have been investigating the Wannon River system for a few years now, through our study into...
It's that time of year again when we start to see Brolga flock to certain sites around south-western Victoria. Since the hydrology of Green Swamp (near Glenthompson) was restored just on a decade ago, we've seen flock numbers slowly increasing here too. Last year was...
Around this time two years ago we captured a photo of a brolga chick at Walker Swamp, adjacent to the Grampians National Park. This was the first confirmed recruit at the site since restoration works were undertaken in 2019, identified from a wildlife camera photo...
Following the excellent winter rainfall in the South East of SA, we're starting to see how that plays out for flora and fauna following the major restoration works completed earlier this year across the Stage 2 area of the Mount Burr Swamp Restoration Reserve. To...
Sam Greiner sent me a photo last month while she was out at Scale Swamp to do some bird surveys. Scale Swamp, in western Victoria, is one of the first wetland restoration projects we tackled under the Australian Government funded Biodiversity Fund Project - Wetland...
The Yarra Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca obscura) is a small freshwater fish (the biggest one I have seen was 78 mm in length). It is endemic to coastal waterways of south-eastern Australia and prefers slow flowing habitat along the edge of streams and rivers, and also...
It has been a pretty wet year for those of us based in south-east South Australia and south-west Victoria. What has been surprising, in comparison to recent history, is the timing of this wet period. We are more used to seeing things start to wet...
At Warrnambool's back door, in South West Victoria, lies Kelly Swamp. When I say 'back door', I'm talking 5 mins drive, or 15 mins by bike from the CBD. It's a seemingly wild, open space and somewhere that I have been slowly discovering and exploring...
Rowan Swamp is an approximately 150 hectare wetland feature, situated near the township of Lake Rowan, in the Goulburn Broken CMA region about 40km north of Benalla.After about 18 months of eco-hydrological investigations and planning, in 2022 NGT installed a trial weir structure to restore...
