After a fantastic couple of days sandbagging recently, (thanks to all our helpers from across the region, both sides of the border!) I decided to 're-appear' in the blogs temporarily to provide you with a quick update on the latest news on the NGT Reserve...
If you think this looks like an alien species, then you are right. Coast Capeweed or Cape Beach Daisy (Arctotheca populifolia), might look beautiful, but is from the southern African coastline and is steadily making its way eastwards along the coast of Australia. [caption id="attachment_32936" align="aligncenter"...
The “Tiny Greenhood” is its common name, but common it is not! When this species was first discovered in the south-east of South Australia, it was misidentified as Pterostylis parviflora, and was recorded under a variety of incorrect names. In 2017 botanist David L. Jones...
About 20 years ago, when I first moved to the region, Barrie Grigg (who was still working for ForestrySA at the time) told me he occasionally came across species in unexpected places. Snow Gums in non-alpine native forests and Triodia down at Dry Creek -...
Last year, after giving a talk to a group of guests at Walker Swamp (who attended the Biolinks Alliance symposium in June), I was invited to inspect Herne Swamp, an artificially drained wetland situated at Wallan (north of Melbourne, near the headwaters of Merri Creek). We...
For over three years Andy Lines has been our amazing on-site caretaker at Eaglehawk Waterhole. He has systematically pulled and sprayed Salvation Jane over the entire property, fumigated extensive areas of rabbit warrens, mapped wetland boundaries with GPS, pulled down old fences, collected insects, recorded...
If you've been following NGT for a while you will remember that back in 2016 we ran a campaign to secure funding for the organisation's second restoration reserve, Mt Burr Swamp. Our supporters got behind our vision for the property, and helped us raise the...
Twelve months into the Walker Swamp project and we are nearly ready to install the regulator on the outlet of the northern Bunnugal Drain and restore the wetland permanently.Works to prepare the ground at Walker Swamp have been gathering pace and a suite of projects...
Our most recent working bee at Kurrawonga took place on a thankfully cool day in February. With several chainsaw-skilled volunteers we were able to have four saws going at once and made huge progress on the remaining Coast Wattle. Hopefully, we will be able to remove the...
As Nature Glenelg Trust and our fantastic volunteers continue the restoration journey at our Mt Burr Swamp property we are continually adding to our list of species for the reserve. As Rose recounts here, we can now confirm the presence of critically endangered Southern Bent-winged...
