On Wednesday evening I headed down to Nelson to introduce Nature Glenelg Trust (NGT) to the Nelson Coast Care Group. After my presentation, and a great discussion with the group about wetland restoration, it was a rather quick exit to make the journey to Adelaide...
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...
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On Wednesday I spent the day with the Victorian Wetlands Working Group, which has representatives from agencies with an interest in wetlands from across Victoria, in a meeting hosted by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA. Given the topic for the day was wetland re-instatement, I was given the...
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...
Last night Cath and I had the pleasure of heading down to the Surry Ridge Picnic Area in Cobboboonee NP to catch up with the Portland Field Naturalists at their first meeting for 2012. As well as having a nice social chat with everyone, if gave...
In the last couple of weeks I had the pleasure of accompanying a friend of mine in looking around a patch of private bushland in our region. To my delight, when we arrived I discovered that there was quite a nice area of wet shrubland habitat...
Hello everyone. Well that first month went fast! Nature Glenelg Trust was announced by email back on the 16th of January, and through the regional media in the lead up to World Wetlands Day on the 2nd February - the date of our website launch. Thanks to the interest of...
Cath and I have been rather busy over the last week in pulling together what we think are some very exciting grant applications for our region (that is both South East SA and South West Victoria) under the Biodiversity Fund. Now that we have hit the send...
Welcome to our new site and Nature Glenelg Trust! World Wetlands Day, the 2nd of February 2012, was our official launch date. Please explore our website and find out more about who we are, what we do and what we value. We are looking forward to...
