Build It and They Will Come: Birdlife flourishing in our improved wetland habitat
At a recent gathering at the Conservancy’s home in McLeans Ridges, a bird survey was conducted to understand the number of species that frequent the site. In attendance on the day were Birdlife Australia representatives, including Rodney Falconer who kindly put together a report for Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy. Since preparation of the site began, […]
Bird Monitoring Project Update: Feeding parties in the Big Scrub
Words: Georgia Beyer | Photos: David Milledge & Georgia Beyer. Birds of a feather flock together, so the saying goes. But sometimes different species form mixed flocks, known as foraging assemblages. With our acoustic and visual bird monitoring surveys now well underway, we’ve been witnessing some interesting and colourful mixes of birds moving together through […]
Ecologists of the Big Scrub: Dan Cox
After decades spent in regeneration in the Northern Rivers, there’s little about the Big Scrub that Dan Cox is yet to experience. From early work in the deepest parts of the rainforest, removing football field-sized patches of lantana in Wompoo Gorge, Wanganui, Minyon and the Big Scrub Flora Reserve, to working in Alcheringa and other […]
First trees planted at the home of Science Saving Rainforests and Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy
On a warm April day under crystal clear skies, Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy passed an exciting milestone with the planting of the first trees at our new home in McLeans Ridges. With the help of 45 community volunteers, around 500 plants were planted to mark the next step in development of the site, which will […]
Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy AGM 2024: President’s Report
For the first time, our Annual General Meeting was held at the new home of the Conservancy – and the site of our flagship program Science Saving Rainforests. It was also the first President’s Report given by Mark Dunphy, after our Co-Founder and President of over 30 years, Tony Parkes, stepped down last year. Mark’s […]
SSR Update: Making a Home for Science Saving Rainforests
Earlier this year, we took possession of 38-acres in McLeans Ridges which will become the home of Science Saving Rainforests and the Conservancy. Since then we’ve launched into action, starting to prepare the site for the plantation of genetically-diverse rainforest trees and working on a master plan for the landscaping and educational facilities that will […]
Ecologists of the Big Scrub: David Milledge
As a schoolboy in Tasmania, David had an early introduction to Australian rainforests and its wildlife with Tasmanian Field Naturalist Club trips to the foothills of Mt Wellington behind Hobart and occasional excursions to Mt Field National Park in the Derwent Valley. But these were cool temperate rainforests and although visually stunning – with cathedral-like […]
Uncovering Our Past: An Exhibition Honoring the Big Scrub and Bundjalung Country
By Babette Weatherell Tucked away on the fringe of the lush Picabeen Park is the Bangalow Heritage House Museum, an inviting trove of memories and stories for anyone seeking to step back in time. What better place to host, Uncovering Our Past, an exhibition which invited the public to step out of the daily hustle […]
Rainforest Warriors: New book recounts social and environmental history of the Big Scrub
Editor’s note: The words below by Stephen Wyatt provide an insight into his book ‘Rainforest Warriors’ and the history of the Big Scrub. When the Northern Rivers went from rural to radical in the 1970s, the scene was set for a stoush with loggers and government to save the region’s rare and valuable rainforest. And […]
The Booyong Reserve story: 25 years of restoring a unique riverine remnant
By Darren Bailey. The Booyong Flora Reserve is a unique rainforest remnant of the former Big Scrub. The rainforest occupies 13ha of low lying flats located at the junction of the Wilsons River and Pearces Creek. It is the only true riverine rainforest remnant on crown land outside the public reserve system and is managed […]
