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---- Brogo Reserve
---- Burrin Burrin Reserve
---- Naree Station
---- Scottsdale Reserve
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---- Tarcutta Hills Reserve
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---- Warddeken Partnership
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---- Nardoo Hills Reserves
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Frog highways on Cravens
by
Jane Blackwood (Reserve Manager)
on
26 March 2020
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.
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A boom year at Cravens Peak
by
Jane Blackwood (Reserve Manager)
on
15 May 2019
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.
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Behind the scenes at Cravens Peak
by
Kate Thorburn
on
18 September 2018
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...
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No 3 – is 5 star now
by
Jane Blackwood (Reserve Manager)
on
27 August 2018
With many hours of planning and hard work, Number 3 Ringers' Hut on Cravens Peak Reserve has been restored to its former glory.
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Revisiting Cravens Peak after 33 years
by
Jane Blackwood (Reserve Manager)
on
07 August 2018
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...
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Preparing for fire season in Queensland
by
Shelley Inglis
on
20 July 2018
Bush Heritage reserve managers and ecologists from across central and western Queensland came together to complete fire training with the Queensland Rural Fires Service.
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Holy owl vomit. To the Bat Cave!
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
20 July 2018
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.
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Corner bore rediscovered
by
Jane Blackwood (Reserve Manager)
on
12 June 2018
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...
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Summer saviour
by
Jane Blackwood (Reserve Manager)
on
24 March 2018
Cravens Peak Reserve Manager, Jane Blackwood, bids goodbye to volunteer, Alec Kerr, who helped her through the Summer season in far western Queensland.
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Transformation
by
Jane Blackwood (Reserve Manager)
on
19 March 2018
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.
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An unforgettable volunteer experience
by
Nathan Manders
on
11 December 2017
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...
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Desert butterflies
by
Jane Blackwood (Reserve Manager)
on
27 November 2017
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...
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