So what do rice growers in the NSW Riverina district and coastal wetlands in the South East have in common? Until recently, we might have simply answered “not much” – but nature is full of surprises – with early results from a fascinating new project...
Late last year, Lachie and I took part in a wetland field day organised by the Hamilton - Coleraine Railway Line Landcare Group. A local journalist who attended the day, Katrina Weatherly, wrote a really nice article about the day that appeared in the December...
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of giving a talk to the Warrnambool Field Naturalists Club. They were interested in hearing about Nature Glenelg Trust after a reference by a previous speaker, some weeks beforehand. When you consider that the club was...
With Autumn now upon us we are busy working on some big and exciting restoration projects before the season breaks and this pretty significant dry spell comes (hopefully) to an end. Such has been the level of activity for the first quarter of the year...
On Saturday the 2nd of February I had the pleasure of joining the Friends of Yatmerone Wildlife Reserve for a "World Wetlands Day" celebration. World Wetlands Day marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention), all the...
The latest edition of the Wetlands Australia magazine produced by the Australian Government has just been released, and can be viewed or downloaded on-line here. NGT's Lachlan Farrington contributed an article summarising the wetland restoration program on private land. To have a read, you can download...
On Saturday 1st February, why not head to Penshurst for a nature walk at the Yatmerone Wildlife Reserve? The walk will be followed by BBQ and presentations by Dr Rob Bird of the Hamilton Field Naturalists Club and NGT's Lachlan Farrington. Please RSVP by the 27 January by...
Back in December I kicked off the annual monitoring of the "wetland restoration on private land" sites, visiting one at Coleraine where we installed a regulator last year. I'm pleased to report that this wetland was still full and a large number of birds are...
Last Saturday I spent a day out with members of the Hamilton Field Naturalists Club. It was one of this Novembers typically damp and cold days but it was a great day to be out in the swamps and a great opportunity to share our...
The last couple of weeks have been diverse and interesting to say the least! On the 7th of November, I had the privilege of being invited to present at the SA State Landcare conference in Adelaide on the topic of wetland restoration. I covered a range...
