A personal contribution from Big Scrub Landcare member, Ken Dorey. While there are many who find fault with Byron Bay, there are few who don’t appreciate the historic charm and community spirit of Bangalow; good food, good vibes, good people. Amazingly, our Bangalow has appeared, and is evolving, all within our lifetimes – a virtual...
A personal contribution from Big Scrub Landcare member, Dr Kristin den Exter. Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou recently wrote that we can better learn to love our country – I agree. This is one reason why I am so committed to the community landcare movement. Studying environmental science in the 1990’s it was clear to me that...
This year has started with some exciting activity for Big Scrub Landcare, with site preparations officially starting on our genetically diverse rainforest seed plantation at Wollongbar. The last few weeks have seen a flurry of activity, with works familiar to us including arborist works and woody weed control and other activities not so familiar including soil...
Land holders and property owners across the state are being asked to keep their eyes peeled for scrub turpentine and native guava on their properties as the NSW Government Saving our Species program establishes an emergency seedbank for these critically endangered native shrubs. Saving our Species Senior Threatened Species Officer Craig Stehn said populations of...
Big Scrub Landcare wish our members, volunteers and supporters a Happy New Year after the year that was 2020. Through the many challenges experienced – bushfires followed by a global pandemic – with your support, we continue to deliver important works to save our critically endangered rainforests and their incredible biodiversity. 2019-20 was another excellent...
In the past, I’ve presented a tongue-in-cheek argument for teak trees being a “good, solid tree”. In this article, I would like to make the more objective case that teaks were much more than the diminished paddock tree we see today. There is a very impressive paddock tree at Richmond Hill whose tall straight trunk,...
Southern Pink Underwing Moth (Phyllodes imperialis subsp. smithersi) – a message from our friends at Tweed Landcare – The Carronia you will want to get! (The native rainforest vine Carronia multisepalea that is!) Are you on a property that has pockets of native rainforest? Then you could be part of an exciting new project that aims to save the...
Australian actress Lucy Fry has joined forces with Big Scrub Landcare to help save the rainforests of northern New South Wales in a new global fundraising campaign. Fry, who played lead roles in the films Wolf Creek and Bright, is lending her voice, and painting skills, to the cause as a ‘Voice of The Rainforest’...
Dear Big Scrub Rainforest, It’s been almost a year since the fires tore through your form for the first time in known history. A year. It feels like a lifetime, given what else 2020 has offered, but to you it probably feels like seconds ago. In your time, you have witnessed a range of beauty...
I think that teak trees are one of the top 10 Big Scrub trees. They may not be one of the most common, or the biggest, or the most ecologically important, but they are a good, solid, honest tree. Teaks are obligingly easy to identify with their distinctive leaves, flaky bark and cool “boat” seed...
