I purchased my cleared and run-down farm many years ago with the intention of turning it into what is now called farm forestry. As a consequence the landscape has been … Continue reading A Farm Forestry Success Storyfarm forestry, Red Cedars, Gympie
Rescue, rehabilitate and release. We don’t often talk about that last word but it is the ultimate aim of wildlife rescuers – to release wildlife back to where they were … Continue reading Release: The ultimate aim of wildlife carers
In 2014 we bought a 40ha block of land adjacent to our house property, which is already in the Land for Wildlife program and primarily managed for conservation. We acquired … Continue reading Tips and tricks from our restoration along London Creek
We purchased our property at Hunchy on the Sunshine Coast in 1990 but did not move here from interstate until 1997. Like typical absentee owner properties, the weeds grew and … Continue reading Ecology, Community & Restoration
If we’re smart, we never stop learning. It seems that with every new hobby, sport or interest we take up, we are reminded of how little we actually know about … Continue reading A Labour of Love
Since buying our property, one of our key wildlife objectives was to get a permanent population of pademelons back onto our place. We assumed they were here before European settlement … Continue reading The Return of Pademelons thanks to Fox Control
Seventeen years ago we purchased 11 acres on the Sunshine Coast. The land included four acres of critically endangered rainforest with London Creek winding through it, creating depressions and water … Continue reading Dealing with the Unexpected while Restoring Rainforest
Over many years, Land for Wildlife was delivered in the Toowoomba region by passionate officers from councils and the Queensland Murray Darling Committee. However, organisational restructuring and changes to funding … Continue reading Reinvigorating Land for Wildlife in the Toowoomba region
For the past seven years I have been slightly obsessed searching for Greater Gliders on Land for Wildlife properties throughout South East Queensland. Greater Gliders rarely make noises and they … Continue reading Using dogs and scats to find Greater Gliders
My love of gardening started at the ages of 2-6 when I was in care with my elderly grandparents. My Nanna tasked me with dead heading marigolds and I learnt … Continue reading Home Among the Gumtrees