Fifteen years ago, the SA Environment Department (then DEHAA) offices in Mount Gambier hosted an overseas exchange ranger from Wexford Slob in Ireland - a special bloke called Chris 'CJ' Wilson, originally a bobby from London. Obviously a long time has passed since then, but...
We've been hanging out for the woodland bird photography weekend, and it's finally here...
Well, we've had the first signs of Spring and just in time as the Spring edition of the cross-border calendar (SE SA/SW VIC) has arrived! Nature Glenelg Trust has pulled together a collection of environmental events happening throughout the South East of South Australia and Victoria's South West. Our...
On Sunday September 13 we're heading out on the back lanes of the Victorian Volcanic Plains near Mortlake for a native grassland tour, and we'd love you to come along if you're in the region! Check out the flyer below or click here for a pdf. Spring is...
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Wanderer larvae (Danaus plexippus)[/caption] Out in the field we also take a few snaps of introduced species, and here's a couple of them in one shot! This photo of a Wanderer butterfly larvae (Danaus plexippus) was taken in the Coorong National Park. It's...
Well, in a year that unfortunately (due to a lack of rain) is panning out very poorly for wetlands across the bulk of our region in Victoria and SA, at least our groundwater fed coastal wetlands are a shining light! Down at Long Swamp, levels...
[caption id="attachment_12530" align="alignright" width="300"] Elegant Spider-orchid (Bryan Haywood)[/caption] Eleven days of intricate and rewarding field work has recently come to an end after four nationally threatened terrestrial orchid species were successfully translocated into 8 sites throughout the South East through the Restoring the Under-represented Ecological Communities...
Nature Glenelg Trust has recently planted its first area towards achieving the milestone of restoring 70 hectares of the Eaglehawk Waterhole property. A range of understorey species (~ 900 individual plants) have been planted to boost the restoration process after livestock were removed back in...
The latest edition of Wetlands Australia magazine has just come out, with a theme of wetlands and threatened species. This is a topic that we are pretty passionate about at NGT, whether it be Nick and Lauren sampling threatened freshwater fish, Cath or Jono on the...
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Yellow Navel (Omphalina chromacea)[/caption] This shot of a tiny Yellow Navel (Omphalina chromacea) was taken while undertaking bushcare work in the Wannon Falls Scenic Reserve near Hamilton. The Yellow Navel is commonly found on the ground in association with mats of algae, and...
