The paddocks near my place in Porcupine Ridge are busy with visitors. Almost a hundred Straw-necked Ibis may be seen there each day, first on one paddock then in the other; busy probing the soil with long bills and stalking through the grass tussocks...
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Visiting Goongerah
I can see now why appreciating and protecting rainforests is so necessary. If Victorian rainforests aren’t valued as they are now, intact and beautiful and full of life, then they’re even more vulnerable to the wide range of threats that currently exist, such as overexploitation and climate change...
From grazing pasture to grassy woodland: a restoration success story
The area now known as the La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary has experienced a dramatic transformation over the years. Located at the La Trobe University campus in Bundoora, the Sanctuary is one of the longest running ecological restoration projects in Australia...
Forging community connections: the benefits of Landcare for people and nature
The positive impact Landcare groups have on the environment is well known (and can be easily measured by things like total number of trees planted). But Landcare’s contribution to a community’s social fabric has remarkably less awareness...
Birding in the backyard counts
I lift the cup to my lips, breathing in the earl grey bouquet as it mixes with the scents of my garden in spring. My laptop sits open with unread emails to attend to but I relish the moment. It is quiet, peaceful. I know that it won't be quiet for long.
New Season Winter Arrivals
We often hear the phrase “head south for the winter” in popular culture. Hollywood films abound with references to spending...
Cathy’s Five Favourite Runs Around Melbourne
Running beautiful and interesting trails makes it so much easier to forget that you might be tired or have sore legs. Give one of these trails a try and see if you get hooked too...
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
