A long term environmental project - two ordinary people doing something extradordinary to help the natural world. If we can do it, imagine the difference you can make!
Located in the Top End of Australia, one of the last great wildernesses on the planet, our 22.5 acre bushland property is a haven for wildlife and part of an important wildlife corridor adjoining the Elizabeth River. It encompasses several kinds of habitat including open woodland, vine forest and mangroves.
In 2002 we bought our property (or "block" as they say down under) with the specific aim of revegating the land, reversing the spread of introduced invasive grasses and bolstering populations of native plants. After many years hard work we now begin to see the results with both flora and fauna flourishing. We have created resources on this site to share some of this knowledge, with lists of birds, bugs and plants. Find resources on weeding or catch up with news and views from the conservation world on our blog.
Our ongoing conservation efforts are a labour of love. Apart from literally years of accumulated time spent weeding, planting and nurturing we have also discovered land management is a financially costly business.
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An article about a book by Peter Wohlleben 'The Hidden Life of Trees' recently appeared in the Guardian.
The sight of all these Magpie Geese and the sound of the cicadas remind me of a short piece I shared a few years back on Radio National's Country Hour program.
Last week I heard a strange 'hoinking' coming from a mahogany tree near the house which turned out to be a Channel-billed Cuckoo.
After very heavy and unseasonal rain overnight, the garden is jumping with birds, cicadas, dragonflies and butterflies. Everyone is out either feasting, mating or drying out, including a very sogggy brushtail possum that lives in a tree next to our house.
Another list started with spiders, butterflies, moths, dragonflies and all sorts of other creepy crawly goodness.
We've quite a few more to add too.
Gill has produced a video promoting the threats faced by two Australian Cockatoo species, Baudin's and Carnaby's cockatoo. It has been very well received so far and you can view it here. If you
Haunting, mournful and eerie are words often used to describe the night-time calls of the enigmatic curlew. It’s little wonder these birds are shrouded in myths about death and mourning.
I was sitting at my desk at home last week typing busily away when I became aware of a flurry of activity in the native cherry outside the window.
It’s very dry out our way now. Our garden has turned from every shade of green to every shade of green and brown.