[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Major Mitchell Plateau, Grampians, Vic (Photo: J. Tuck)[/caption] This photo was taken on hike across the Major Mitchell Plateau - one of the highest spots in the Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park. You can see previous photos of the week here....
Since the end of last year, NGT has been steadily tinkering away on a small Coastcare Victoria community grant out Narrawong way in conjunction with Narrawong Primary School. The project aims to enhance the endangered and highly rare coastal Swamp Scrub to the south of...
After today I will be offline for a couple of weeks, but yesterday I did manage to pop down to check on levels at Nobles Rocks to update you on progress - and things are looking good! [caption id="attachment_11560" align="aligncenter" width="491"] The latest view of the...
In the lead up to giving a presentation to the Australia New Guinea Fishes Association (ANGFA) Victoria, Lauren and Lachie have featured in the ANGFA newsletter. The relevant articles can be seen here: ANGFA VicNews114 - NGT - Pages 1-3. If you are interested in attending to hear...
An important project being led by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA and DELWP to seek designation of the Glenelg River estuary and wetlands of Discovery Bay National Park as a “wetland of international importance" under the Ramsar Convention, is now underway. While staff at NGT are contributing our ecological...
It has been 6 months since NGT first made our considered ecological perspective about the SE Flows Restoration Project available via our website - for more information see this link. In the time that has passed, some important positive developments have occurred to progress the option...
After a very hectic run over recent weeks, on Tuesday I finally managed to go for an exploratory hike through the depths of the central portion of Long Swamp - something I have been meaning to do for the last 3 years, but just hadn't...
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...
Give Happy, Live Happy Isn't it a great slogan? You may have noticed this catchy catchphrase in the media last week, as organisations all around the country thanked their volunteers during National Volunteer Week. The benefits of volunteering have been well documented; while volunteers increase the...
"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...
