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This year’s Community Bioblitz is on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November from 6am ‘til late at the Four Winds site at Barragga Bay, south of Bermagui. Four Winds in partnership with the Atlas of Life, is proud to announce a collaborative and unique event over two fun-filled days of music, nature and shared creativity. Everyone […]
A Hotspots workshop is planned for landholders and residents in coastal forests in the Nutleys, Baragoot, Cuttagee, Bunga, Murrah, Wapengo and Tanja areas on Saturday 15 October, 9am – 4.30pm at the Windsong Pavilion, Four Winds. The Hotspots Fire Project enables landholders and public land managers to work together to reduce bush fire risk across […]
If you missed recent news about a koala sighting in late August in the Wapengo catchment, within the new flora reserve, you can see photos and footage at this Vimeo link or read the Bega District News story here. If you feel inspired to join in the search for Koalas in the south east coastal forests, […]
Come along to the Tura Marrang Library (Tura Beach Drive, Tura Beach) on Friday 2nd September at 2pm to hear Geoff Robertson from Canberra talk about reptiles in this region and how using citizen science we can learn more about these wonderful creatures and how we might identify and conserve them. This is the second of a […]
Threatened Species Day is a national day held each year on 7 September to commemorate the death of the last remaining Tasmanian tiger at Hobart Zoo in 1936. It is a time to reflect on what happened in the past and how we can protect our threatened species in the future – a day to […]
A free Windbreak Design Workshop is being held at The Crossing Land Education Centre in Bermagui on Friday 9 September from 10am-4pm, led by Dean Turner (the Crossing), John Champage (SCPA) and Chris Post (Far South Coast Landcare). The day includes information on windbreak design to reduce impacts from wind and fire as well as to provide essential […]
Current surveys are being undertaken to monitor the size and health of the remaining far south coast koala population and to map its genetic diversity. Fresh scats are sent to the University of Sydney for analysis and the information is used to make decisions relating to land and fire management that could have an impact […]
There are significant things happening here in the forests surrounding us and I am excited to be at the very edge of it. Today was spent on my hands and knees in Mumbulla State Forest, in the rich soft soil at the feet of some of the eucalyptus and other great trees. What better place […]
If you’re a landholder with half a hectare or more of native vegetation and would like to conserve your property’s special features, but don’t want to sign a legal agreement, you may want to consider joining the Land for Wildlife Scheme. Land for Wildlife is a voluntary property registration scheme for landholders who wish to manage areas […]
If you’re fond of a good field guide and want to know more about the insects of our region, here is a new book by entomologist, Dr Roger Farrow on the Insects of South-Eastern Australia. As CSIRO Publishing says “a walk in the bush reveals insects visiting flowers, patrolling the air, burrowing under bark and even biting your […]
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