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---- Brogo Reserve
---- Burrin Burrin Reserve
---- Naree Station
---- Scottsdale Reserve
---- Sydney
---- Tarcutta Hills Reserve
---- Yantabulla partnership property
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---- Arafura Partnership
---- Warddeken Partnership
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---- 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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---- Boolcoomatta Reserve
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---- Liffey Valley
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---- South Esk Pine
---- Tasmanian Midlands
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---- John Colahan Griffin Nature Reserve
---- Melbourne
---- Nardoo Hills Reserves
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---- Bunuba Partnership
---- Charles Darwin Reserve
---- Eurardy Reserve
---- Gondwana Link
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Volunteering in Brigalow country
by
Paul and Jo Flint (volunteers)
on
27 August 2020
Regular Queensland-based volunteers Paul and Jo Flint report back on their recent caretaking work at Goonderoo Reserve in Central Queensland.
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Winning the war on weeds
by
Ian Haverly
on
30 March 2020
Long-term volunteer and renowned 'King of Cactus', Ian Haverly, describes how we're winning the war on Goonderoo Reserve's sword cactus infestation.
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We love fuzzy bums
by
Leanne Hales (Volunteer Coordinator North)
on
03 May 2019
At Goonderoo Reserve we have been getting very excited about fuzzy bums. It all started last April when volunteer caretakers, Hazel and Dennis Hanrahan sent through a photo of a very healthy...
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A month with Flashjacks in the Brigalow
by
Paul Bateman
on
24 January 2019
In late 2018 Paul Bateman spent a month at Goonderoo Reserve working as a volunteer caretaker, both on the reserve and helping with the Flashjack (Bridled Nailtail Wallaby) recovery project.
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Summer bush break from desert
by
Jane Blackwood
on
08 January 2019
Caretaking at Goonderoo Reserve in Queensland's lush Brigalow bioregion has become part of summer for Cravens Peak Reserve Manager Jane Blackwood.
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The King of Sword Cactus
by
Leanne Hales (Volunteer Coordinator North)
on
26 September 2018
I'd like to introduce you to Ian Haverly, committed Bush Heritage volunteer and undisputed King of Cactus up here in the northern region.
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Birdbath antics at Goonderoo
by
Leanne Hales (Volunteer Coordinator North)
on
15 August 2018
Reserve-based volunteer placements are often a great opportunity for some citizen science. Many of our volunteers contribute excellent photos and incidental records for our species lists and...
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Killing cactus at Goonderoo
by
Leanne Hales (Volunteer Coordinator North)
on
30 October 2017
Volunteers play an important role in weed control projects across the country. On Goonderoo Reserve in Central Qld, the target species is Sword Cactus (Acanthocereus pentagonus) a tall, columnar...
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Surveying Flashjacks on Avocet
by
Leanne Hales (Volunteer Coordinator North)
on
12 September 2017
Our volunteer caretakers at Goonderoo play an important role in the recovery of Bridled Nailtail Wallabies (Flashjacks) at neighbouring Avocet Nature Refuge in Central Qld. As part of their weekly...
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Wallaby weigh station
by
Leanne Hales (Volunteer Coordinator North)
on
15 March 2017
The Bridled Nail-tail wallaby (aka Flashjack) is one of Australia's rarest and most endangered macropods - there are only around 300 left in the wild. On Avocet Nature Refuge, neighbouring our...
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Grandparenting on Goonderoo
by
Kim Eastman
on
26 October 2016
In August of this year my husband Pete and I took our 9 year-old grandson, Pelle, on a volunteer caretaking stint with Bush Heritage at Goonderoo, a property in the balmy Queensland Central...
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Drones on Goonderoo
by
Murray Haseler (Ecologist)
on
04 July 2016
I recently spent a few days with volunteers Rosemary Rogers and Geoff Spanner who spent a month on Goonderoo working on weeds and infrastructure. The place, especially around the homestead, is...
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