Before I purchased my property in 1975 it had been used as part of a larger cattle property and was partially cleared. My 160 acres at Conondale is situated in … Continue reading Property Profile: Tools to encourage a biodiverse grassy understorey
Victor and Michele Bales have been Land for Wildlife members for just over 10 years and have been living on their property for 35 years. Their property is situated in … Continue reading Property Profile: Restoring and Rejoicing: A story of persistence and achievement
One of Gordon’s first memories of his property was of crawling on his hands and knees under impenetrable thickets of tree-sized groundsel along a wallaby track until he happened upon … Continue reading Landholder Profile: Gordon Wilkinson – A Man of Inventions
The sound of male Koalas grunting in the night (and sometimes during the day) with their extra vocal cord folds, so they can call louder than any other marsupial, was … Continue reading The Koala in our Forest (and on our doorstep)
Some 10 years ago we did some fencing to exclude cattle from Wild Mountains. Most of our 76 ha Land for Wildlife / Nature Refuge property in the Border Ranges … Continue reading Barbed Glider
The Environment Sub-committee of the Kenmore State High School P&C Association, established in March 1998, works to an environment that is both beautiful and practical for members of Kenmore State … Continue reading Moggill Creek Blooms Thanks to Kenmore State High School
Parramatta Grass, along with most of the weedy Sporobolus grass family, has become a huge and increasing problem for landholders. This article discusses a couple of control methods and is … Continue reading Parramatta Grass: A new control method
When Romane Cristescu was doing her PhD on land rehabilitation and its benefits for Koalas, spending days upon days searching through the leaf litter for Koala scats (poo), she thought … Continue reading Sniffing out Solutions: Detection Dogs for Conservation
It’s been an interesting and fulfilling couple of years and it all started when Cody Hochen from the Brisbane City Council gently talked Glen and I into joining Land for … Continue reading Settling in for Lunch along Wonga Creek
“Hollow Log Retreat ” 21st May, Mount Byron, Somerset “Grazing and Koalas can coexist. Just don’t clear everything. Most Koalas do not occur in reserves – they occur on private land. Koalas … Continue reading Hollow Log Retreat: Part of the Open Property Scheme 2014