Recently, Nature Glenelg Trust teamed up with the Department of Environment Water & Natural Resources and TAFE Mount Gambier to deliver two advanced seed Workshops led by Neville Bonney. These Workshops were aimed at people who already had a good knowledge of seed collection but wanted...
Nature Glenelg Trust and the Hamilton Field Naturalists Club invite you to join us on Saturday the 14th of December for an informative bushwalk at Gooseneck Swamp in the Grampians National Park, near Dunkeld. As well as the opportunity to learn about the natural values of the...
Recently botanist, Andrea Kodym told me that it was well and truly time to start bagging my heads. Although I was born and raised in Tasmania, that wasn’t what she meant. What Andrea was referring to was the fact that time was running out to bag...
During the heath mouse survey several weeks ago in Honeysuckle Native Forest Reserve, we came across an isolated bridal creeper plant growing up through a yacca. As we didn't have the right equipment to remove it immediately (given the dense mat of tubers the plant establishes...
Jonathan is out and about in the field this week, so he's asked me to let everyone know that the updated project page with the latest environmental events - happening over the summer - is now up and running. Please click here for a .pdf electronic version...
It was about a month ago as I walked along Narrawong beach that I came to a standstill...
Last Saturday I spent a day out with members of the Hamilton Field Naturalists Club. It was one of this Novembers typically damp and cold days but it was a great day to be out in the swamps and a great opportunity to share our...
Well, after another busy week of small mammal survey work down in Lower Glenelg River Conservation Park, unfortunately our target species - the Heath Mouse - was not found. Looking back over my old records, it turns out that I haven't captured them in this...
The community monitoring of Gooseneck Swamp is continuing, with Rod from the Hamilton Field Naturalists Club, along with Steve and Jane, kindly assisting by undertaking the monthly bird surveys of the site. The third monthly visit was recently completed. Other forms of monitoring that are occurring...
The last couple of weeks have been diverse and interesting to say the least! On the 7th of November, I had the privilege of being invited to present at the SA State Landcare conference in Adelaide on the topic of wetland restoration. I covered a range...
