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---- Brogo Reserve
---- Burrin Burrin Reserve
---- Naree Station
---- Scottsdale Reserve
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---- Tarcutta Hills Reserve
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Autumn fauna at Edgbaston
by
Dr Elizabeth Williams (volunteer)
on
30 March 2021
It’s not how some people would spend their holidays; early mornings and late nights, grappling reptiles, camping in wet muddy conditions… Nevertheless, myself and four other volunteers took time...
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Moving day for Australia’s smallest freshwater fish
by
Dr Pippa Kern (Ecologist)
on
16 February 2021
A new home for some of Edgbaston’s Red-finned Blue-eye fish is good news for the critically endangered species. Last week, 27 fish from our captive breeding program were successfully translocated...
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Edgy fauna survey, spa and salon
by
Claire Mason (volunteer)
on
10 November 2020
It has been a dream come true to spend the last two weeks helping with the spring fauna survey at Edgbaston reserve. I’m resting in the shade of the old, tin shearing shed, like the roos under the...
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Studying the weird, whacky and wonderful
by
Maddison Stuart
on
21 September 2020
Over the last year I was privileged enough to study the ecophysiology of the fish at Edgbaston Reserve for my honours project at uni. Below is a little summary of my impressions of Edgy and my work...
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A fire management first
by
Richard Geddes (Fire Manager)
on
22 July 2020
Set between the harsh, arid desert uplands and escarpment of the Aramac range and the fertile black soil plains to the south, Edgbaston Reserve is a truly unique and diverse area. Last week Bush...
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Rain at Edgbaston
by
Coen Hird and Ben Revell
on
29 April 2020
Travelling through outback Queensland after rainfall is cause for excitement. Semi-arid Australia transforms as the seedbank germinates, floodwaters permeate through Country, and wildlife breeds...
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Getting ecological at Edgy
by
Jasmin Bourne
on
07 April 2020
Having never been this far north-west before I wasn’t sure what to expect from my first visit out to Edgbaston Reserve in Central Queensland.
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Women working hard for conservation
by
Dr Pippa Kern (Ecologist)
on
11 February 2020
I've been reflecting on how fabulous it is that Bush Heritage provides a workplace where women are urged to succeed in many varying roles, including those in that locals often tell me are 'men’s...
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Meeting a Mulga Snake
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
02 May 2019
At Edgbaston Ecologist Pippa Kern demonstrates how snakes are more concerned with escaping and hiding than biting people by watching calmly as a released King Brown slithers past her feet. Snakes...
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How Red-finned Blue-eyes evolved
by
Craig Allen (Web Officer)
on
15 March 2019
The Red-finned Blue-eye fish is remarkable for being found in just one small group of artesian springs on Edgbaston Reserve in central Queensland. But how did it get there?
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Volunteering at Edgbaston
by
Gabrielle Lebbink
on
18 January 2019
Coming from mainly a plant ecology background, it was great to have the opportunity to help out on the recent trapping survey at Edgbaston reserve. We started off the week with digging pitfalls...
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Billabongs, birds & bush blessings
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Beth Hales
on
21 December 2018
Christmas time is a time to count your blessings and Beth Hales, 12, shares her gratitude and Christmas greetings from Yourka Reserve in far north Queensland.
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