Artist Emma Stuart (3rd from right) and the ABC Backroads Team at Long Point Restoration Reserve The crew from ABC's Back Roads came out to NGT's Long Point reserve to film local Dunkeld artist and author Emma Stuart and her son, Red. Emma has visited Long Point...
ABC Radio recently visited Long Point & interviewed Bill Weatherly, as he has worked out where Nicholas Chevalier and Eugene von Guerard sat to paint their well-known paintings of Mt Abrupt and the Grampians ranges. Bill is actively involved with NGT and the Friends of the Forgotten Woodlands.Please...
At the beginning of May, NGT's Orange-bellied Parrot project coordinator Jess was surprised by a visit from Jacqui of Mosaics on the Move. Jacqui is from Tasmania and currently travelling Australia learning about, and making mosaics of, vulnerable bird species as she goes. Jacqui makes...
Join us, in collaboration with Mount Gambier based artist Julia Reader for a watercolour painting workshop at Mount Burr Swamp, drawing inspiration from the flora and fauna found at the reserve. All painting materials, and plenty of food will be provided. A special mention to...
For the past six months I've been living a fairly surreal existence. Working on wetlands by day, and sleeping under giant wetland plants and animals by night. A Growling Grass Frog the size of a small car in one corner of the bedroom and some...
The Healing Walk is organised by the Lake Bolac Eel Festival (Kuyang Lapakira - Plenty Eels), and has run since 2005. Neil Murray writes about the origins of the walk here. We gathered on Thursday 21st November near Yarram Gap Rd and finished at a billabong...
Would you like to look at conservation from another perspective? Try the arts! My name is Jodie, and I’m at NGT as part of my practicum as an art therapist. Art offers different ways of creating connections, looking at situations, choosing from alternatives, and other things...
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...
The following report is from a trip I made to the Australian Entomological Society Conference, which was held from 23-26th September 2018, in Alice Springs. I was fortunate enough to be accepted as a speaker within the Conservation Symposium and prepared a presentation about the...
Twelve years ago, when travelling around the WA coast with the family, we pulled up to have a look at Lake Thetis (after visiting the Pinnacles - a much better known tourist destination). I'd included this stop in our travels to see how the Thrombolites at...
