Bushie blog

From native apricots to wattle species to saltbush galore – plants at our Boolcoomatta Station Reserve are flowering and seeding, despite a dry season.

By hemlines I'm referring to the foliage crowns of bushes and trees that feral herbivores like to munch on. A quick assessment of the height of a browse line and its severity provides real-time...

In September we had an amazing group of 11 volunteers make the long trek to our Boolcoomatta Station Reserve to help with vital weed management. The group were focused on our long-term management...

Keith Gooley and Peter Caulder are Bush Heritage volunteers with expertise in electronics and a passion for conservation. Keith and Peter are using these skills to help us address one of the...

This May Bush Heritage participated in 'NEP-Fest' – the North East Pastoral Natural Resources Group Field Day, at Weekaroo Station (a sheep Station pursuing...

In May I travelled to beautiful Boolcoomatta Reserve in South Australia. On my way I was fortunate to meet up with some of our fantastic Adelaide-based volunteers. This was a...

Hi! I’m Emily and I'm a science intern here at Boolcoomatta Reserve in the arid rangelands of South Australia. My primary focus over the next two months is to collect data on...

Neil and Kate Stone and their two children, Emily and Daniel, took over the responsibility of caretaking Boolcoomatta Reserve from Meredith and Tony Geyer a few days after Christmas. They spent a...

Here's an extract from letters that Meredith Geyer sent to family and friends while she and husband Tony were caretaking at Boolcoomatta over the summer.

In September we had 104mm of rain at Boolcoomatta, where the annual average is 220mm. In October we had none, and to date, less than 10mm in November. But we're up around 285mm for the year to...

Last Thursday night we experienced an amazing storm that brought with it dramatic clouds, horizontal rain and large hail stones. Fortunately at the homestead area hailstones...

Meredith and Tony Geyer have been providing great support to Boolcoomatta Station Reserve in 2016. Here Meredith Geyer recounts an evening spent spotlighting and their days off exploring the...