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$54,222 Grant for Feral Cats Management

Bush Blocks Guardians feral cat management program grant application has been successful, and we will receive $54,222 to undertake feral cat management on our 666 ha conservation property. The project will support threatened species...

Art Exhibition Report

The response to our recent art exhibition to raise money and awareness for the BBG was incredible. Opening day saw many people attend and most of the art selling, and it was wonderful to...

Not Rare: Melaleuca in Full Bloom

UPDATE: Yolanda Keeble took some samples to the WA Herbarium and this plant is now thought to be the more common Melaleuca haplantha. Our rare Wongan Melaleuca (Melaleuca sciotostyla) which occurs widely along our...

Building Private Land Conservation in WA

Committee members Andy, Beth and Peter attended a wonderful two day symposium in mid September called Building Private Land Conservation in Western Australia – very relevant to our aims and ongoing project. Over two...

Naturalists Club Visit

We hosted seven members of the Naturalists Club of WA at the block for several days in late August. They were hoping to see lots of interesting flora and fauna and some of our...

Flora and vegetation survey commenced

Botanist Kelli McCreery carried out a flora and vegetation survey at the Warralakin property. Quadrats were established within granite outcrop, sandplain and breakaway landforms, complemented by several relevés, to further describe these vegetation types...

August bird banding

On a recent visit to the bush block, committee members Sam Lostrom and Andy McCreery, together with Kis Heiner and Heidi Nore, carried out bird banding as part of the ecological monitoring program. Mist-nets...

Exhibition Details – Echos of the Outback

We are excited to announce final details for the art exhibition raising funds and awareness for BBG and our Wheatbelt environment. The exhibition opening event is on Sunday the 28th of September from 2-4pm...

First flowering of 2023 plantings

During a late July visit, Simon and Peter were very excited to witness the first flowerings of the first batch of seedlings planted in July 2023 – many Calothamnus quadrifidus were in bloom,along with...