Habitat Land Management

14/06/2026

Join the Newells Paddock for a Winter Solstice planting session. All ages and abilities are welcome.

Sun 21st June 2-4pm

Via their emailing list:
‘We’ll be planting shrubs, grasses and groundcovers to replenish / infill our 2024 planting areas (near the BBQ shelter). This increased habitat will provide more shelter and nutrients for the surrounding trees and animals.

Enjoy some light refreshments and tea/coffee or warm milo afterwards to celebrate the Winter Solstice, chat and catch up. You are welcome to bring something to share too.

Please:
bring gloves and tools, if you have them (some provided)
wear weather protection.
BYO water
Sign in at the BBQ shelter (or the planting trailer if you’re late). Please RSVP if you’re coming via email or Facebook to help us plan. If you are feeling unwell, please stay home and we’ll see you next time.

Access from Jamieson Ave, Footscray or Ride/walk from the Maribyrnong River Trail, near city train line (follow the signs).’
Thanks Yvonne for the images and text 💚🌱🌿🌳

21/05/2026

After long term w**d management at this site - previously overgrown with African Boxthorn - and some initial mulching, this site was ready for a glow up. We scraped back the mulch, drilled holes and added water retaining crystals - which we nicknamed Goop. On sloped terrain like this escarpment, water retaining crystals can help young plants get established.

15/05/2026

from our planting yesterday morning. Who needs AI and filters when real life can be this beautiful? Get out and enjoy it before the weather turns less amiable.
Image: J Byrne,

15/05/2026

of former agricultural land, with an audience of neighbouring cows, using a mixture of trees and shrubs including eucalypts, acacia, and banksia.

Images: P Denis

17/04/2026

When is a fungi not a fungi?
Can you guess what it actually is?
Hint: just like the ‘reusable’ bag in the second image it has no business being where they were found, near a wetland.

09/04/2026

Jacky Dragon
‘The jacky dragon is a type of lizard native to south-eastern Australia. Other common names include blood-sucker, stonewalker, and tree dragon.’ Wikipedia

‘These swift, semi-arboreal dragons perch or trunks, branches, logs and rocks. They are keenly alert and quick to flee if approached, dashing on all fours or sprinting on their hind limbs.’ Wilson S, ‘What Lizard is That?’, Reed New Holland, 2009
Image: G Pharo

02/04/2026

19/02/2026

Litoria ewingii, Southern Brown Tree Frog
From the Australian Museum Frog ID site:
‘A taxonomic revision of the Australian treefrogs published in June 2025 has suggested that this species be placed in the genus Rawlinsonia, resulting in the proposed species name of Rawlinsonia ewingii.’
Which was what staff member Mia identified this frog as. Thanks !
Image: B Johnstone

14/01/2026

Lucia limbaria, Grassland Copper butterfly
Image: M Patti

24/12/2025

Tasmanian Pademelon with joey
Image: I Gordon