Did you know that while we sleep, bats work all night across our region consuming large quantities of insects - including agricultural pest species! Next month, together with the Limestone Coast Landscape Board, we'll be hosting two events focussed on bats and their prey, near Naracoorte...
Don't forget, if you're still looking for last minute Christmas gifts, NGT has personalised cards available! Make a donation to NGT before Christmas and you can be issued with a lovely card for the recipient to recognise a gift made on their behalf - see...
Did you know that bats make up 20% of the world’s mammal species? All sorts of misconceptions exist around our nocturnal flying friends, but bats are super interesting, diverse, and helpful to humans!I recently gave a talk at the Limestone Coast (LC) Landscape Board’s Bat...
Can you believe, it's less than a month until Christmas already! If you're anything like me, sometimes you struggle to come up with gift ideas that are ethical and environmentally sound. It can be especially difficult to think of appropriate gifts for other adults who...
As part of our Fieldwork Friday program over the past month or so, volunteers have been tackling Arctotheca populifolia at NGT's Hutt Bay Wetlands Reserve. Like many weeds in our region, this plant is native to South Africa and it goes by many names including...
This winter we've held several planting days at Mt Burr Swamp and with our supporters' help have got 3000 seedlings in the ground at out main two-day planting event in early September. A number of areas around the main wetland were prepared for planting with...
I recently took a week off to visit Whyalla in the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia, something I had been wanting to do for several years. Why Whyalla? Each winter, from May to July, thousands of Australian Giant Cuttlefish Sepia apama gather there to breed,...
From Orange-bellied Parrot monitoring in south-west Victoria, to the Silver Xenica translocation, to the Southern Bell Frog conservation facility, to prescribed burning to support Avenue Cassinia regeneration, and rare plant propagation in our nursery, a lot of NGT's work centres around our local threatened species. More...
Late autumn sees whales returning to Australian waters to breed after spending the summer months in the Antarctic feeding grounds. The most commonly seen whales in our region are humpback and southern right whales, as well as blue whales (see this month's post for some...
The Eight-armed Sea Star (Meridiastra calcar) is a common sea star found on reefs and under rocks throughout much of Australia, from southern Queensland to south-west Western Australia.. It is brightly coloured, and as you can see from the photos below, ranges from bright oranges,...
