The rains we've been enjoying in this part of the country over recent weeks have been sufficient to generate a little bit of local runoff into the deepest part of Walker Swamp. NGT's own Greg Kerr was out there in recent days and captured the...
This month NGT's Lisa has sent in a collection of photos from Walker Swamp in the southern Grampians. She was on site, getting ready for a visit from the Hamilton Parklands School. The students are coming out to celebrate National Tree Day and will help...
In early December, a band of twenty botanical enthusiasts spent a great morning with Eucalyptus expert Dean Nicolle exploring the diversity of Eucalyptus species found across NGT’s Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve. Dean is an authority on the Eucalyptus species of Australia and has written a...
Each year in mid-summer, we survey the same 100 River Red Gums at Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve to assess their condition. These Red Gums have been tracked since 2018! More recently, we've expanded the survey to include 100 Red Gums at our nearby Long Point...
Dean Nicolle is the founder and manager of Currency Creek Arboretum. He's an accomplished botanist and ecologist specialising in the systematics and ecology of the eucalypts and in the arboricultural assessment of trees. We are pleased to announce that Dean will be running this hands-on...
Reto's been getting around at Walker Swamp finding all kinds of interesting things but we were very interested to see this sole Allocasuarina luehmannii (Buloke) growing out of spoil bank on the side of the large drain that comes into the north of the property,...
The other day I was chatting with Angela (Ange) Jones, our Community Nursery Coordinator (who you might recall did this great interview with ABC South East a couple of months ago) and she started filling me in on her recent visit to the woodland property...
Environmental Science students from Deakin University, Warrnambool, recently visited NGT's Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve. The visit was part of their ‘Catchments to Coast’ unit, exploring the biological and physical characteristics that shape interconnected freshwater, estuarine and marine systemsArriving at Walker Swamp, the students delved into...
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...
In some tremendous news this July, we're excited to announce that The Ian Potter Foundation is now a major NGT partner, supporting our efforts to restore wetlands on private land in western Victoria and beyond. In their latest grants round-up, which was made public on...
