Bushie blog

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...