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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...

Visitors have been treated to great displays of orchids this winter and spring and we share a few photos:

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Andy, Sam, Jeff (and Aidan) and Anton visited the block in early July. The main aims were to set up long-term bird banding sites.  They established 6 bird banding sites and opened nets at...

Committee zoologist Andrew McCreery visited the block with Joe Porter this April to capture detailed layers of the property with Joe’s drone. The northern half of the property was captured, with a large improvement...