The Poached Egg Daisies were spectacular in Spring 2020, but they’ve finished now and the white fluff is everywhere.

These colorful birds migrate to the southern states in Spring and Summer.

Our collection of Mallee wildflowers is now live.

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.

The Zebra Finches are here in numbers which means the Porcupine Grass seed is ripe. Porcupine Grass (Triodia scariosa), sometimes called Spinifex, has an interesting story …

Our 12 month trial of scalping to restore a semi-arid grassland.

These are the geckos which live on our windows and doors, hunting for moths attracted to the lights.

The sand turds are everywhere in the Mallee and this is one of the beetles responsible!

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

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

The Orange Immortelle produces a stunning wildflower carpet.

Gazania are evil weeds with wind-dispersed seeds. We found a plant on Raakajlim which was 2km away from the nearest infestation.

A burrowing snake, rarely seen above ground. Completely harmless and cute.

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!