In the dark of night, they announce their arrival with the leathery snap of their wings. Their wings span up to one metre! If you startle them accidentally, visions of Dracula may briefly flit through your head as they wheel through the sky. It’s that time...
Have you been waiting for an opportunity to join the NGT family? We don't advertise positions very often but we are currently looking to add to the restoration ecology expertise of our south-western Victorian team, based out of our Warrnambool office at Deakin University....
Where do you start when you want to restore a cleared patch of agricultural land back into a functioning, healthy, natural ecosystem, and it’s not immediately obvious what used to grow there? It's a common problem facing us when restoring habitat in fragmented landscapes, and...
Over recent months we have continued to look at issues surrounding flooding and the way we interact with our natural landscapes in Australia, especially in urban areas. A lot of interesting discussion has been generated by the 2022 floods, so I thought we'd share some interesting...
Recent wet conditions over spring and summer have resulted in a bumper year for records of the nationally endangered Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), or 'boomer', known for its deep booming call. In fact, for the first time since restoration, a Bittern was detected in early...
The growling grass frog (aka southern bell frog) is one of the most iconic wetland species across western Victoria and south-east South Australia. Their call is part of the seasonal soundtrack, signalling wetland filling and heralding in the beginning of the dry down. The species...
Back in December, when I was taking a look at Long Swamp, in Discovery Bay Coastal Park, I came across something that you don't see too often: a beautiful, fleshy leek orchid in the middle of a sandy track in the dunes. Despite being a...
Last year, the southern bent-wing bat took out the inaugural title of Australian Mammal of the Year after a fierce competition of public voting. This small insectivorous bat has a limited distribution in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia and western Victoria, and after...
Regular readers will be aware from previous articles of NGT's involvement with the Aldinga Washpool. After two years of research, monitoring and engagement with a broad range of people, our report Ecohydrological Restoration Assessment of the Aldinga Washpool is now complete and is available to...
You may have heard about our eco-hydrological investigation into the Moulting Lagoon and Aspley Marshes Ramsar sites on the east coast of Tasmania (read more about the project here) – an important project we are delivering in partnership with NRM South and the Australian Government. As...
