Bandicoots usually forage for grubs, roots or fungi. However, the little diggers have developed a taste for expensive French black truffles, costing farmers up to $20k a year. Annabel, a PhD student at the University of Sydney, uses marsupial friendly strategies to discourage their gourmet tastes. Biography Annabel is a PhD student at the University […]
Details of the next weeding work party (including the booking link) are: Date: Saturday, 4 October 2025, 9:00 to 12 noon We plan to remove lots of non-local acacia and other woody weeds Meet: Caswell Drive entry on the mountain side. Drive from Belconnen Way southwards along Caswell Drive towards Glenloch Interchange, Woden, or Tuggeranong. Note the yellow […]
Choose your time to book and to discover some spring flowering native terrestrial orchids and learn something more of this fascinating group of plants with Matt Mullaney, Shoko Okado, and Tobias Hayashi DATE Sunday 5 October, 9:30am-12 noon & repeated 1:30 pm to 4:00pm Yes, daylight saving starts that very day. MEET at the car […]
Bill and his wife rescue injured wombats, especially pouch pinkies, in facilities that they developed at Major's Creek especially for growing and rewilding them. Biography Bill is a retired Deputy Principal and bush band musician who continues to teaches music to primary school students. He is also Queanbeyan/Palerang Councillor. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/DDEFO Booking Lunchtime talks are […]
Bill and his wife rescue injured wombats, especially pouch pinkies, in facilities that they developed at Major’s Creek especially for growing and rewilding them.
Celebrate the spring flowering on beautiful Black Mountain with a social ramble appreciating wildflowers in the tradition established by Nancy Burbidge, continued by George Chippendale, and then Jean Geue. Discover the surprising diversity of tiny orchids, bush peas, wattles and billy buttons on easy bush tracks with experienced guides and good company. All springs are […]