Scale Swamp - December 2017 Scale Swamp is another great demonstration of the benefits of restoring hydrology to drained wetlands. This 100 hectare swamp to the south of Dunkeld has a long-term history of drainage for grazing and low-intensity cropping. In 2013, under the Commonwealth Government...
After last year's wet season, the 2017 wet season has snuck under the radar and with lots of other jobs on the go, I hadn't been up to the Grampians to check in on Gooseneck and Brady Swamps for a while. Well I wasn't disappointed...
On the 12th October I was fortunate enough to have a seat on the two-day Wonderful Wetland Ecology Bus Tour, a training course on the ecological drivers of wetlands (geomorphology, hydrology and water quality). On this tour of wetlands across the Loddon floodplains (North Central...
I recently had the pleasure of attending the annual Australian Society for Limnology (ASL) Conference in Ballarat. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Waters of past and present: shaping pathways for future management‘ and focused on decision making in times of uncertainty. This theme...
CrossBorder by name and cross-border by nature, last month's exhibition exploring the significance of wetlands across our region was a wonderful event. The show included artists from both sides of the border and was exhibited in two vastly different venues, but carried a consistent message. ...
As the Mount Burr Swamp campaign approaches its finale, Nature Glenelg Trust and 21 artists from both sides of the South Australian / Victorian border have teamed up to present an art exhibition, CrossBorder: the Significance of Wetlands. This one night only event highlights the...
Last week I took the opportunity to check back in on some of the restoration sites we have been working on around the southern Grampians, and I have some good news! Let's start the journey a bit further east, and up the Bunnugal drain, to one...
Over the past couple of years we've been working with Aringa North owner and manager, Hoges. A beautiful property, situated about 10 km north of Port Fairy, Aringa North has a large number of wetlands which provide habitat for brolga, swans, frogs and an...
The signs of two dry years are still lingering but one can't help but feel optimistic that we might have turned a corner. With Warrnambool falling just 0.5mm short of achieving its highest May rainfall on record, and similar trends occurring to the north and west,...
Late Autumn is always a time of anticipation and feelings of contradiction in the world of wetland restoration. Often we are scrambling to finish works before the rain arrives, wishing for a good rainy season but secretly hoping it can hold off just one more...
