Bushie blog

Cravens Peak Reserve Manager, Jane Blackwood, bids goodbye to volunteer, Alec Kerr, who helped her through the Summer season in far western Queensland.

I had the great privilege to be invited to present at the annual FIA conference in Sydney recently, and have come back energised and recharged from spending time with some of Australia’s best...

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.

I spend the last month of summer at Bon Bon Station Reserve. On the first day the temperature reached 48°C degrees. Two days later the rains came.

This year the Wet season has been late to arrive but it's making up for lost time in northern Queensland. With daily rainfall totals exceeding 10 inches for four days straight, the creeks...

On International Women’s Day, I wanted to share some of my own journey in science and conservation, and hopefully inspire some young girls and women out there who are also passionate about...

The Lake Eyre Basin Rangers have been busy helping Bush Heritage Freshwater Ecologist Pippa to fence key springs at Edgbaston Reserve. The specially designed fences are a project funded by the...

As the new freshwater ecologist at Edgbaston reserve, I have been spending some time exploring the incredible spring complex. Recently I stumbled across an exciting visitor – an Australian...

Natalie Caulfield recently volunteered at Naree to help Justin McCann with his PhD research. This trip involved recording the abundance of small mammals – specifically dunnarts. 

The wet season in far north Queensland is the perfect time to go searching for fungi and the Hales kids from Yourka Reserve are keen to share their latest, exciting find.

Dr Lesley Hughes is much more than your average climate change expert, for she hails from that ever-so-rare breed of scientists that allow the world to see the passion and emotion driving their work.

With temperatures soaring to above 30 degrees (for Liffey that's hot!) the cool shade of some blackwood trees at Oura Oura Reserve was the place to be on Sunday 28 January. Over 40 supporters...