Bushie blog

It was with great enthusiasm and diligence that Will and Olivia Hansen, along with a group of Bush Heritage volunteers, rolled up their sleeves and got to work on renovations of the visitors’...

Ecologist Georgina Gould-Hardwick writes about her time spent submersing herself into Santalaceae science at our Eurardy and Charles Darwin Reserves.

Bush Heritage staff and Badimia Bandi Barna Aboriginal Corporation directors gathered together in the shearing shed to discuss current and planned activities on Charles Darwin Reserve, Badimia...

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, ...

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...

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...

Move over Hollywood! ‘Cos while Tinseltown may be famous for having the Blues Brothers, here at Charles Darwin Reserve, we’ve got something bigger and better: an entire Blues Family.

This one was produced by an emu and is full of Sandalwood seeds. The species was harvested extensively but is now regenerating.

Precisely a week after my husband Will, our nine-month-old son Hamish, and I had moved from Sydney to Charles Darwin Reserve in remote Western Australia, I sat crying in our new house.

The beginning of the 2018 summer on Charles Darwin Reserve (CDR) saw an unprecedented increase in snake sightings around the homestead and visitor’s quarters. In total there were six...

This experience made my week! We had rangers Vaughan Lane and Lindsey Callow, both Badimaya men from the Midwest Aboriginal Ranger Program who are working in partnership with the Northern...

Two of our long-serving and much valued volunteers – Charlie Nicholson and Ken Walter – headed to Charles Darwin Reserve in October/November to caretake the property. The reserve is in...