If you love a good tree planting session, we've got you covered this October. On Saturday the 15th October we'll be planting in partnership with "Friends of the Forgotten Woodlands" along the Wannon River at NGT's Long Point Reserve, on the edge of Dunkeld. Then...
As Spring quickly approaches, so does the need (and urge!) for us to be outside and doing things!! So we have a great array of activities and opportunities for you to become involved with and spend some time in these glorious landscapes.Fencing at the northern...
Tom and Rosemary, our Field Ecology and Works Officers in western Victoria, have been really busy at Walker Swamp during June and July, as they, together with a fantastic group of volunteers, have been building a tall macropod-proof fence using recycled posts and wire as...
Last Saturday, a group of very enthusiastic volunteers gathered at NGT's Long Point Reserve, Dunkeld, to help both Nature Glenelg Trust (NGT) and the Friends Of The Forgotten Woodlands (FOFW) recreate a masterpiece. Long Point lies north-east of Dunkeld and is named after the peninsula of...
NGT's Long Point Reserve, on the outskirts of Dunkeld, is about to become home to hundreds of woodland species seedlings which will be protected by heavy duty kangaroo-proof guards.Drooping Sheoak (Allocasuarina verticilata)Silver Banksia (Banksia marginata)Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa)Friends of Forgotten Woodlands are working to re-establish...
After our previous update back in May, NGT’s work on the east coast of Tassie continues...
The Striped Legless Lizard (Delma impar) is a species that has mastered elusiveness. They shelter and nest in soil cracks, and utilise surrounding grassy vegetation and rocks to keep well hidden during their daytime movements. These small reptiles are in fact not totally legless -...
[caption id="attachment_36767" align="alignright" width="380"] Delma impar found beneath one of the roofing tiles[/caption] Tile grid surveys were set up at Long Point Restoration Reserve in the southern Grampians at Dunkeld back in 2012 - long before NGT became the custodian of this patch - as part...
Way back in January, when 2018 had just begun, we said that we'd have some great news to share with everyone throughout this year. So let's recap what happened next...
