[caption id="attachment_11099" align="aligncenter" width="553"] The (sometimes green) Brown Tree Frog - found at Nobles Rocks during the installation of the Phase 3 restoration trial structure.[/caption] This green-tinged, Brown Tree Frog (photograph by Mark Bachmann), decided to check out the feel of a geofabric sandbag the other...
Several hundred sandbags later, after a another big day of community sandbagging on Thursday, and the restoration trial structure on the Nobles Rocks outlet is over 2/3 complete. So we are well on the way...
If you read our blogs on your mobile phone or tablet, then you might have noticed that we don't currently have a mobile friendly version of the website. Over the coming weeks that will all change, with a website upgrade currently being prepared by Nat Peek...
It has been a hectic time for NGT in the upper Wannon River catchment, with Adam busy coordinating the permanent restoration works for Brady Swamp that are well underway, thanks to the support of the Victorian Government (Living Victoria Fund), Parks Victoria and local private...
On Sunday, a slightly smaller but very dedicated and energetic crew of volunteers headed down to Nobles Rocks, to pick up where we left off on Thursday. And what can I say - the results speak for themselves! [caption id="attachment_10961" align="aligncenter" width="553"] Looking up the channel towards...
A week ago we were all set; with a dry channel and a plan in place for moving sandbags from our filling station to the trial structure location. But a week is a long time in the life of a dynamic wetland system! [caption id="attachment_10885" align="aligncenter"...
Last year I posted a blog about the 1950's attempt to sandbag the outlet at Nobles Rocks, and now (with the 3rd phase of the current restoration trial underway) it seems like a good time to give a brief summary of the attempt that followed...
After a busy few weeks of behind the scenes preparations, the third phase of the restoration trial at Nobles Rocks, to improve the hydrology of Long Swamp, is now getting underway...
Earlier in the week, a small but very energetic NGT crew (plus volunteers Callum, Liam and Travis, and our work experience student Coen - thanks guys!) helped us get the site ready for the community sandbagging events that will get underway after Easter (kicking off...
This article on the Conversation (download pdf here) from a few weeks ago captured my interest - enough for me to post an online comment in response - and I thought it would be worth sharing with you...
