We have invited a few emus to live on Raakajlim. Job description: “Eat, walk and poo”. And now we have giant Quandong-filled poo all over the place!

The Judy-Phil-Fiona direct seeding machine, mysterious cuckoo spit and the secrets of the Invisible Plant revealed.

Highlights from September included a Brown Striped Skink, Murnong (Yam Daisy), an Eastern Brown Snake and some Preying Mantids hatching from an ootheca.

A 67 year-old mystery has been solved by citizen science and social media, and a lost Jewel Beetle has been rediscovered.

We dug this Pobblebonk out of our vegie patch today. He posed for some photos to show off the identifying features.

A Collared Sparrowhawk showing its distinctive long middle toe.

2020 was a great year for Spear Grass, our best since 2014!

On the first day of our Spring bird survey, I couldn’t resist these Stumpytails and Central Bearded Dragons.

Episode 2 of “They’re not all the same skink!”. This glossy, sand-swimming skink was in our vegie patch.

The Murnong are flowering in the Mallee. It’s going to be a great year for Yam Daisies!

It’s amazing who visits a waterhole when you are not watching …

Here is the Arid Bronze Azure butterfly immortalised in cake-form for the Threatened Species Day bake-off.

The emus have hatched their eggs, leaving two eggs behind.

Year after year, the Wattle have their own, consistent rhythm for flowering … and seed collection.