Bushie blog

Lucy is a ginger Kelpie Heeler cross who lives on Yourka Reserve on Jirrbal and Warrungu country in Queensland. She sniffs for the noxious Siam weed or other invasive species, completes target...

Reversing the damage done: the State of the Environment Report calls on all of us to protect and restore our natural world.

Wayne and I have been at Bon Bon for 8 short months. I say short because it has not given her enough time to trust us completely with her secrets, not enough time to know how she works and what she...

A landmark conservation covenant with NSW Government’s Biodiversity Conservation Trust will provide additional permanent protections to our Naree Station Reserve – and neighbouring Yantabulla...

Someone surrendered a Thorny Devil 10 days ago to Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service office in Mackay. They contacted us here at Ethabuka Reserve to see if we could release it. After some...

An extensive revegetation project has been underway for the three years at Eurardy Reserve (mid-west WA). We want to know if bats are present in this new planting. Our volunteer assignment was...

During the Easter holidays, a Budjiti Cultural Camp saw 20 Budjiti people on country. A trip to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies also marked a significant...

Reflecting on what makes for a valuable, useful, and enjoyable volunteering experience is especially relevant during National Volunteer Week. We recently took a deep dive into volunteering with Rex...

The Easter long weekend was a great start to what will be a busy year for the new team on the ground at Hamelin Outback Station Stay.

The area on the map of Tasmania's Liffey Vally that's referred to as Glovers Flat is a stunning plateau that nestles beneath the towering cliff that is Drys Bluff (Taytititkitha). The plateau...

Our conservation program in the Kara Kara Wedderburn landscape in central Victoria has received another boost, with the acquisition of a key block, that's perfectly located to support our strategic...

A focus for our work at Boolcoomatta is the hydrological rehabilitation of the property. We recently completed works at Wiperaminga Hills, with the aim to stop water and soil moving off the...