Part 2: The Lake Moniboeng Naming Story – The debate between Hedditch and Malseed in the 1930s
We pick up this story again by revisiting a series of newspaper articles that appeared in the Portland Guardian in the 1930s...
Long Swamp Restoration
Part 1: The Lake Moniboeng Naming Story – Beginning a 100 year long game of Chinese whispers
When it comes to the names of places, never assume anything: that is what some recent digging has taught me!While Long Swamp is a pretty straightforward and descriptive name that leaves no room for confusion, the same cannot be said for one of the spectacular...
NGT stories feature in Issue 25 of Wetlands Australia magazine
Posted at 09 Aug 2014 at 20:39h
in Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Long Swamp Restoration, News, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands
by Mark Bachmann
The latest edition of Wetlands Australia magazine has just hit the web, and NGT features include updates on projects at Gooseneck Swamp and Long Swamp.You can read a pdf of Lachlan's article, summarising the first year of waterbird monitoring led by the Hamilton Field Naturalists...
Revisiting Long Swamp – the 1953 Glenelg River Angling Club working bee at Nobles Rocks
In previous blog (see here), we looked at some of the interesting oral history of Long Swamp and a newspaper article from 1953, when the Glenelg River Angling Club began to take an interest in the Nobles Rocks outlet.Here is the Border Watch article from...
Talking about our cross-border coastal wetlands at the Coastal Volunteers Forum in Nelson
On Saturday the 5th of July, I had the pleasure of attending (and giving a short presentation at) the Coastal Volunteers Forum, hosted by the Nelson Coastcare Group but attended by a range of dedicated volunteers from both sides of the border. The theme of...
Phase 2 of the Long Swamp Restoration Trial successfully in place!
On Tuesday the 1st of July, thanks to a group of 11 willing helpers (from NGT and the Glenelg Hopkins CMA) eager to take on the rugged terrain, the second phase of the Long Swamp restoration trial was successfully installed.As reported in a previous blog,...
Long Swamp Restoration Trial Update – June 2014
The rains of the last week or two have certainly started to make a difference to wetlands along our coast, with levels in Long Swamp and at the Nobles Rocks outlet being nudged back up again over recent days.Since the last update, Lachlan and I...
Revisiting Long Swamp – brought to life by stories of the past
If you have an interest in natural history, isn't it great to listen to the detailed reflections of an elderly person sharing their memories of a place that has undergone dramatic change?I remember as a child growing up in the western suburbs of Adelaide, hearing...
You are invited to the Nelson Coastcare Volunteers Forum – Saturday 5th July
For those that haven't come across it yet, in early July there will be a really interesting forum in Nelson - where you can hear about Long Swamp and the Glenelg River estuary (sites currently being considered by DEPI for potential Ramsar listing) and the...
Long Swamp restoration trial update – May 2014
It has been a couple of weeks now since the Long Swamp Restoration Trial got underway, and it might surprise you to hear that in this short period of time we have already learned a great deal. Enough in fact, to enable us to begin...