Bryan has shared some field photos from two South Australian NGT reserves: Mt Burr Swamp and Eaglehawk Waterhole. At Mt Burr Swamp Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation staff have been undertaking some burning training in our Blue gum block earlier in September. Rosemary and Bryan also recently found...
ABC Radio recently visited Long Point & interviewed Bill Weatherly, as he has worked out where Nicholas Chevalier and Eugene von Guerard sat to paint their well-known paintings of Mt Abrupt and the Grampians ranges. Bill is actively involved with NGT and the Friends of the Forgotten Woodlands.Please...
We held our first volunteer fence removal day this month at Walker Swamp, NGT's recently expanded restoration reserve near the Grampians National Park. Lisa reports from the working bees: "We started removing the eastern fence between the swamp and the new block (we removed about 850...
The team has been out and about as usual, doing a range of activities. Here's a snapshot from this month. Click a photo below to enlarge and then click through them using the side arrows. First up, Lachie shared this photo of Lauren doing a...
We had a wonderful group of geocachers visit Walker’s Swamp last Friday. It was a case of many hands make light work! We had 30 people from across Victoria meet at Walker’s Swamp to help us find and remove paddy melon (Cucumis myriocarpus). I wonder if,...
NGT senior ecologist Jono took these beautiful snaps during a recent visit to Tasmania, where he was assisting with the restoration works at Sloping Main. What a spectacular place! NGT's Mildura-based ecologists Scott Huntley and Taylar Pay have recently been doing some fish monitoring in the...
Andy at NGT's Eaglehawk Waterhole Restoration Reserve has been busy capturing photographs of birdlife coming to the bird bath at camp. Below are a range of species he has seen over the recent summer months. From left to right: Crimson Rosella, Black-chinned Honeyeater, behind and far...
Rosemary and John recently did a day of weed removal for Tarregal Landcare Group on a property on Cape Bridgewater, removing the prickly weed Apple of Sodom (Solanum linnaeanum). This nasty weed is unpalatable to stock and forms dense patches, harbouring rabbits and out-competing native...
As we welcome the new year, we've got some extra photos from late December to catch up on...
Firstly, Lachie shares a view over Walker Swamp to the Grampians, taken on Christmas Eve. You can clearly see the bushfire smoke in the background. As we write, this bushfire is still burning in the Grampians National Park and is yet to be brought under...
