It was a beautiful Monday morning at Kurrawonga and we had to take down one of our glamping-tents to get it repaired. The tent had been set up only a few weeks ago so we certainly weren’t expecting what happened next. After all the pegs...
NGT’s first Art in Science workshop took place recently at Kurrawonga, our conservation property in Nelson, Victoria. [caption id="attachment_31502" align="alignleft" width="300"] Exploring Kurrawonga through the lens. Image by Ockert Le Roux.[/caption] A warm and sunny day provided perfect conditions to spend a day focusing on insects. Ockert...
Our November working bee at Kurrawonga took place on a sunny Sunday. The plan was to spend a few hours grid searching the property, particularly the area with historically higher weed infestations, and then spend the other part of the working bee exploring and catching a...
We are very excited to announce that NGT is holding an Art in Science Workshop at Kurrawonga, Nelson, on: Sunday, the 18th of November 2018. Dive into the world of insects, spend a day exploring the diversity and start to understand what all the buzz is about. For...
[caption id="attachment_31124" align="alignleft" width="280"] Year 8 students from Good Shepherd College are exploring the world of tiny waterbugs.[/caption] Greg and Nicole recently hosted Year 7 and 8 students from Good Shepherd College in Hamilton in a visit to Walkers Swamp for an educational adventure. After an...
This year NGT decided to celebrate National Wattle Day on the 1st of September at our beautiful new reserve, Kurrawonga in Nelson. [You can find out more about the property and the generous donation of the Moore family here.] The day started off with some wattle seed...
There may have been no OBPs confirmed, but we've still had a good Parrot season in 2018! With a slight increase in regular volunteers and more feedback from the general public we have been very busy over the last few months. Although we unfortunately did not...
At the end of June, NGT helped organise a special OBP movie screening in Port Fairy. The Orange-bellied Parrot is one of the most endangered parrots in the world. They breed over the summer in South West Tasmania and then cross Bass Strait to spend...
Please join us for the screening of the Orange-bellied Parrot film “The Desperate Plight of the Orange-bellied Parrot” at the Reardon Theatre in Port Fairy. We're also excited to announce that the film makers, David Neilson and Karen Alexander, as well as Rachel Pritchard from the...
It was a perfect sunny winter day when some keen NGT staff and volunteers recently arrived at NGT's new Reserve at Nelson, Kurrawonga, for a busy working-bee. Pumps were fixed, gutters cleaned, fireplaces created, weeding completed and fallen trees removed. Chainsaws were buzzing, brains storming and...