After 29 days without rain, with only 9mm rain in February, we finally received 22mm rain on 24th March. Not a lot but still very welcome! Enough to cover much […]

This Marbled Gecko was found in a wheelbarrow in a Melton South lawn. A developing egg can plainly be seen through its translucent skin. Geckoes are commonly seen with one […]

Serrated Tussock Serrated Tussock is a noxious weed that is a constant threat to both environmental reserves like Mulla Mulla Grassland as well as grazing & farming land. City of […]

On Sunday 19th November PLEG & Birdlife Australia invited the community to join them birding at Pinkerton & Bush’s Paddock in the morning, & Eynesbury Forest in afternoon, led by […]

On 8th November a time capsule placed in a memorial cairn in Pinkerton Forest was opened. The Pinkerton family were the original European pioneering family to settle here As part […]

A pair of Sacred Kingfishers was discovered nesting beside the Werribee River, beside the old Pinkerton ruins. They were constantly flying in & out of a hole in the tree […]

Our Sacred Kingfisher has paid us its regular springtime visit this year. It makes an appearance each year at about this time. The distinctive swift & direct flight of a […]