Saving and restoring WA's wheatbelt bushlands
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...
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...
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,...
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...
We are working towards applying for significant funding under the DPIRD’s 2025 Feral Cat Management Grants program to start our efforts to reduce the number of feral cats on our land – more news...
We held our 3rd AGM on the 23rd November as on online event using Google Meet. The groups accounts for the previous financial year were presented and our existing committee was reelected to all...
Sam invited two artist friends Kelly and Kathryn for a few days to view and learn about our project, and to prepare material for a forthcoming exhibition featuring our block.