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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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,...
The invasion and displacement of more diverse wetland vegetation by Phragmites australis (common reed) is an issue affecting many Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, including some of the most intact examples such as Glenshera Swamp. Phragmites is a native wetland plant with a cosmopolitan distribution (native to...
