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New South Wales
---- Brogo Reserve
---- Burrin Burrin Reserve
---- Naree Station
---- Scottsdale Reserve
---- Sydney
---- Tarcutta Hills Reserve
---- Yantabulla partnership property
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---- Arafura Partnership
---- Warddeken Partnership
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---- Melbourne
---- Nardoo Hills Reserves
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---- Charles Darwin Reserve
---- Eurardy Reserve
---- Gondwana Link
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New team at Hamelin Outback Station Stay
by
on
10 May 2022
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.
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A new reserve in the Liffey Valley
by
Michael Bretz (Regional Reserve Manager)
on
26 April 2022
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...
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Soil conservation is critical on Boolcoomatta
by
Tim Zwiersen (Reserve Manager)
on
11 April 2022
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...
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Six new bee species from Bon Bon
by
Katja Hogendoorn
on
06 April 2022
A bee survey conducted in 2010 has yielded six new bee species. Identification isn’t always easy: there are 1650 described bee species, with keys to only half of them. For species not in keys, the...
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Restoring critical flora at Ngulambarra
by
Monique Miller & Megan Good
on
01 April 2022
Ngulambarra, which means meeting place in the Dja Dja Wurrung language, provides connectivity between our Lawan Reserve and Ngarri (Mt Egbert), which is part of the Wychitella Nature Conservation...
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My Dingo buddy
by
Paul Graham (volunteer)
on
11 March 2022
While volunteering at Pilungah Reserve, north of the Simpson Desert in far western Queensland, Paul Graham had a profound experience connecting with a young dingo.
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Volunteering highlights 2021
by
the Volunteer Advisory Committee
on
02 March 2022
Despite numerous lockdowns and the fact we only advertised opportunities within each state (due to border restrictions), 2021 still saw 508 people volunteering 38,215 hours over 1,289 placements.
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Some like it HOT
by
Gail Holt (volunteer)
on
01 March 2022
My husband Rex and I recently spent Christmas/New Year caretaking at Eurardy Reserve in WA’s mid-west. We knew it would be hot - it was 45º the day we arrived, 45º the day we left, and lurching...
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What’s in a wombat scat & why does it matter?
by
Shannon Kleemann (PhD student)
on
21 February 2022
Bon Bon Station Reserve is home to what is believed to be the northern most population of Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats. This population also holds the distinction of existing in one of the lowest...
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When the floods came
by
Tim Zwiersen (Reserve Manager)
on
14 December 2021
October 2021 has delivered a significant rain event at Boolcoomatta Station Reserve. My family and I moved up to Boolcoomatta Station Reserve on Adnyamathanha and Wilyakali Country in mid-October...
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In defence of rats
by
Dr Anke Frank (ecologist)
on
09 December 2021
An ecologist’s ode to our native rodents. We recently encountered a rat plague of native Long-haired Rats (Rattus villosissimus) at Ethabuka Reserve, Wangkamadla country during our annual fauna...
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Another Plains-wanderer sighted at Boolcoomatta
by
Saskia Gerhardy (Bush Heritage Intern)
on
30 November 2021
It’s small, brown and has a habit of flattening itself to the ground to avoid detection. Finding a Plains-wanderer is no easy feat.
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