Bruny: a special place

All of Tasmanian’s endemic birds, vibrant wildlife and ecosystems, a dedicated community wedded to sustainability and a simply stunning range of beautiful environments: from dizzying sea cliffs to gentle woodlands – a place to protect for future generations of all life.

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Albatross - Rod Hartvigson

Aquablog April 26

The problems facing southern Tasmania’s salmon farming industry have intensified, focusing on antibiotic contamination, political interference in environmental protection, and a deepening public mistrust. The issues are particularly acute around

Bird tour with Cat Davidson

Our 8th Bruny Bird Festival joy

What a wonderful, successful weekend! How to thank everyone involved in the fantastic 2026 Bird Festival? Held in perfect weather, it went off smoothly, largely due to the untiring coordinator,

Neck heights

Beach retreat on the Neck

Matt Gunn has, since 2017, tracked erosion on the southern end of The Neck. This very valuable resource is publicly available as Dismal Tides – his on-line data repository which

TAMP flyers

We feature these flyers from TAMP that highlight some impacts of industrial fish farming:

Local hero

Year 11 student Alice Evans, as part of her International Baccalaureate Diploma decided to grow seedlings and sell them at our local Lunawanna market last week. Not only did people

Jason Smith starting a burn

patrula nayri on Fairyland

If there is one word I’d use to describe our workshop, it would be Respect! Jason Smith from patrula nayri (FIRE GOOD) is working with land managers at Fairyland to

Sound recorder

Bruny Bird Bioacoustics

Imagine being able to pop out a sound recorder in the bush and have a list of what birds are present! This is what we are working towards with our

poster for film night

Nowhere Else on Earth – film 13 June 2025

Dive deep into the blue with us at our screening of Nowhere Else on Earth, a captivating short film that showcases the extraordinary marine life of Tasmania. Through stunning underwater footage and