Bushie blog

Volunteers Jim and Erica (Ricki) Nash recently embarked on their first volunteer experience at our Tarcutta Hills Reserve near Wagga Wagga, NSW to remove old fencing, supervised by long-standing...

Volunteers Tom O'Hara and Georgie McManus recently complete a rabbit survey on our Tarcutta Hills Reserve, including the recently purchased neighbouring block.

When the Volunteer Advisory Committee met in February to plan the year ahead, we never envisaged the opportunities 2020 would create for connecting the volunteer community.  This year volunteers...

This year has been a volunteer year like no other. As we slowly begin to move back into our new normal, our volunteers are able to move back into the field in their home states. Volunteer Stephen...

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...

It was a beautiful afternoon settling into my position on the bank of the great Murrumbidgee River to be part of the annual Platypus and Water Rat survey on Scottsdale Reserve in New South Wales.

Working from home without physical exertion and getting my hands dirty is what I hoped to be able to do as a Bush Heritage volunteer - even though I love being out in the bush.

I've just returned after spending 9 days being involved with our volunteers in the Adventurous Paddling Program, which is helping to improve fish habitat in the Murrumbidgee River near Scottsdale...

My time volunteering on Scottsdale Reserve was all about celebrating the life of an extraordinary woman who had the soul of an angel, an extraordinary love of life, and who was taken way too early.

We recently returned from 3 weeks of caretaking at the beautiful Hamelin Station Reserve, Western Australia. Being the middle of winter it was very different to the last time we were there, which...

Wow! How fortunate we are on the Volunteer Advisory Committee to have been invited to the Bush Heritage Australia National Gathering. This gathering is a chance for staff from across the country to...

In the last week of August 10 volunteers conducted the annual platypus survey on the Upper Murrumbidgee River at Scottsdale Reserve, in association with Cooma Waterwatch coordinator, Antia Brademan...