Saturday 12 September 10am – AGM 2026
Change of venue! Our AGM will be at the Alonnah Hall at 10am Saturday 12 September 10am. This will comprise reports of activity over the past year from the Conveners […]
Activating Bruny Island’s biotic pump mBIEN#10
When the wells run dry, look to the trees Bruny Island’s drinking water shortage—over-extracted aquifers, drying creeks, and a landscape thatis losing its ancient ability to hold moisture—is not a […]
Water trailer donation
We are now the proud owner of a fabulous new water trailer, care of the Chen family of north Bruny. Initiated by Simon Allston (of Friends of North Bruny and […]
The Island that responds mBIEN #7
The Ocean in Trouble, and the Island that responds. Three pieces of news this week, dispatched from across the globe, land like naval shells on Bruny’s shore. Each is a […]
Roadkill “fence” has no effect
On Bruny, roadkill is very common, with macropods, possums, native hens and quolls all regularly seen dead on or beside the road. A commercial roadkill Virtual Fence (VF) mitigation device […]
Bruny BlueBioSphere mBIEN #5
A blue-print for a living sea where island and sea can breathe as one again Look at Bruny Island not from the road, but from the water. From a boat […]
Cloudy Bay pine restoration
Revegtating old pine plantations is difficult. Radiata pines just love to grow here in Tasmania. Interestingly, in California, where they are native, they occupy only a small restricted habitat, but […]
The Norway mirror mBIEN #4
The Norway mirror: projecting Scandinavian lessons onto Bruny Island and Southern Tasmanian waters Two recent investigations—one an exclusive Guardian report published 4 May, the other a major Sunstone Institute multimedia […]
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, […]
TAMP flyers
We feature these flyers from TAMP that highlight some impacts of industrial fish farming: