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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...

Bird banding sites established

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...

Drone survey

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...

Cameras deployed & seedling measurements

Lewi Marr, Annie Leitch, Joe Porter and Ruby Albury recently visited the block with committee zoologist Andrew McCreery. The crew deployed motion cameras on active Malleefowl mounds, measured seedlings planted in 2023, and carried...

Revegetation Report March 2025

Carbon Positive have published their formal assessment of the first two years plantings.  Here is a summary: 2023 Plantings in Southern Paddock Minimal variability between the average density of plots (min 520 live trees/ha,...

Hot summer – trees alive?

Simon called in on his way east to get our modem and rain gauge working and reported that the plantings are looking very healthy. We know it’s been a hot summer so we looked...