Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps

Good food, wonderful people and sharing great results! Recapping the Fleurieu Swamps Field Day in SA

Posted at 29 May 2023 at 15:10h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Glenshera Swamp restoration, Square Waterhole Swamp by Tessa Roberts

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Mark Bachmann presenting to the gathering at Mount Compass. Photo: Tessa Roberts On Saturday the 20th of May, we gathered with a group of swamp people...

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Your chance to learn about 7 years of peatland restoration work: Join us for a Fleurieu Swamps field day in May!

Posted at 30 Apr 2023 at 20:08h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps by Tessa Roberts

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Last time we took a group of people to tour Glenshera Swamp, it was 2017 and our hydrological restoration works on the Fleurieu Peninsula had only just begun. It didn't take long for water to be returned to this unique ecosystem, via blocking old agricultural...

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Sharing knowledge: A field day at Yundi inspires local landholders

Posted at 31 Mar 2023 at 12:17h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Wetland Restoration by Ben Taylor

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Readers may recall from previous blogs the wetland restoration project underway at Yundi Nature Conservancy, which is located about 60 km south of Adelaide, on the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula. Here, NGT has helped local landholder John Fargher backfill an old agricultural drain than had been...

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NGT out and about: Photos from the field

Posted at 31 Mar 2023 at 12:10h in News, Conservation of Glenelg Spiny Crayfish, Environmental Education, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Photo of the Month, Photography, Square Waterhole Swamp, Video, Volunteer by Tessa Roberts

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With staff based all the way from Tassie, to Dunkeld in Vic and Victor Harbor in SA, there are plenty of interesting things going on every day. So we've decided to share some photos from the field every month, to give our readers some insights...

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Showing off Glenshera Swamp at the SA Nature Festival

Posted at 31 Oct 2022 at 14:14h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Glenshera Swamp restoration by Tessa Roberts

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As part of the recent Nature Festival of South Australia, we joined with our restoration partners to showcase all the wonderful work that has gone into restoring Glenshera Swamp at Stipiturus Conservation Park on the Fleurieu Peninsula. A big turnout of about 25 eager participants...

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Recapping NGT’s 10th Anniversary Tour of the Fleurieu Peninsula!

Posted at 31 Oct 2022 at 14:13h in News, Aldinga Washpool, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps by Tessa Roberts

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On Saturday the 8th of October, a cast of 38 eager people jumped on the NGT bus bright and early in Adelaide for our 10th Anniversary Tour of the Fleurieu Peninsula. Because the tour was also part of the Nature Festival of South Australia, in...

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More wetland restoration works at Glenshera Swamp complete, ahead of Swamp Fest 2022!

Posted at 14 Jun 2022 at 12:44h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Glenshera Swamp restoration by Mark Bachmann

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In what has been a huge few months of on-ground hydrological restoration works for NGT, after March works in Tassie and April works at Hutt Bay, our final autumn works update is for the part of Glenshera Swamp that is situated within Stipiturus Conservation Park....

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NGT’s Tenth Anniversary events to mark in your calendar in 2022!

Posted at 28 Feb 2022 at 09:06h in News, Aldinga Washpool, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, Mount Vandyke Restoration Reserve, Southern Bell Frog, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by Paula Thomson

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Friends and supporters will be pleased to hear planning for NGT's 10th anniversary events is well underway. We aim to provide a range of options across Victoria and South Australia, showcasing the variety of wonderful sites, methods, talented staff, collaborations, and stories that make up the...

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Drain backfilling at Yundi Nature Conservancy as hydrological restoration continues

Posted at 28 Feb 2022 at 08:35h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Wetland Restoration by Ben Taylor

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Regular readers will recall, from a previous blog, a project at Yundi Nature Conservancy, where NGT is helping landholder and conservationist John Fargher restore an area of the critically endangered Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp ecological community. The property includes some intact areas of Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp,...

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What happens when water levels change or the ground sinks beneath our feet? – Let’s talk about subsidence in drained peatlands and just how much wetland plants move around

Posted at 23 Nov 2021 at 10:10h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Glenshera Swamp restoration, Hutt Bay Wetland, Karst Springs, Long Swamp Restoration, Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, Piccaninnie Ponds, Regional Recharge Farms, Square Waterhole Swamp, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by Mark Bachmann

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Over the years at NGT we've worked on wetland restoration investigations and implemented projects at wide range of wetland types. If you have been following these stories for some time, you will have seen how valuable digital elevation data (a Digital Elevation Model or DEM,...

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