We’re trying to establish a colony of Sugar Ants so we can observe how this hero ant raises the caterpillars of the Arid Bronze Azure butterfly.

A rare plant called Boerhavia coccinea, the food plant for the Striped Hawk Moth caterpillar Yeperenye.

Flowering at night, a mystery, native bee pollinator and special twists to keep the flowers closed. Weird indeed.

My 2021 entry for the threatened species bake-off. The annual baking competition is held just prior to Threatened Species Day on September 7th.

A mob of 53 Pink Cockatoos feeding on native Pine and … grapes

A rare chance to see the bats of the Mallee up close.

Well, we made it to number seven. But I’m not sure the list of Australian butterflies most likely to go extinct is a list that you want to top.

This rare, slow-growing wattle is long-lived and can grow to an immense size.

The Little Button-quail bred in the grasslands on Raakajlim in 2020. Very exciting to see them.

Not a South African Weed Orchid, not an agricultural pest, but the rare Australian Broomrape.

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

Pink Cockatoos can struggle to find a suitable hollow tree. This pair nested in our creekline!

A welcome visitor