Roadkill “fence” has no effect

Possum killed on the road

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 […]

Marine Blog #5

blue sky

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

Flyer NRM south Swift parrot planting

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 […]

Marine blog #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

Bird tour with Cat Davidson

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:

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 […]

Convenors report 2025

Rachel speaking about shorebirds

Ben Convery and James Bunker presented their first annual report to the AGM covering activities from the past year.

patrula nayri on Fairyland

Jason Smith starting a burn

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 […]

Bruny Bird Bioacoustics

Sound recorder

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 […]