The Society for Growing Australian Plants is holding a Propagation Day on Friday June 26th at 8.00pm at the Mozart Hall in Gilles Street. If you are not based in Warrnambool but are interested in plants, this will be well worth the drive - so don't...
In Australia recently it has been hard to escape the media attention being given to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landing on the 25th of April 1915. A lesser know (and certainly lower profile!) fact is that 1915 was also a very significant year...
On Tuesday night, I had the pleasure of meeting with a fantastic group of 25-30 people who came along to the Butterfly Conservation SA meeting at Clarence Park in Adelaide. Before I spoke about my own story of how I came to take an interest...
So what do rice growers in the NSW Riverina district and coastal wetlands in the South East have in common? Until recently, we might have simply answered “not much” – but nature is full of surprises – with early results from a fascinating new project...
[caption id="attachment_683" align="alignleft" width="150"] Lauren Kivisalu[/caption] Many of you will be aware that NGT's Lauren Kivisalu has been on maternity leave since the arrival of her first child Sydney last September. Things are going well and Lauren is in the process of transitioning back into work by...
After an inspired effort from our crew on Monday, it is great to be able report that on Day 9 of works we completed the job! Isn't the phase 3 structure - with a total of about 6,600 sandbags in place - quite a sight? [caption id="attachment_11203" align="aligncenter" width="553"]...
After a big day today (Friday) - including a big dump of rain to test our commitment! - we are now officially taking the Long Swamp Restoration Trial into new territory. Although it has been a massive effort to get the Phase 3 structure to this...
If you enjoyed last week's before and after images of our recent back filling of the drain from Brady Swamp, then you're in for another treat. This week, the next floodplain on the Wannon River downstream of Brady Swamp - the Duck Pond - is our...
... well, in a virtual sense that is! During the week I was contacted by John O'Brien from Ireland, who uses his blog to draw attention to critically endangered species that are not so charismatic as the ones we usually hear about. It seems that our work on...
On Monday, in the first of two days we're putting in this week to get the Phase 3 restoration trial closer to completion, we have almost reached what I think of as a significant 'tipping point'. I realise this may not make a lot of...
