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Welcome to NGT Newsletter #12:
All the Mt Burr Swamp fundraising news, Platypus recorded on video near Gooseneck Swamp, Tilley Swamp to be restored and more!
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In some great news - thanks to everyone who has donated to the campaign over the past week - we've now reached almost $45,000! and the live tally is...
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Come and join us on Sunday the 9th of October for a day of celebration, to see what we've all come together to make possible - the future restoration and permanent protection of Mt Burr Swamp. It will be a great day, with: talks, guided bird watching, waterbugs for...
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We are very excited to bring you an art exhibition with a stellar line up of twenty local artists, as part of our Mount Burr Swamp campaign. The event held in Mount Gambier, Friday 7th of October, and on site at the Mount Burr Swamp...
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One of the artworks from the exhibition, by David Higgins
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There are approximately 25,000 species of orchids in the world, with 1,800 here in Australia. In the Limestone Coast, we have a few unique species, which can only be found in this region, like the Little Dip Spider Orchid and the Maroon Leak Orchid at Piccaninnie...
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The South East Flows Restoration project is about restoring historic flows from the South East back to the Coorong, via Tilley Swamp (inland of the coast, north of Kingston), and has been under development for several years since 2007. The project is largely funded by the...
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Tilley Swamp – much of this shaded area may once again be inundated as wetlands thanks to a recent announcement as part of the South East Flows Restoration Project.
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I was just starting to stroll into the Grampians National Park, along the drain that flows from Walker Swamp towards Gooseneck Swamp off Lynchs Crossing Road, when something caught my eye in the drain...
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Platypus recorded on video in the drain between Walker and Gooseneck Swamps, Grampians National Park.
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Special thanks to Todd Burger from Glenthompson for sending this fantastic snap of a juvenile Eastern Long-necked Turtle, found on the road near Brady Swamp. And just in case you are wondering just how big this cute...
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A juvenile Eastern Long-necked Turtle. Photo by Todd Burger
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