Bushie blog

Never one to let a chance go by (well, not if I can help it), I recently took a few days of annual leave from my ‘day job’ to volunteer for this year’s Ecological Outcomes...

The Volunteer Advisory Committee is comprised of six Bush Heritage volunteers from around the country. It meets every couple of months to provide a voice in the development of new policies...

We were delight to have the Useless Loop Primary School visit Hamelin Station Reserve earlier this month. Useless Loop is a small isolated community in Shark Bay - its nearest town is Denham (220km...

Like much of the Australian outback, Pullen Pullen was once used for cattle grazing which relies upon a system of internal fences to partition specific areas of land to be grazed or rested when...

Sometimes we're so busy getting the job done that we forget to take time out to record the results. Colleagues in Melbourne had asked me for updated images of the restoration work so that we...

Love it when plans come together! Couple of great days out Thursday and Friday last week. Thursday with our restoration practitioner Jack Mercer on a warm spring day checking germination at this...

Brian Crute and Rosemary Harper are fabulous, dedicated Bush Heritage volunteers. Each year they help us to improve the environmental attributes of our reserves in the west. Recently they returned...

Last week a group of 16 James Cook University students visited Yourka Reserve as part of their studies in Terrestrial Resource Management. They spent a couple of days looking at all aspects of...

In the last week of August ten volunteers conducted the annual platypus survey on the Upper Murrumbidgee River at Scottsdale Reserve, in association with Cooma Waterwatch coordinator, Antia...

Our volunteer caretakers at Goonderoo play an important role in the recovery of Bridled Nailtail Wallabies (Flashjacks) at neighbouring Avocet Nature Refuge in Central Qld. As part of their weekly...

Sometimes our patch over here in the mid-west of Western Australia can seem like a long way from the action – with many of the major conservation events and functions being held in the...

Bush Heritage held at stall at the 100th Northampton Show over the weekend. Eurardy Reserve falls within the Northhamptom Shire. The Show is a great place to connect with neighbours, friends and...