The Small Things Festival will be held on Saturday 20 October on the civic green and surrounding venues in Warrnambool. 9am-3pm. The Small Things Festival has been made possible through a Community Development Fund grant from the Warrnambool City Council and financial sponsorship by the Glenelg...
We are very excited to announce that NGT is holding an Art in Science Workshop at Kurrawonga, Nelson, on: Sunday, the 18th of November 2018. Dive into the world of insects, spend a day exploring the diversity and start to understand what all the buzz is about. For...
On Thursday the 27th of September 2018, I was asked to join the Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia (SERA) at their biennial conference dinner and awards ceremony in Brisbane.After a series of other National Awards were announced, it was down to the last category -...
A little earlier in the same week that NGT received a National Award from SERA, two NGT staff were also recognised for their dedicated conservation work with our native aquatic species. It sure was a big week for our little NGO! [caption id="attachment_31251" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] NGT's...
The fabulous community event held at Strathalbyn on the Angas River - 'A river near you' by the Angas River Catchment Group and the Goolwa to Wellington LAP had a turn of exciting events with Sylvia Zukowski sampling a very healthy population of...
The orchid flowering season is well upon us and the following photograph is of the Metallic Sun-orchid or Thelymitra epipactoides which is a nationally threatened orchid species. This photograph was taken at the translocation site in Desert Camp recently by one of our valued volunteers...
I have recently just graduated from a BSc (Hons) Aquaculture and Fisheries Management course, based at the University Centre Sparsholt in the United Kingdom. I wanted to gain more work experience within the Aquatic Ecology sector to further enhance my studies and practical skills. Therefore, I...
After a big rebuild, Narrawong District Primary School will see another exciting transformation to their school in term four. Local artist Catherine Bailey and NGT’s Lauren Kivisalu are working with the students and school community as part of the “Dedicated Indigenous Garden and Sculpture (DIGS)”...
A series of recent grant funding announcements are providing NGT with a welcome boost to our wetland restoration activities in western Victoria! Firstly, the Australian Government has now confirmed the recipients of 'National Landcare Program – Environment Small Grants' around the country - you can see the...
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure and privilege of being invited by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA and the Nelson Coast Care Group, to speak on behalf of the local community at the public celebration for the recent listing of the Glenelg Estuary and...