Nature and landscapes

A home near the Range!

Nature and landscapes

Opening the gate that needs to stay closed

Balijup opening. Photo Louise Duxbury A great day in the bush with a great mob of people and a great achievement. The Balijup Fauna Sanctuary has now been officially opened by Terry (Tuck) Waldron…

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So rewarding to surveying Monjebup’s bush

Libby Sandiford and Angela Sanders undertaking a vegetation survey at Monjebup. Photo Jessica Wyld Photography. And you would be laughing too, if you’d just worked out that, per area, the patch of…

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Wildlife enclosure at Yongergnow

Some friends at the Yongergnow launch. Photo Keith Bradby A delightful afternoon with friends and colleagues of Gondwana Link at the launch of the Yongergnow Malleefowl Centre’s new Wildlife…

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Balijup Farm predator proof fence

Predator proof fencing goes in at Balijup. Photo Basil Schur Construction has nearly completed on the 4.3km predator proof fence to create a 111 hectare conservation enclosure on Balijup Farm, in…

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Wallaby Gates field day

Wallaby Gates Field Day. Photo courtesy of Basil Schur. A Wallaby Gates Field Day to promote the installation of ‘Wallaby gates’ into ringlock fencing. The gates, which are visible on the left…

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Sandplains spectacular flowering

Sandplain heath near Lake King in full flower. Photo Amanda Keesing The good winter rains have resulted in spectacular flowering in the Great Western Woodland’s southern sandplain heath….

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Old shed becomes new homes

Angela Sanders and Simon Smale collecting materials to build reptile habitat. Photo Amanda Keesing Bush Heritage Australia’s Angela Sanders and Simon Smale are loading old wooden planks and…

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Those marvellous megapodes

Photo Jiri & Marie Lochman Those marvellous megapodes, the mallee fowl, are coming to the end of another breeding season, with nest mounds starting to have that ’emptied out’ look.