On this page you’ll find links to our quarterly environmental events calendar to help you find out about what’s happening in your region. There are so many great groups and organisations hosting a range of activities throughout the South East of SA and Victoria’s South West, and we wanted to help spread the word about the opportunities on offer. Working bees, talks, outings, monitoring, training, field days, art exhibitions….you name it, it’s happening in our region.
Autumn 2015
The new Autumn cross-border community environmental calendar is now available! Check out the images below for what going to be happening in your region as the weather heats up – whether you’re interested in open days, workshops, birding outings, working bees or dog’s breakfasts at the beach(!), there’s bound to be something for you!
Take a look at the latest calendar here 2015_Autumn-Environmental-Events (0.3Mb)
Does your group/organisation have an upcoming event over the SUMMER months (Dec, Jan, Feb)? Contact the NGT team by FRI 31 OCTOBER 2014 for your event to be included in the next calendar.
The 2014 Biodiversity ‘Up Close’ events
NGT along with a host of partners brings you the Biodiversity ‘Up Close’ events – a series of walks, talks and opportunities for you and the family to meet the experts and learn about the amazing things nature offers across the South East of South Australia and Victoria’s South West. Visit the Up Close page here for more details!
- After big progress in April, now we need your help to reach the target for Wirey Swamp! 29/04/2025
Since our last update at the end of March, some incredibly generous NGT supporters have helped us take a big leap forward towards the funding target that will enable us to create the Wirey Swamp Restoration Reserve. As we’ve discussed in the newsletter over recent months, this new project will enhance habitat for threatened wetland ...
- The vital role of core funding support from Nature Impact Collective in NGT’s ongoing evolution 29/04/2025
A little under 12 months ago, we shared the fantastic news that NGT was one of five organisations involved in conserving Australia’s inland waters that were selected for core funding support by Nature Impact Collective.
Nature Impact Collective is still a relatively new collaboration of philanthropic funders who are passionate about nature and committed to ...
- Talking Carp and River Murray health at Adelaide ‘Eat The Invaders’ panel discussion 29/04/2025
Recently NGT’s senior aquatic ecologist Dr Sylvia Zukowski, was asked to be on the discussion panel at a screening of ‘Eat The Invaders’ (Carp episode) at Adelaide’s Summertown Studios. The event was Hosted by the Murray Darling Conservation Alliance, Conservation Council SA, and the ABC Impacts and Partnerships team, with MC Cale Matthews from ABC. ...
- Orange-bellied Parrots are on their way 29/04/2025
It’s that time of year when the Orange-bellied Parrot (OBP) makes its migration back to mainland Australia from its breeding grounds in Tasmania. At the time of writing there are no confirmed sightings of OBPs on the mainland for the season yet, but that first email could come any day now.
In December, once the birds ...
- Annual fish sampling in the Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges 29/04/2025
The annual Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges (EMLR) fish sampling is in full swing again.
The EMLR is defined as the eastern slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges, spanning from Mannum to Goolwa. It is an important agricultural region, which has also been heavily altered since European colonisation, and contains over 8000 farm dams. Within this ...
- Sowing seed & going solar — The latest news from NGT’s Mount Vandyke Restoration Reserve 29/04/2025
It’s been all go recently at Mount Vandyke, NGT’s predator-proof fenced Restoration Reserve in the heart of Cobboboonee National Park, in SW Victoria!
With our commitment to full ecosystem recovery, we are continuing to focus on habitat restoration activities before the future planned release of threatened small mammals into this strategically located free-ranging enclosure, which is ...
- NSW predator-proof fences have been in the media: let’s compare notes for Mt Vandyke and the SW Vic Eastern Quoll Hub 29/04/2025
Over the past couple of months, I have come across some interesting stories in the media about releases of small mammals into two new predator-proof fenced areas (free ranging enclosures) in southern NSW, that are worth sharing given some interesting parallels with NGT’s plans for our Restoration Reserve at Mt Vandyke.
In the first story, which ...
- Major autumn wetland restoration works completed at Sloping Main 29/04/2025
Setting the scene: the importance of background research at a complex site
A couple of years ago (in 2023), NGT were invited by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC) to take a detailed look at the significant saltmarsh area (Burdens Marsh / Prices Flats) within their recently acquired Sloping Main Reserve, on turrakana / the Tasman Peninsula. ...
- Saltmarsh Restoration at Windermere Bay — Stage 1 Works Complete 29/04/2025
On the banks of the Derwent Estuary north of Hobart is Windermere Bay. Here, the Glenorchy City Council has commenced a boardwalk extension and replacement project, in a saltmarsh area that suffered a significant contraction in area due to infilling with soil in the 1970s. As part of this work, NGT – in partnership with ...
- High school students get hands-on experience at the NGT Community Nursery 29/04/2025
The Mt Gambier Community Nursery has recently had three visits from Tenison Woods College Year 11 Outdoor Education students. The students have been studying ‘Water in our landscape’ through their investigation called ‘The Kakadu of The South’. Within this, they have been learning about revegetation and native plant species, which fits into their care for ...
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