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New South Wales
---- Brogo Reserve
---- Burrin Burrin Reserve
---- Naree Station
---- Scottsdale Reserve
---- Sydney
---- Tarcutta Hills Reserve
---- Yantabulla partnership property
Northern Territory
---- Arafura Partnership
---- Warddeken Partnership
Queensland
---- Carnarvon Reserve
---- Cravens Peak Reserve
---- Currumbin Valley Reserve
---- Edgbaston Reserve
---- Ethabuka Reserve
---- Fan Palm Reserve
---- Goonderoo Reserve
---- Olkola Partnership
---- Pullen Pullen Reserve
---- Reedy Creek Reserve
---- Yourka Reserve
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---- Bon Bon Station Reserve
---- Boolcoomatta Reserve
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---- Friendly Beaches
---- Liffey Valley
-------- Liffey River
-------- Oura Oura
---- South Esk Pine
---- Tasmanian Midlands
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---- John Colahan Griffin Nature Reserve
---- Melbourne
---- Nardoo Hills Reserves
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---- Birriliburu partnership
---- Bunuba Partnership
---- Charles Darwin Reserve
---- Eurardy Reserve
---- Gondwana Link
-------- Chereninup Reserve
-------- Monjebup Reserves
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Great Southern cat cull
by
Emma Young, reporter at WA Today
on
18 February 2021
An article in WA Today: "One of the nation’s biggest conservation groups has started working with the West Australian government’s fox baiting program in the south and levelled it up to target cats...
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Red sand country – food for the soul
by
Angela Woltmann (volunteer caretaker)
on
14 January 2021
With words and brush, volunteer caretaker, Angela Woltmann paints a glorious picture of Christmas spent on Ethabuka Reserve with her husband Shane.
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A Boolcoomatta bush Christmas
by
Meredith Geyer (volunteer caretaker)
on
07 January 2021
After settling in for a three week stay as caretakers, we couldn’t wait to get out in the field at Boolcoomatta Reserve to see what had changed since the welcome spring rains had arrived.
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Birds boom at Boolcoomatta!
by
Sam Fischer – Bon Bon Field Officer
on
18 December 2020
Earlier this month, Boolcoomatta Reserve staff had the pleasure of hosting five members of Birds South Australia to undertake bird surveys across the reserve. The dedicated volunteers came from all...
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The impact of kangaroos on termites
by
Baptiste Wijas (PhD candidate)
on
17 December 2020
I am a PhD student at the University of New South Wales investigating the indirect top-down effects of the absence of dingoes on ecosystems. One of my study sites includes Boolcoomatta Reserve west...
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Jord International help in the hills
by
Simon Cobden, Jord International
on
26 November 2020
In this turbulent 2020 year Jord’s annual Bush Heritage trip was hosted on the Tarcutta Hills Reserve to “do some good”, have some rest and relaxation and strengthen team bonding. This COVID year...
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Art for conservation's sake
by
Louisa Gosling
on
11 November 2020
Earlier this year, British artist Sarah Chalmers spent time at four Bush Heritage reserves: Nardoo Hills in central Victoria and Oura Oura, Liffey Valley and Friendly Beaches in Tasmania.
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Edgy fauna survey, spa and salon
by
Claire Mason (volunteer)
on
10 November 2020
It has been a dream come true to spend the last two weeks helping with the spring fauna survey at Edgbaston reserve. I’m resting in the shade of the old, tin shearing shed, like the roos under the...
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Studying the weird, whacky and wonderful
by
Maddison Stuart
on
21 September 2020
Over the last year I was privileged enough to study the ecophysiology of the fish at Edgbaston Reserve for my honours project at uni. Below is a little summary of my impressions of Edgy and my work...
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A parting note from our outgoing President
by
Chris Grubb
on
31 August 2020
When I first attended a Bush Heritage talk about 20 years ago I was struck by several things, including the dedication of its staff, the science-based nature of its decision-making process, and how...
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Volunteering in Brigalow country
by
Paul and Jo Flint (volunteers)
on
27 August 2020
Regular Queensland-based volunteers Paul and Jo Flint report back on their recent caretaking work at Goonderoo Reserve in Central Queensland.
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Dispatch from a volunteer
by
Meredith Geyer
on
06 August 2020
With Covid restrictions in South Australia relaxed a little, my husband Tony and I were lucky enough to spend three weeks in July volunteering at Boolcoomatta Reserve. We knew that there had been...
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