Bushie blog

Tassie-based volunteer, Kim Eastman certainly has a beautiful way with words. Last year her blog post about Grandparenting at Goonderoo garnered comments and compliments from so many supporters and...

Chereninup Creek has revealed some of its secrets to Botanist Libby Sandiford and Ecologist Angela Sanders. This is the fourth Bush Heritage property to be surveyed this year in the biodiversity...

Last week was the last trip for 2017 by Olkola Land Managers and Bush Heritage for the ‘Bringing Alwal Home’ project, and we gave the Golden Shouldered Parrots (Alwal) their Christmas...

Dust – it can be the bane of life in the bush, getting into everything, damaging equipment, making work around the house and shed. But it turns out we can learn a lot from dust about the...

Thanks to the Western Australian Wildflower Society's help with collecting, processing, identifying and mounting thousands of plant specimens, we now have a thorough understanding of the unique...

Back in September, Victorian-based volunteer Nathan Manders answered the call for reserve support to one of our most remote properties – Cravens Peak on the edge of the Simpson Desert. Here...

Is there such a thing as having too much fun in conservation work? We don’t think so ... We had it ALL last week during the reptile and small mammal survey event on Bon Bon Station Reserve.

Bush Heritage’s conservation work involves digging a lot of holes – pit traps, post holes, foundations etc.  It can be a dull aspect of the work, but the hole we just drilled at...

Wow! How fortunate we are on the Volunteer Advisory Committee to have been invited to the Bush Heritage Australia National Gathering. This gathering is a chance for staff from across the country to...

Every second year the ACT Landcare community celebrates the amazing volunteers and organisations working to protect, restore and enhance the environment of the ACT region. The Upper Murrumbidgee...

The gentle sound of clap sticks tapping filled the Liffey valley last Thursday, as 43 children from Bracknell School joined us at Oura Oura reserve. Hank Horton and his team taught the kids...

Rex and Gail are fantatastic bushie volunteers. They recently completed their first stint as caretakers at Hamelin Station Reserve, where they learnt what a diverse and interesting experience...