Bushie blog

Boots? Check. Gloves? Check. Sunglasses? Check. Wide-brimmed hat? Check. Shin and ankle gaiters? Check. Thorn-proof, long-sleeved shirt and trousers? Hmm... is there any such thing? As it turns out...

How do you handle an aggressive snake? How do you dig a pitfall trap in ground baked solid by the Northern Territory dry season? And how do you make the perfect cup of camp tea? These were just...

We've seen quite a few changes in the wildlife and the landscape this year, from dry barren red ground to fields covered in a variety of wildflower colours. Hamelin Outback Station Stay is now...

This last weekend, I attended the Drawdown Learn conference in Rhinebeck, New York at the Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL). This conference was an education initiative centered around the...

The dry winter experienced by much of Queensland, including Reedy Creek Reserve, has had at least one positive outcome - perfect conditions to stomp into the swamp. In this often-difficult-to...

Being invited to join the Bunuba Rangers and Parks and Wildlife rangers at the annual Winjana Gorge Freshwater Crocodile survey has been an indredible introduction to my new role in Bunuba Country.

The University of Queensland's environmental volunteer group, the iROOS, enjoyed an amazing week at Carnarvon Station Reserve helping the resident ecologist, Bek Diete, with fauna surveys. It was...

Spring is here, the weather is starting to warm up and the wildflowers are slowly spreading their seeds around, ready to re-appear next year. The birds are busy tending to their young and new life...

I recently attended the Australian Freshwater Sciences Society conference in Glenelg, Adelaide. It was a great meeting which brought together freshwater researchers, Traditional Owners, water...

There were certainly a lot of highlights at this year's Blues for the Bush music festival at Charles Darwin Reserve, but for me, and many other festival-goers, easily one of the stand-out, most...

Hard working volunteers, Ann and Frank Ingwersen share their observations and images from a recent round trip to Edgbaston and Pullen Pullen Reserves in Western Queensland.

An extra hardy bunch of volunteers braved temperatures as low as -8 degrees to survey Platypus at Scottsdale Reserve during August! Though our volunteers were not disappointed, sightings were down...