It feels like I'm on a bit of a roll with interesting wildlife encounters to report this year, which started with the story of the feathertail glider we shared back in February. So with autumn now behind us, let's go through a bit of a...
It was just over three years ago in February 2019 that we shared the exciting news of the donation of the Hutt Bay Wetland to NGT, thanks to the incredible generosity and foresight of Robert and Debra Thompson. During that time (click here to learn...
You may remember that late last year we introduced you to the new concept of Regional Recharge Farms. In case you missed it, these are locations in the landscape where water is retained in natural wetland features, in our case using nature and the wetland...
We recently held the final two workshops in a series at Hutt Bay; one on local Aboriginal culture and the second an intertidal reef exploration.First up, on Friday the 11th of March, we hosted Aunty Michelle for two sessions on Boandik customs, first with students...
Rose and Jess’ exciting find of a Southern Blue-Ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) at Cape Douglas with families from the local home-school network is our Species of the Month for April. (For those that are interested, the Limestone Coast Homeschool Group contact is Nicole: .)There are...
This year we decided to return to our regular stretch of coastline at Hutt Bay to tackle marine debris for Clean Up Australia Day. As part of our workshop series at this reserve, members of the local home-school network joined us for the event on...
We're very excited about the next event in our workshop series centred around Hutt Bay: this time we'll be learning about the area's Boandik cultural heritage with Aunty Michelle Jacquelin-Furr. Back in 2018 we worked with Aunty Michelle in ForestrySA's biodiversity schools program in which...
Over the past month we have continued our Hutt Bay workshops and working bees project with a rockpool ramble at Cape Douglas and aquatic macro-invertebrates (aka water bugs) at Hutt Bay. A community rockpool ramble was held at Cape Douglas where we were joined by some...
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,...
Over the past month we've been busy with a whole heap of environmental education events around the South East, from Eaglehawk in the north to Hutt Bay in the south. On 5th November, thanks to the support of the Coast Protections Board’s Community Participation Grant, I...
