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Hunting season for Gazanias, the pretty (awful) weed
Gazania are evil weeds with wind-dispersed seeds. It would be really helpful if nurseries stopped selling this weed!
Fixed the flooded fence
Way back in October 2022, the Murray River flood started to lap at the bottom of our fence. It took four months, and some clever trickery, but we are now back in business with our electric fence!
The flooding of Raakajlim Creek
Raakajlim Creek has flooded for the first time in 50 years. But it’s not all good news for our conservation property.
Track my tree
The 2022 tree-planting extravaganza with Carey Baptist Grammar. Where did the trees come from and what will they become?
“Raakajlim” - Mallee Conservation’s first sanctuary
Celebrating the launch of the Raakajlim sanctuary and completion of our conservation fence with a short video and an interview with our supporters. Enjoy the wonderful footage of the property and our Mallee birds.
The fence is finished
After six months, we are pleased to announce that the fence is finally finished!
Fencing the Dunes
We’re building the final section of our fence. It is in steep sand dunes and is really tricky and slow-going. But we are getting there!
Funding to finish the fence
We’ve received funding to complete our 13 km boundary fence! This will protect our 490-hectare conservation property from over-grazing and damage by goats, pigs and kangaroos.
Casey the excavator vs. Spiny Rush
Casey the excavator is used to treat rabbit warrens, for fencing, and precision weeding of Spiny Rush.
Tree planting 2021
Tree planting is complete for the 2021 season. Our planting technique this year involved an excavator and one tonne of pelletised worm castings!
Watering revegetation
In the Mallee, it is essential to water the trees and shrubs we plant, to make sure the revegetation survives the tough first summer. This is Phil's clever watering set-up to make it just a little easier.
Revegetation in dry times - Cocoon planters
We are trialing cocoon planters to increase the survival and growth rate of our tube-stock for revegetation. January update.
Grasslands - to scalp or not to scalp?
Our 12 month trial of scalping to restore a semi-arid grassland.
Gazanias, the pretty (awful) weed
Gazania are evil weeds with wind-dispersed seeds. We found a plant on Raakajlim which was 2km away from the nearest infestation.
Native Pine for revegetation
Now’s the time to sow seed of native Pine (Callitris gracilis) so the tubestock will be ready to plant out in Autumn.
Direct seeding native Pine
Some late direct-seeding of Native Pine to catch the winter rain.