Swan Reserve in Warrnambool has experienced a drastic transformation since the stock saleyards were moved from this location in 1970. Its evolution towards a place for both tourists and locals to enjoy began in the late 1970s when the Warrnambool and District Society for Growing...
The Managing the recovery of Murray crayfish in the southern Murray-Darling Basin project is well underway with a number of important events taking place recently. Firstly, repeat monitoring of sites impacted by the 2010-11 blackwater event has highlighted increased numbers of crayfish in affected areas. Whilst these outcomes of the monitoring...
The latest edition of From the Ground Up is now out, and the community nursery project is featured in a great little story on page 11. Just in case you missed it, you can check out the article below - which can also be enlarged by...
[caption id="attachment_7419" align="aligncenter" width="511"] Have you been hearing them lately too?Spring is the time of year for frogs to be out and about in our wetlands![/caption] Yes, it is that time of year again...
A final reminder that - yep - Friday the 29th is echidna (and goanna) day in Mount Gambier! [caption id="attachment_6627" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr Peggy Rismiller talk at City Hall[/caption] We warmly welcome Dr Peggy Rismiller OAM to the Mount for a busy Friday, including an ABC SE...
Planned sampling for Murray crayfish in the South Australian section of the River Murray was brought into the spotlight by ABC Riverland early this week. Murray crayfish were once common throughout the Lower Murray - even forming the basis of a commercial fishery - but numbers...
Volunteer Profile – Tanya Prider Tanya is a keen bushwalker and especially enjoys heading over to the Grampians to get out and about. She has been volunteering with us for about a month and has already been involved in a wide variety of nursery tasks such...
With the end of winter nigh, the sun has finally come out...
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Island from the air, Southern Coorong (Photo: N. Whiterod)[/caption] This stunning in-flight shot of one of the many islands dotted through the Coorong lagoon was taken by NGT's Nick Whiterod. You can see previous photos of the week here....
[caption id="attachment_6627" align="alignright" width="300"] A short-beaked echidna (photo S.Bourne)[/caption] There’s only a week to go until the world’s foremost echidna expert Dr Peggy Rismiller arrives in Mt Gambier and we’re getting excited… It’s not every day that we manage to get a legend of Australian ecology...
