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Blog Posts
A eucalyptus celebration
by
Richard McLellan
on
23 November 2018
Did you know? There are about 900 species of eucalypts on the planet, with just about all of them occurring exclusively somewhere within Australia. Excitingly for me, and for Bush Heritage...
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Fauna monitoring on Charles Darwin
by
Richard McLellan
on
16 November 2018
One thing I can say about volunteering with Bush Heritage Australia is that it's never boring. And I've just had the most action-packed week that I've had for a long time, helping-out with this...
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Monitoring Malleefowl mounds
by
Richard McLellan
on
31 October 2018
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...
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Ecotours at Blues for the Bush
by
Richard McLellan
on
03 October 2018
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...
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Like a little kid in a lolly shop
by
Richard McLellan
on
13 September 2018
Remember that amazing, exciting, blood-tingling feeling of anticipation when, as a child, you opened carefully-wrapped birthday or Christmas presents? Well that's how I felt recently, when I...
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Flora surveys at Hamelin
by
Richard McLellan
on
11 September 2018
'Four seasons in one day' - every day - plus a plethora of wonderful wildflowers, kept the adrenalin running among the hardy bunch of botanists, ecologists and keen amateurs who participated in...
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Doing a marvellous job
by
Richard McLellan
on
07 September 2018
Update from the Volunteer Advisory Committee: I've had the pleasure of getting out and about on the 3 Bush Heritage Australia reserves in mid-west WA in recent weeks, and have thoroughly enjoyed...
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The 2018 Hamelin Science Fair
by
Richard McLellan
on
15 August 2018
The 2018 Hamelin Science Fair is done and dusted but I'm already looking forward to next year's event at Hamelin Station Reserve. That's because the Fair is just getting better and better every...
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Lots of life in the Eurardy surveys
by
Richard McLellan
on
22 September 2017
Never one to let a chance go by (well, not if I can help it), I recently took a few days of annual leave from my 'day job' to volunteer for this year's Ecological Outcomes Monitoring surveys on...
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New life for the old shearing shed
by
Richard McLellan
on
17 August 2017
It was wonderful to attend the recent Science Fair at Hamelin Station Reserve and to see the property's old shearing shed once again come alive - with science and learning, and passion and...
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New walking trail at Hamelin
by
Richard McLellan
on
13 July 2017
I've just found, or rather 'made' another good reason to visit the Hamelin Station Reserve, located on the edge of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area - the new Homestead Walk Trail...
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Secret camera captures a murder
by
Richard McLellan
on
12 June 2017
Unfortunately, my camera trap didn't record any Malleefowl, but it did capture a murder - which is the term for a group or flock of crows or ravens. At one time there were 7 Australian ravens...
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