Strathbogie Ranges – Nature View

• Mt Tenneriffe nature ramble
  On a pleasant Sunday earlier in November, Strathbogie Ranges Conservation organized a walk through the 100 ha Tenneriffe Nature Conservation Reserve, right to the top! Mt Tenneriffe is a prominent granitic outcrop on the western escarpment of the Strathbogie Ranges, just a stone’s throw from the Hume Fwy, between the townships of Locksley and Longwood. […]
• Squirrels on the doorstep
  A silhouette flashing through the canopy above, a slap on a nearby tree trunk – that’s how Donna and Charlie from Hurley St, Longwood first realized they had gliders living in the trees around their home. And they didn’t just see these nocturnal visitors once; it became a semi-regular occurrence, especially when some garden trees, […]
• At every burn, you learn
  I acknowledge the Taungurung people, custodians of the land where I live and work. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Perhaps the single biggest ecological shift in Australia’s recent history has been the loss of fire as a regular landscape process. Much has been written of late about how Traditional […]
• Greens Hill Walk, Winton Wetlands
  The 2022-23 seasons at Winton Wetlands will be ones to remember.
• Pink evening
  Duck Pond, Winton Wetlands.
• Bandicoots on the brink
  The Long-nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) isn’t classified as a threatened species, but I fear it’s only a matter of time before they suffer the same fate as so many other similar sized mammals. Foxes and cats, both of which are known to prey on bandicoots, are so numerous and ubiquitous across our landscapes that our […]