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New South Wales
---- Brogo Reserve
---- Burrin Burrin Reserve
---- Naree Station
---- Scottsdale Reserve
---- Sydney
---- Tarcutta Hills Reserve
---- Yantabulla partnership property
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---- Arafura Partnership
---- Warddeken Partnership
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---- Currumbin Valley Reserve
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---- Reedy Creek Reserve
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---- Nardoo Hills Reserves
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---- Charles Darwin Reserve
---- Eurardy Reserve
---- Gondwana Link
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Blog Posts
Happy Easter and beyond
by
Leanne Hales (Volunteer Coordinator North)
on
09 April 2020
Across Australia people are preparing for an Easter with a difference but life goes on as normal (kind of) in the bush.
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Revegetation monitoring
by
Jo and Paul Flint, Queensland Volunteers
on
09 April 2020
It had been 16 years since our last visit to Chereninup Creek Reserve, for a National Tree Day planting. That cold and blustery day was the start of a revegetation program in the mega-diverse...
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Picture perfect!
by
Catherine Nicholson, Volunteer and Volunteer Advisory Committee Member
on
09 April 2020
Late Feb/early March on Tasmania’s East Coast. It doesn’t get much better than this – no wind, blue, blue skies, shimmering seas and blindingly, white endless beach. Welcome to Bush Heritage’s...
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Cycles of weeds & fat budgies
by
David and Sue Akers
on
08 April 2020
In 1994, a colleague and I camped at the base of a mesa on Brighton Downs Station in Queensland’s Channel Country. Fast forward to 2018 – Sue and I were in a side by side (SXS) Polaris four-wheeler...
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Getting ecological at Edgy
by
Jasmin Bourne
on
07 April 2020
Having never been this far north-west before I wasn’t sure what to expect from my first visit out to Edgbaston Reserve in Central Queensland.
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Isolation tips for lockdown
by
Amelia Caddy
on
02 April 2020
Humans are social creatures so it’s no wonder that the prospect of going months with limited contact has many of us wondering how on earth we’re going to get by. We’re here to reassure you that if...
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Winning the war on weeds
by
Ian Haverly
on
30 March 2020
Long-term volunteer and renowned 'King of Cactus', Ian Haverly, describes how we're winning the war on Goonderoo Reserve's sword cactus infestation.
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Frog highways on Cravens
by
Jane Blackwood (Reserve Manager)
on
26 March 2020
With 81mm in the first half of March, the ephemeral swamps and claypans in the sandhill country of Cravens Peak have filled. Halfway Swamp, 5km west of the Homestead, is bursting with life.
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Bouncing back at Yourka
by
Leanne Hales (Volunteer Coordinator North)
on
26 March 2020
Recent camera trapping at Yourka Reserve confirmed that the residents of Tiger Hill are bouncing back after Summer wildfires.
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Learning about kickbacks
by
Jessica Stingemore (Reserve Manager)
on
24 March 2020
When you think of kickbacks, you might think of cash being secretly and illegally paid to someone in exchange for their help. In my line of work – conservation and land management – the term...
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A new start at Reedy Creek
by
Katie Rose
on
12 March 2020
Joining the Bush Heritage family at the beginning of December 2019 has already given me a swag load of stories that could have me yarning all day, so I’ll do my best to cover a snap shot of the...
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Volunteer caretakers’ log
by
Stephen and Jane Gye
on
10 March 2020
Despite the extreme heat and the resultant limitation on our field activities, we thoroughly enjoyed our time at Bon Bon and felt confident in dealing with the various tasks and challenges we faced...
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