Bushie blog

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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. 

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.