For those that made the trip down to Nobles Rocks on Sunday, we were lucky! After about three weeks of wind, rain, or (almost) constant cloud cover, nature looked after us on Sunday with a cloudless, sunny sky and a brief return to mild autumn...
"Established in 1989, National Volunteer Week is the largest celebration of volunteers and volunteerism in Australia, and provides an opportunity to highlight the role of volunteers in our community and to say thank you to the more than 6 million Australians who volunteer." So, what better...
If you are one of those people who like stories of synchronicity, or meaningful co-incidences, then this blog update is for you...
In Australia recently it has been hard to escape the media attention being given to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landing on the 25th of April 1915. A lesser know (and certainly lower profile!) fact is that 1915 was also a very significant year...
After an inspired effort from our crew on Monday, it is great to be able report that on Day 9 of works we completed the job! Isn't the phase 3 structure - with a total of about 6,600 sandbags in place - quite a sight? [caption id="attachment_11203" align="aligncenter" width="553"]...
After a big day today (Friday) - including a big dump of rain to test our commitment! - we are now officially taking the Long Swamp Restoration Trial into new territory. Although it has been a massive effort to get the Phase 3 structure to this...
On Monday, in the first of two days we're putting in this week to get the Phase 3 restoration trial closer to completion, we have almost reached what I think of as a significant 'tipping point'. I realise this may not make a lot of...
Several hundred sandbags later, after a another big day of community sandbagging on Thursday, and the restoration trial structure on the Nobles Rocks outlet is over 2/3 complete. So we are well on the way...
On Sunday, a slightly smaller but very dedicated and energetic crew of volunteers headed down to Nobles Rocks, to pick up where we left off on Thursday. And what can I say - the results speak for themselves! [caption id="attachment_10961" align="aligncenter" width="553"] Looking up the channel towards...
A week ago we were all set; with a dry channel and a plan in place for moving sandbags from our filling station to the trial structure location. But a week is a long time in the life of a dynamic wetland system! [caption id="attachment_10885" align="aligncenter"...
