It’s that time of year when Gazanias start flowering and we notice them creeping their way into bushland areas. These plants may be colourful but they are a real menace. It frustrates me that they are not listed as a weed in Victoria so they can still be sold in nurseries. Luckily, I’m not the only one concerned.

Gazania are evil weeds with wind-dispersed seeds. It would be really helpful if nurseries stopped selling this weed!

Way back in October 2022, the Murray River flood started to lap at the bottom of our fence. It took four months, and some clever trickery, but we are now back in business with our electric fence!

Raakajlim Creek has flooded for the first time in 50 years. But it’s not all good news for our conservation property.

The 2022 tree-planting extravaganza with Carey Baptist Grammar. Where did the trees come from and what will they become?

Celebrating the launch of the Raakajlim sanctuary and completion of our conservation fence with a short video and an interview with our supporters. Enjoy the wonderful footage of the property and our Mallee birds.

After six months, we are pleased to announce that the fence is finally finished!

We’re building the final section of our fence. It is in steep sand dunes and is really tricky and slow-going. But we are getting there!

We’ve received funding to complete our 13 km boundary fence! This will protect our 490-hectare conservation property from over-grazing and damage by goats, pigs and kangaroos.

Casey the excavator is used to treat rabbit warrens, for fencing, and precision weeding of Spiny Rush.

Tree planting is complete for the 2021 season. Our planting technique this year involved an excavator and one tonne of pelletised worm castings!

In the Mallee, it is essential to water the trees and shrubs we plant, to make sure the revegetation survives the tough first summer. This is Phil's clever watering set-up to make it just a little easier.

We are trialing cocoon planters to increase the survival and growth rate of our tube-stock for revegetation. January update.

Our 12 month trial of scalping to restore a semi-arid grassland.

Gazania are evil weeds with wind-dispersed seeds. We found a plant on Raakajlim which was 2km away from the nearest infestation.

Now’s the time to sow seed of native Pine (Callitris gracilis) so the tubestock will be ready to plant out in Autumn.

Some late direct-seeding of Native Pine to catch the winter rain.

Winter is time to spray Paterson’s Curse.