Nowanup Boodja

20/06/2026

Two inspiring days at Nowanup with a cultural fire exchange with indigenous fire managers from all over Victoria and cohosted by our wonderful friends at DFES bushfire centre of excellence.

Thanks fellas for helping put fire into long unburnt natural vege close to camp, your keenness to get into it, cultural respect and exchanges, sharing fire knowledge and new friendship.

This visit was a wonderful reminder that while we still have a long way to go to apply cultural kaarla across the landscape , within a decade, indigenous mobs across southern Australia have bought cultural fire back onto the map. Every elder led mob, every ranger team , every organization having a go, often against the odds and fighting a bureaucratic system , old ways are becoming new 💛

18/06/2026

A great day working with SAC Noongar Rangers at Tootanellup as part of Gondwana LInk

On the 16th June I had the privilege of planning and facilitating a day working with the SAC Noongar Ranger team at Green Skills Tootanellup property 100km north west of Denmark.
Noongar Rangers carry out plantings for Black Cockatoos, bush tucker & prepare for NAIDOC Week.

The day culminated months of planning, linking cultural connections & walking together, progressing a journey of re-igniting knowledge of djiriji, the local Zamia cycad, with its strong ecological and cultural importance. In addition the day helped launch an innovate program to plant non-native tree species especially for Black Cockatoos, building to recent initiatives of Professor Kingsley Dixon and others on WA's Swan Coastal Plain.
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21/05/2026

On behalf of the Pallinup-Marra Elder Circle, we are very excited to share this invitation to the launch of their inspirational Healthy Country Plan for the Pallinup-Marra River and catchment. The event is at Boxwood Hill, Wednesday 3 June, 10:30 am to 3:00 pm. Morning tea (from 10.00 am) and lunch will be provided at this free event. Please use the Humanitix link provided in the first comment to RSVP by 22 May and to access further information.
You’re welcome to share this invite to your networks of people who care and might want to come.
A reminder… please RSVP via the link in the comments to help with catering.
Hope you can join us at this special event.

07/05/2026

​Enable WA invites Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and creatives to submit expressions of interest for commissioned creative submissions as part of our annual Reconciliation Action Plan.

07/05/2026

Cultural kaarla events are one of our favorites. This year we collaborated with SAC Rangers , Southern Aboriginal Corporation , including the mooditj new yorgas team, to share the opportunity of learning from and with Nowanup Elders.

We practiced across different conditions and vegetation types, raking out from many trees and beautiful plants to save these from fire, while burning out dead vege and renewing Boodja. Really proud of our Nowanup Rangers and feeling prepared for our Peniup fire project.

A really solid effort from everyone involved and many thanks to South Coast Natural Resource Management for making this possible.

13/04/2026

13/04/2026

Revegetation planting at wheatbelt locations in June and July

09/03/2026

Nowanup Rangers would like to send a big thank you to Noongar Land Enterprises Group for their hospitality and organization of the ranger forum last week. Rangers from 12 Nyungar teams attended , yarned, shared projects, challenges and accomplishments, learned from elder Oral MGuire and left in solidarity to keep building the network stronger and work together.

17/12/2025

Djiripen Koort 😊 A beautiful collaboration with our wonderfully supportive neighbours. It's been an exciting end of year to see this Springs growth and plan a future with elders for inclusion of more culturally important species. Well done Bush Heritage Australia , Greening Australia and Rangers.