THE Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, has called on Australians to record koala sightings in the Koala Spotter app, and attend an informative online webinar on Tuesday, to help build the most accurate national population count to date.
FRANZ Moeller, 67, is a man comfortable on a bicycle, even though his family thinks he’s “nuts”. The Albany resident was relaxing for a few days in Portland as he journeys solo around southern Australia on a bike. He joined the ranks of the retired in February and hit the road in May this year. […]
THE Miners Rest-based Malakai Stud won both Champion Ewe and Champion Ram in the Valais Blacknose section of the Virbac Sheep Show. Malakai is the largest Valais Blacknose stud in Australia with over 70 sheep and this was the first time the rare and charming breed has been at Sheepvention.
PIERREPOINT Land Protection Group are celebrating 35 years of Landcare and National Landcare Week with a tree planting event this Sunday (tomorrow). The event will be held at local artist, Jenni Mitchell and partner Mervyn Hannan’s Petschels Lane property. Jenni and Mervyn have 400 native trees to plant in a native bush patch they hope […]
STUDENTS at St John’s Lutheran Primary School got their hands dirty last Friday by planting 250 trees for National Tree Day. Native trees were planted on the school property, not only to acknowledge National Tree Day but to provide vegetation to the koalas regularly spotted on the grounds. Students learned how to care for the […]
THE Peter Schroder Memorial Lecture at this year’s Sheepvention was attended, virtually to capacity, by about 100 farmers and others interested in what Melbourne University’s Professor Richard Eckard had to say about agriculture, greenhouse gas emissions, and the ongoing quest to achieve the target of a carbon-neutral or “net-zero” economy.