To say we have had a busy time lately at NGT is a major understatement! The end of financial year rush has extended well into July for NGT with a number of project reports due this month, as well as it being planting time - with a...
Last Friday, I had the great privilege of being the invited speaker for July at the monthly 'Leaders Lunch' held at the Hamilton Club. In the historic surrounds of the Club's building on Gray Street, about 40 people had gathered to hear me speak about...
Last Saturday marked the end of a big week for NGT at the Fun4Kids festival in Warrnambool. Our very own Lachlan Farrington also managed to get a brief spot on WIN News, given the success of the NGT "Bug World" - a chance for kids to...
Last Saturday evening I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at the handover ceremony and dinner for the Portland Bay Rotary Club, where outgoing President Merle Menzel handed over the reins for the next 12 months to Gordon Page. Gordon and his army of...
The latest update from the Bitterns in Rice project has come through, and can be seen here. The following paragraph from the update (by Matt Herring) relates to our very own Long Swamp resident, Robbie the Bittern: "Robbie has now been at Long Swamp for eight weeks....
A recent article in the Warrnambool Standard is helping to spread the word about a new NGT research project, being led by our research ecologist Adam Miller, that will enable us to clarify the genetic status of Brolgas in southern Australia. You can also download a...
For anyone who may have missed it from our facebook page, a great story about Robbie the Bittern by Ian Lunt was published on-line a couple of weeks ago. You can read the article here, or download a pdf version here: The hunt for 'Robbie B'...
If you didn't get a copy of the latest edition of FTGU, it had a couple of NGT articles that we can share with you here, one about Robbie the Bittern and another about Malleefowl. Enjoy! [caption id="attachment_11944" align="aligncenter" width="378"] Article on Robbie the Bittern from...
The Long Swamp restoration trial has been getting some great coverage in the regional media - and we are grateful for their support in sharing this good news story. As well as a radio interview I did with Stan Thomson on ABC South East a...
After today I will be offline for a couple of weeks, but yesterday I did manage to pop down to check on levels at Nobles Rocks to update you on progress - and things are looking good! [caption id="attachment_11560" align="aligncenter" width="491"] The latest view of the...
