Migratory shorebirds are considered our most endangered group of birds. Described as ‘brown birds in a brown landscape’, they are notoriously difficult to identify and are adept at remaining hidden in their threatened habitats..
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Perimetre walk
We swing off our distancing tack and head for Mud Islands, over water less than one metre deep. It’s strange to feel all at sea, but know you could jump overboard and still stand with your head above water...
Livingstone Island Nature Walk
Located in Nelson in south-west Victoria, this serene walk leads to a boardwalk through saltmarshes and a bird hide...
We’re going on a bug hunt
With the sun gently embracing us, my daughter and I head out for a minibeast adventure in the suburbs. We walk to our local park. There are no traditional plastic or metal playgrounds here; rather, it has natural vegetation, open grassy areas, large boulders to clamber on and lots of bugs...
Discovering Strathbogie to invigorate the imagination
Once there was a time when more of us knew the language of wild places, when we could hear the songs of the wind, the language of birds, when we could follow the braille of tiny marsupials wending their paths, when our vision was wider, when we were immersed within the great conversation of the wild...
Wetland plants: Providing indigenous food for arthropods in the heart of summer
To keep ecosystems functioning well, it is important to provide indigenous food sources for beneficial insects throughout the entire year...
Magic amidst a multitude of stems
Victoria’s box-ironbark forests are magic. Whatever time of year you visit, their beauty is evident. The rugged, gnarled trunks of the ironbarks stand black as if they’ve clung to their night-time colour scheme despite the breaking of day...
Community Conservationists
How To Nature
Episode 1
The amazing life and death of the ocean’s greatest camouflage expert
Episode 2
Number one on death row: saving the phantom of the plains
Episode 3
The mind-blowing life of the gateway bee
Episode 4
Searching for Australia’s most elusive marsupial
Episode 5
The 3-metre worm you will never have seen
