Bushie blog

The first surveys for Alwal (Golden-shouldered Parrots) have begun for 2017 and successfully recorded 12 nests. At some of the nests we observed the sympatric grub, Trisyntopa scatophaga, which...

This week we celebrate National Volunteer Week 2017. Currently across the country we have approximately 700 volunteers who make up our program and their diversity and contributions are always...

A varied week ... On top of the normal work the rangers had to help with a lost crocodile. After a week of leaving tracks around town it was finally picked up and moved to more...

A busy week was had last week with the rangers from the Arafura Swamp as part of the Bush Heritage partnership with Arafura Swamp Rangers Aboriginal Corporation​ (ASRAC). In particular the Wanga...

The Arafura Rangers spent much of this week planning the fire season with all the other ranger groups of Arnhem land.The meeting was hosted by another ranger group in the area, Mimal Land...

We've just received a reliable report of two healthy Tasmanian Devils in the Liffey Valley area, including one juvenile.

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 the...

For the past week Ian and I have been volunteering at Hamelin Station Reserve where our primary job is to remove unwanted internal fencing. With hundreds of kilometres of fence to pull, there&rsquo...

I recently had the chance to travel to an ancient Cambrian Stromatolite system in Mason, Texas with a group from Rice University and the University of Miami. These Upper Cambrian (~500 million-year...

Last week our Hamelin Outback Station Stay opened for the 2017 season. We're delighted to see the wonderful Station Stay team – Jackie Mahood, Denise Ivers ...

One the less glamorous but necessary jobs for staff who live and work on remote reserves, is the management of household rubbish and other waste. Another is keeping infrastructure (such as...

The 'Station Stay Way' is a new collaboration between Bush Heritage's Hamelin Station Reserve and three pastoral properties:  Bullara Station, Quobba Station, Wooramel...