by admin | Jun 1, 2014 | News
Now that we’ve had some good rainfall totals, fungi have popped up just about everywhere. Different fungi species prefer to grow in different places – some grow out of the ground, others on dead wood and...
by admin | May 6, 2014 | News
You can help us win $300 by eating a burger at Grill’d in Carousel shopping centre. Grill’d have a competition in which burger purchasers are given a voting token (it’s actually a bottle cap). Customers place their token in one of three jars. Each...
by admin | Apr 15, 2014 | News
Riffles are the rock lined channels that take water flowing from one lake to another. They are important because they protect the ground from erosion, aerate the water as it moves through the rocks, provide habitat to small critters in the crevices between rocks and...
by admin | Mar 18, 2014 | News
When you say ‘it had eight legs’ most people think of spiders. But there is more to the class Arachnida than spiders. It also includes scorpions, ticks and a host of other less familiar animals. One of those less familiar animals is harvestmen. We spotted...
by admin | Jan 31, 2014 | News
Marri trees, Corymbia calophylla, are some of the largest trees in the bushland. They are the ones with the large fruiting bodies, commonly called honkey nuts. These trees can grow up to 30 metres tall and will spread their branches wide where there is room. Marri...
by admin | Dec 26, 2013 | News
Jewel beetles are certainly a sight to behold. However, most of them are only about 10 – 15 millimetres in length, so it takes determination and a keen eye to find them. We have seen ten species of jewel beetle in the reserves,...
