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Posted at 05 May 2012 at 00:57h in Community Nursery Project, News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by
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What a great day for our region! Today the Australian Government released the list of successful projects under the first round of the Biodiversty Fund.I'm pleased to share the news that Nature Glenelg Trust has been awarded 2 grants, worth almost $2.3M over 6 years,...

Posted at 12 Apr 2012 at 22:49h in News by
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Last Thursday I caught the bus to Portland with Brendan (my eldest son), for us to pick up where we left off the Great South West Walk (GSWW) 18 months ago. If you don't know about this spectacular 250km loop hike, then check this link: http://www.greatsouthwestwalk.com. Crossing the Surrey...

Posted at 09 Apr 2012 at 12:38h in Long Swamp, News by
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Tuesday last week, Cath and I had the opportunity to have a look at a couple of locations in Long Swamp in far South West Victoria with some locals from the Nelson area and some visitors from Warrnambool and Ballarat. This continuous stretch of significant coastal...

Posted at 19 Mar 2012 at 09:29h in News by
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On Saturday I had an early start to attend the Brolga Recovery Group meeting at a property called Mooramong, near Skipton. This part of western Victoria is a very interesting landscape. While it is predominantly cleared farming country that is grazed or cropped, the prevalence of volcanic...

Posted at 18 Mar 2012 at 13:31h in Media, News by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of meeting with the Hamilton Field Nat's, and was given the chance to share some of my experiences with wetland restoration and re-instatement from nearby in the South East of...

Posted at 05 Mar 2012 at 11:24h in News by
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After what feels like a long time since our last decent rain here at Mumbannar, it was nice to have it rain all afternoon on Saturday. Not only has it freshened up the forest (and our vegie garden), but I think a good rain during a...