Monthly Archives: October 2018

For the past two months, I have spent my Wednesday afternoons in a little lab tucked away in the Rainforest Gulley in the Australian National Botanical gardens. I have been helping Tom North, the curator and manager of the Seed … Continue reading →

By Emily Jones (u5714668) On a chilly August morning, myself and others from ANU Intrepid Landcare headed to a private property near Queanbeyan to undertake some restoration work. Upon arrival, I looked out of the minibus at the landscape around … Continue reading →

By Courtney Webber The regent honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia) is Australia’s most threatened songbird and is listed as critically endangered under international legislation. Habitat loss and attacks from other birds are the main reasons for the rapid decline of regent honeyeaters. … Continue reading →

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been involved in organising the establishment of a native bee pollinator garden at the Acton Community Garden. Leading the project, my roles thus far include researching suitable plant species, weeding, landscaping and planting … Continue reading →

The Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) is listed as vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth of Australia, 1999). They are found in south-eastern Australia and inhabits predominately eucalypts woodlands and forests (Department of the Environment, 2018). … Continue reading →

On Wednesday mornings, for the past three weeks, I have been volunteering at the Greening Australia nursery, in Kubura Place, Aranda. They have a fairly small nursery, with large benches of various species of seedlings and a small green house. … Continue reading →

Monitoring Overview On the morning of the 22nd of September 2018, Jackson Law (a fellow coursemate) and I met up in North Canberra to be picked up for Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) monitoring. We were to be working with Dr … Continue reading →

Water Bugs are known to be a reliable and useful indicator on the health system of streams, rivers, wetlands and ponds. There are various types of water bugs and each type requires particular environmental conditions to be able to grow, … Continue reading →