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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
Tasmania
---- Friendly Beaches
---- Liffey Valley
-------- Liffey River
-------- Oura Oura
---- South Esk Pine
---- Tasmanian Midlands
Victoria
---- John Colahan Griffin Nature Reserve
---- Melbourne
---- Nardoo Hills Reserves
Western Australia
---- Birriliburu partnership
---- Bunuba Partnership
---- Charles Darwin Reserve
---- Eurardy Reserve
---- Gondwana Link
-------- Chereninup Reserve
-------- Monjebup Reserves
-------- Peniup Reserve
---- Hamelin Station Reserve
---- Kojonup Reserve
---- Perth
---- Wunambal Gaambera Partnership
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Restoring York gum woodlands
by
Tina Schroeder
on
19 February 2017
When my husband, Ben, and I decided to make the move to Eurardy Reserve in WA I was in the middle of searching for a research topic so I could start a PhD. I've landed on a project investigating...
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Restoration & revegetation planning
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
22 July 2016
Eurardy Reserve is a special place, with some 700 plant species on the reserve, including a number of threatened, priority-listed and locally endemic species. However there are also cleared patches...
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Infrastructure working bee at Eurardy
by
Joanna Axford
on
03 May 2016
Ben Parkhurst (our Ecologist based at Eurardy) recently hosted a team of West Australian volunteers at Eurardy Reserve. The group were tasked with infrastructure improvement. Work like this is...
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Travelling to Hamelin Station Reserve
by
Joanna Axford
on
24 April 2016
One of the things I love about working for Bush Heritage is the opportunity it provides to get my children into the bush where I can to share my passion for nature and conservation. I recently...
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Eurardy celebrates its 10th birthday
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
23 September 2015
Recently a small gathering of supporters and staff came together at Eurardy to mark 10 years since Bush Heritage purchased the property. It was a beautiful day and we spent the time touring parts...
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Moving to the Western Rangelands
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
10 August 2015
After moving to Eurardy Reserve to work as an ecologist on the Bush Heritage reserves in the Western Rangelands, my wife and I have been settling in and making it our new home. We've spent our time...
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Burrowing bees
by
Vanessa Westcott (Ecologist)
on
08 December 2014
Spring has run its course in the mid-west of Western Australia. Flowers have bloomed and bees have played their role as pollinators. Find out more about some fascinating burrowing bees spotted at...
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Trapdoor spiders
by
Vanessa Westcott (Ecologist)
on
16 June 2014
Last weekend at Eurardy Reserve (WA) ecologist Vanessa Westcott was working with the Citizen Science volunteers when they spotted the home of a trapdoor spider. The twigs and leaf litter radiating...
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Moth surveys at Eurardy
by
Vanessa Westcott (Ecologist)
on
05 May 2014
On the weekend, Ian Hamilton (Eurardy Reserve Manager) and I joined Mark Heath and Paul Kay to undertake moth surveys at Eurardy Reserve. Mark and Paul are amateur lepidopterists (moth and...
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