Last Thursday I caught the bus to Portland with Brendan (my eldest son), for us to pick up where we left off the Great South West Walk (GSWW) 18 months ago. If you don't know about this spectacular 250km loop hike, then check this link: http://www.greatsouthwestwalk.com. Crossing the Surrey...
Last Thursday I was delighted to receive an email from Nature Foundation SA (a very active environmental NGO in South Australia - see www.naturefoundation.org.au), informing me that Nature Glenelg Trust (NGT) has been awarded grant funding for 2 projects to occur next financial year in the South East of South...
Tuesday last week, Cath and I had the opportunity to have a look at a couple of locations in Long Swamp in far South West Victoria with some locals from the Nelson area and some visitors from Warrnambool and Ballarat. This continuous stretch of significant coastal...
On Wednesday evening I headed down to Nelson to introduce Nature Glenelg Trust (NGT) to the Nelson Coast Care Group. After my presentation, and a great discussion with the group about wetland restoration, it was a rather quick exit to make the journey to Adelaide...
On Saturday I had an early start to attend the Brolga Recovery Group meeting at a property called Mooramong, near Skipton. This part of western Victoria is a very interesting landscape. While it is predominantly cleared farming country that is grazed or cropped, the prevalence of volcanic...
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On Wednesday I spent the day with the Victorian Wetlands Working Group, which has representatives from agencies with an interest in wetlands from across Victoria, in a meeting hosted by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA. Given the topic for the day was wetland re-instatement, I was given the...
After what feels like a long time since our last decent rain here at Mumbannar, it was nice to have it rain all afternoon on Saturday. Not only has it freshened up the forest (and our vegie garden), but I think a good rain during a...
Last night Cath and I had the pleasure of heading down to the Surry Ridge Picnic Area in Cobboboonee NP to catch up with the Portland Field Naturalists at their first meeting for 2012. As well as having a nice social chat with everyone, if gave...
In the last couple of weeks I had the pleasure of accompanying a friend of mine in looking around a patch of private bushland in our region. To my delight, when we arrived I discovered that there was quite a nice area of wet shrubland habitat...
