In the last newsletter, Mark presented a table comparing rainfall at Mt William (Duwul) to surrounding towns on the plains - Ararat and Hamilton. The Mt William weather station is the highest in southwest Victoria, at an elevation of 1150 m above sea level, and...
Back in the early 1990s, I remember seeing a news story on some floating islands - which the locals were towing to the other side of a pond after the wind had blown them to one side. It was one of those quirky stories which...
This month we have been undertaking some vegetation surveys at Ewens Ponds in South Australia, in conjunction with National Parks and Wildlife South Australia. Ewens Ponds is an iconic diving location near Port Macdonnell, on the Limestone Coast. It is renowned for its crystal clear...
Most of us feel overwhelmed when we trawl through the news and I’m not surprised many people prefer to just switch off. Particularly for younger people, there is a growing epidemic of eco-grief. So what must it be like to be an ecologist and to...
Earlier this year, I wrote an article on how long it takes water to flow through the upper Wannon River, drawing on comparisons from the 1980s and more recently in 2022. The Wannon River catchment begins in the Grampians National Park and influences important wetlands...
Rowan Swamp is a 150 hectare wetland feature, situated near the township of Lake Rowan, in the Goulburn Broken CMA region, about 40km north of Benalla. Three years ago NGT began an eco-hydrological assessment of the Rowan Swamp Wildlife Reserve in partnership with Parks Victoria. After an investigation...
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...
