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!
- We are hiring! Join the NGT team as a Restoration Ecologist in south-western Victoria January 25, 2023
Have you been waiting for an opportunity to join the NGT family? We don’t advertise positions very often but we are currently looking to add to the restoration ecology expertise of our south-western Victorian team, based out of our Warrnambool office at Deakin University.We are implementing a range of exciting projects with a ...
- Forensic fieldwork: Investigating the vegetation of Mt Vandyke January 25, 2023
Where do you start when you want to restore a cleared patch of agricultural land back into a functioning, healthy, natural ecosystem, and it’s not immediately obvious what used to grow there? It’s a common problem facing us when restoring habitat in fragmented landscapes, and it can require a forensic approach to arrive at an ...
- The recent floods continue to stimulate interesting discussion about how we interact with nature in Australia’s floodplains January 25, 2023
Over recent months we have continued to look at issues surrounding flooding and the way we interact with our natural landscapes in Australia, especially in urban areas.A lot of interesting discussion has been generated by the 2022 floods, so I thought we’d share some interesting articles for some summer reading, listening and reflection.First up, this ...
- Ok boomer! Endangered bitterns are ‘booming’ in western Vic January 25, 2023
Recent wet conditions over spring and summer have resulted in a bumper year for records of the nationally endangered Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), or ‘boomer’, known for its deep booming call. In fact, for the first time since restoration, a Bittern was detected in early November at our very own Walker Swamp by Tom and ...
- Molecular taxonomy finally catches up with the growling grass frog January 25, 2023
The growling grass frog (aka southern bell frog) is one of the most iconic wetland species across western Victoria and south-east South Australia. Their call is part of the seasonal soundtrack, signalling wetland filling and heralding in the beginning of the dry down. The species is threatened nationally and, during drier periods like the millennium ...
- An unexpected find in the dunes of Discovery Bay: The critically endangered Coastal Leek Orchid January 25, 2023
Back in December, when I was taking a look at Long Swamp, in Discovery Bay Coastal Park, I came across something that you don’t see too often: a beautiful, fleshy leek orchid in the middle of a sandy track in the dunes. Despite being a bit chewed and bent over, it looked very interesting, so ...
- Southern Bent-wing Bat cave audit gets underway in South East SA January 25, 2023
Last year, the southern bent-wing bat took out the inaugural title of Australian Mammal of the Year after a fierce competition of public voting. This small insectivorous bat has a limited distribution in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia and western Victoria, and after a drastic population decline in the latter part of the ...
- After two years of research, monitoring and engagement: Aldinga Washpool report finalised January 25, 2023
Regular readers will be aware from previous articles of NGT’s involvement with the Aldinga Washpool. After two years of research, monitoring and engagement with a broad range of people, our report Ecohydrological Restoration Assessment of the Aldinga Washpool is now complete and is available to download here.First and foremost, we hope the report accurately ...
- Time-lapse cameras aid water monitoring in the Ramsar-listed Apsley Marshes January 25, 2023
You may have heard about our eco-hydrological investigation into the Moulting Lagoon and Aspley Marshes Ramsar sites on the east coast of Tasmania (read more about the project here) – an important project we are delivering in partnership with NRM South and the Australian Government.As part of the monitoring program at the Ramsar-listed Apsley Marshes ...
- Managing the interface between agriculture and conservation at Lake Hawdon South January 25, 2023
On the 5th of January I visited Lake Hawdon South, 15 km inland from Robe, with members of the South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board (SEWCDB). The purpose was to explore some of the management issues where the artificial Bray Drain enters the wetland. Present were SEWCDB members Miles Hannemann, James Holyman, Jane Featherstonhaugh ...
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