Bushie blog

With 81mm in the first half of March, the ephemeral swamps and claypans in the sandhill country of Cravens Peak have filled. Halfway Swamp, 5km west of the Homestead, is bursting with life.

Cravens Peak Reserve has received 225 mm of rain this year in two extraordinary rain events, and the desert's plants and animals are loving it.

An inside look into what it takes to capture a feature story about a Bush Heritage reserve. Mount Isa's low peaks are still visible behind us as we turn our 4WD south and head down the single lane...

With many hours of planning and hard work, Number 3 Ringers' Hut on Cravens Peak Reserve has been restored to its former glory.

Recently Dr John Winter and his wife, Helen Myles, who are long-term donors to Bush Heritage Australia, visited Cravens Peak as volunteers. John, Helen and their wider family make an annual...

Bush Heritage reserve managers and ecologists from across central and western Queensland came together to complete fire training with the Queensland Rural Fires Service.

With Bush Heritage ecologist Pippa Kern I travelled to a cave known as Bat Hole in the far west of Cravens Peak Reserve to collect owl pellets.

Since I began working at Cravens Peak, I've been trying to find all the old bores established by the previous owners. Often these bores still have the old Kubota motors that run the bore motors and...

Cravens Peak Reserve Manager, Jane Blackwood, bids goodbye to volunteer, Alec Kerr, who helped her through the Summer season in far western Queensland.

After 52mm of rain fell over the course of two days it's wonderful to watch the landscape transform on the edge of the Simpson Desert.

Back in September, Victorian-based volunteer Nathan Manders answered the call for reserve support to one of our most remote properties - Cravens Peak on the edge of the Simpson Desert. Here Nathan...

Deb Bisa, currently volunteering at Cravens Peak, has noted a few butterfly sightings during her stay since early November. One of these was a male Clearwing Swallowtail (Cressida cressida) that...