Bookend Trust

11/10/2026

Congratulations to all CallTrackers helping to monitor for 'elusive but noisy' species, including bitterns and curlews, as part of this fantastic project!

With NatureTrackers

19/09/2026

CAUTION: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this post contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died.

Vale Aunty Patsy Cameron, an esteemed Tasmanian Aboriginal Elder and friend of Bookend's work.

When we were making SIXTEEN LEGS, we were keen to include the First Nations connection to caves. Aunty Patsy was justifiably cautious about how that story would be told, but was won over by the structure of SIXTEEN LEGS and Joe's beautiful footage.

It still gives us a thrill when Auny Patsy's voice first appears in the film, telling the story of Tasmania's Ice Ages over a continuous rolling shot of the endless Mt Weld ridgeline. Aunty Patsy and Aunty Netty then appear together to talk about their connection to Country in more detail. Both Elders were special guests at the Launceston premiere of the film, and went on to be friends and supporters of Bookend's other projects.

Aunty Patsy was kind, clever and positive, with a great sense of fun and wonder at the world. She leaves behind a significant legacy as an ambassador for her community. It was a privilege to know her, and she will be greatly missed. Take a moment to reflect on the beauty of Tasmania and its ancient secrets in her memory.

Tasmanian elder Aunty Patsy Cameron has died, leaving behind a legacy of improving educational outcomes for Aboriginal Tasmanians.

06/09/2026

Have you booked yours yet?
🎙️🪶🦇

Take part in the annual population tracking of Tasmania's noisy but elusive species...
Choose your CallTrackers survey square (wherever you are, there's one less than 6 km from you) and book your recorder.
Help discover who's calling where, and, over time, how their populations are going!
Details and bookings: https://naturetrackers.au/projects/calltrackers/

05/09/2026

A wonderful area to be discussing the value and science of wildlife conservation and monitoring over National Science Week!

14/08/2026

Please spread the word! These two have some fascinating science and fun to be shared next week...

08/08/2026

If you're on Flinders Island, or Truwana on 17-21 August, the NatureTrackers team would love to talk wildlife and wildlife monitoring science with you. It's National Science Week!
Everyone is warmly invited to take part in the annual NatureTrackers projects – helping keep watch over birds of prey, wetland birds, bats, burrowing crayfish and more, across Tasmania... And how might that work fit in with any monitoring you're doing yourself? Come & chat all about it with Jim and Clare...

🦅This National Science Week, are out showing the Furneaux Islands some love and bringing their awesome citizen science projects!

📍Flinders: 17-20th August
📍Truwana: 20-21st August

Get involved at a school or library near you! https://inspiringtas.org.au/event/calltrackers-in-…furneaux-islands/

26/07/2026

For comprehensive information about bird flu in Australia, see the government website https://birdflu.gov.au/
For other options for reporting observations of healthy, injured or dead wildlife in Tasmania, check out NatureTrackers' Report Something page: https://naturetrackers.au/report/

Bird flu has now been detected on Australian shore. What would you do if you found a dead bird?

10/07/2026

We're starting to plan for that special time of year again!
📣 North-western teachers - bookings for Claws on the Line visits are now OPEN... 🦞

29/05/2026

Good luck everyone! Wishing you fantastic survey days…

It's the start of the second (& final) round of surveys for Where? Where? We**ie! 2026! Sixty-five teams are taking part, all across Tasmania, with twenty-nine of them heading out to their booked survey squares today, to survey for all raptor species and also the three white cockatoo species. Find out why here https://naturetrackers.au/projects/where-where-wedgie/ – and follow along the results, as they're uploaded throughout the days, here https://webapp.naturetrackers.com.au/map_results
Good luck everyone!

27/05/2026

Don't forget to book!
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Last chance to book!! Today's the deadline for booking a Where? Where? We**ie! 2026 survey - so if you were thinking of taking part, go for it. Each additional survey makes for more accurate science (especially where, together, we cover a survey square for 2 days).
Join us all on this *eighth* year of raptor surveys - details & bookings: https://naturetrackers.au/.../where-where-wedgie/take-part/
📷 Mick Brown