Learning Garawa

In 2021, Uncle James Ingram and our Aboriginal Partnerships Manager, Vikki Parsley, walked across Tarcutta Hills Reserve. The land was in need of controlled fire.

It might seem strange for an ecologist to spend time on pastoral lands, but that’s exactly what Imogen Semmler does, to measure the health of their ecosystems and quantify their biodiverse value.

What does it take to restore a native woodland? A bucket, hammer, trowel, seedlings and a whole heap of people power. These ingredients are abundant at Scottsdale Reserve in NSW.

Amongst inland rainforest and on islands in the North Kimberley, Wunambal Gaambera Country, lives an incredibly diverse group of snails that are part of the reason this extraordinary region is listed as an area of national heritage significance.

Can you imagine nature without sound? No bellbirds, or lyrebirds. No bleating frogs or whispering leaves. For some scientists seeing is believing, but for ecologist Daniella Teixiera it’s hearing that is believing.

Big Sky Country Podcast: Climb up the tree. Open the nest box. And look inside the lives of Red-tailed Phascogales. These small marsupials are just as loveable as koalas and kangaroos, but with a few big differences.

Big Sky Country Podcast: If every scent tells a story, the Australian Sandalwood Tree must be a library; rich with ecological, cultural and economic history books. But today, unsustainable harvesting, climate change and feral predators are pushing the tree perilously close to extinction.

Big Sky Country Podcast: When you think of the seasons, does Spring begin September and Summer December?Unlike Gregorian or Western Calendars, Aboriginal calendars aren't based on structural time, but ecological time.

Big Sky Country Podcast: When there’s one single population of a species left in the world, do you let it go extinct, or do everything you can to save it? In central Queensland, a collective effort is bringing one teeny, tiny fish back from the brink of extinction.

Big Sky Country Podcast: There's life at Naree Station Reserve on Budjiti country in NSW - though it might not look like it on most days. But when the water arrives, either by rain or river, the landscape comes alive.

Big Sky Country Podcast: The climate has always changed. But in recent years, these changes have been drastically faster and more noticeable. So much so that, in some cases, they're causing trees to die.