Oddball, a family movie, tells the quirky story of how Swampy Marsh convinces the local council to allow his Maremma Sheepdog, Oddball, to protect a local colony of Little Penguins from foxes and cats. It might sound a little far-fetched, but as many of you...
[caption id="attachment_12798" align="aligncenter" width="368"] Matt Herring from the Bitterns in Rice project finally sees the Long Swamp restoration trial structure up close![/caption] Today I had the great privilege of catching up with Matt Herring, who had just undertaken the same journey that Robbie the bittern did...
Last week, a small crew of NGT staff and volunteers, and the fantastic Friends of the Great SW Walk, led by Gordon Page, joined us down at Long Swamp to undertake our first 'tweak' of the level of the structure at Nobles Rocks since it...
As you may be aware, unfortunately by the time Europeans arrived in Australia, the Dingo had out-competed the Devil and Thylacine (according to the most likely explanation) from the mainland, leaving Tassie as the final stronghold for our real 'native' top-order marsupial predators. While it...
Fifteen years ago, the SA Environment Department (then DEHAA) offices in Mount Gambier hosted an overseas exchange ranger from Wexford Slob in Ireland - a special bloke called Chris 'CJ' Wilson, originally a bobby from London. Obviously a long time has passed since then, but...
Well, we've had the first signs of Spring and just in time as the Spring edition of the cross-border calendar (SE SA/SW VIC) has arrived! Nature Glenelg Trust has pulled together a collection of environmental events happening throughout the South East of South Australia and Victoria's South West. Our...
On Sunday September 13 we're heading out on the back lanes of the Victorian Volcanic Plains near Mortlake for a native grassland tour, and we'd love you to come along if you're in the region! Check out the flyer below or click here for a pdf. Spring is...
Well, in a year that unfortunately (due to a lack of rain) is panning out very poorly for wetlands across the bulk of our region in Victoria and SA, at least our groundwater fed coastal wetlands are a shining light! Down at Long Swamp, levels...
[caption id="attachment_12530" align="alignright" width="300"] Elegant Spider-orchid (Bryan Haywood)[/caption] Eleven days of intricate and rewarding field work has recently come to an end after four nationally threatened terrestrial orchid species were successfully translocated into 8 sites throughout the South East through the Restoring the Under-represented Ecological Communities...
Nature Glenelg Trust has recently planted its first area towards achieving the milestone of restoring 70 hectares of the Eaglehawk Waterhole property. A range of understorey species (~ 900 individual plants) have been planted to boost the restoration process after livestock were removed back in...
