After the recent post about a Platypus sighting, we received some fantastic feedback from our newsletter subscribers. Ryan Duffy from Parks Victoria said the sighting caused a bit of excitement in their Grampians office, because the only official records and recent sightings from within the National Park are on the...
Monitoring of Malleefowl mounds is about to commence at 6 sites in the South East of South Australia. Monitoring sites occur over the entire birds range including other parts of South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. Monitoring is conducted annually in an...
In some great news - thanks to everyone who has donated to the campaign over the past week - we've now reached almost $45,000! and the live tally is...
We are very excited to bring you an art exhibition with a stellar line up of twenty local artists, as part of our Mount Burr Swamp campaign. The event held in Mount Gambier, Friday 7th of October, and on site at the Mount Burr Swamp...
Come and join us on Sunday the 9th of October for a day of celebration, to see what we've all come together to make possible - the future restoration and permanent protection of Mt Burr Swamp. It will be a great day, with: talks guided bird watching waterbugs for...
The South East Flows Restoration project is about restoring historic flows from the South East back to the Coorong, via Tilley Swamp (inland of the coast, north of Kingston), and has been under development for several years since 2007. The project is largely funded by the...
I was just starting to stroll into the Grampians National Park, along the drain that flows from Walker Swamp towards Gooseneck Swamp off Lynchs Crossing Road, when something caught my eye in the drain...
Special thanks to Todd Burger from Glenthompson for sending this fantastic snap of a juvenile Eastern Long-necked Turtle, found on the road near Brady Swamp. [caption id="attachment_26434" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Eastern Long-necked Turtle. Photo by Todd Burger[/caption] And just in case you are wondering just how big this cute...
There are approximately 25,000 species of orchids in the world, with 1,800 here in Australia. In the Limestone Coast, we have a few unique species, which can only be found in this region, like the Little Dip Spider Orchid and the Maroon Leak Orchid at Piccaninnie...
Thanks to the generous support of about 50 people and/or groups that have donated so far to the Mount Burr Swamp fundraiser, we have reached $22,000 in funding - which is a great achievement! - but we still have a long way to go. If at this...
