After an inspired effort from our crew on Monday, it is great to be able report that on Day 9 of works we completed the job! Isn't the phase 3 structure - with a total of about 6,600 sandbags in place - quite a sight? [caption id="attachment_11203" align="aligncenter" width="553"]...
After a big day today (Friday) - including a big dump of rain to test our commitment! - we are now officially taking the Long Swamp Restoration Trial into new territory. Although it has been a massive effort to get the Phase 3 structure to this...
[caption id="attachment_11168" align="alignright" width="300"] Sylvia counting fish, with a little help from her friends.[/caption] We recently completed an autumn round of fish sampling of the Torrens River with over 17,000 fish across 11 species recorded. The catch was again dominated by freshwater generalists and introduced species,...
If you enjoyed last week's before and after images of our recent back filling of the drain from Brady Swamp, then you're in for another treat. This week, the next floodplain on the Wannon River downstream of Brady Swamp - the Duck Pond - is our...
[caption id="attachment_11154" align="alignleft" width="225"] Fun at Wild Wetlands Day[/caption] Wild Wetlands Day was held at the beautiful Riverglades Wetlands at Murray Bridge on Saturday 18 April. There were more than 250 people through the door and the organisers have received overwhelming positive feedback from those who attended. The...
... well, in a virtual sense that is! During the week I was contacted by John O'Brien from Ireland, who uses his blog to draw attention to critically endangered species that are not so charismatic as the ones we usually hear about. It seems that our work on...
On Monday, in the first of two days we're putting in this week to get the Phase 3 restoration trial closer to completion, we have almost reached what I think of as a significant 'tipping point'. I realise this may not make a lot of...
[caption id="attachment_11099" align="aligncenter" width="553"] The (sometimes green) Brown Tree Frog - found at Nobles Rocks during the installation of the Phase 3 restoration trial structure.[/caption] This green-tinged, Brown Tree Frog (photograph by Mark Bachmann), decided to check out the feel of a geofabric sandbag the other...
Several hundred sandbags later, after a another big day of community sandbagging on Thursday, and the restoration trial structure on the Nobles Rocks outlet is over 2/3 complete. So we are well on the way...
If you read our blogs on your mobile phone or tablet, then you might have noticed that we don't currently have a mobile friendly version of the website. Over the coming weeks that will all change, with a website upgrade currently being prepared by Nat Peek...
