The second Island Biology Field Trip for the course from Victoria University, New Zealand. This trip had 11 students with supervisor Kevin Burns. The students enjoyed the walks around the […]
In May I hosted three groups from Friends of Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, in collaboration with Rodger and Gwen Elliot. The participants on all three trips were of course very keen […]
For this years’ research Anicee Lombee, Phoebe Lewis, Vaughn Wellington and Andrew Fiddler came over to assist Jennifer Lavers and me carry out monitoring the chicks of two shearwaters for […]
A week-long special tour for a group from the Queensland Field Naturalists Club. This club has members interested in anything and everything. So it was a busy week exploring all […]
Through the second half of 2014 I worked with Melbourne based model maker Dean Smith of Environmental Creations, to design and produce a display around Ball’s Pyramid. The display featured […]
14 people joined in this week, a special week focusing on the birdlife of Lord Howe Island. It was an ideal way to discover and learn about the seabirds as […]
As part of the proposal for rodent eradication on Lord Howe Island there are monitoring surveys to be carried out pre- and post-eradication. In September 2014 a group of five […]
A group of 17 flew in on 31st August for the last weeding tour in 2014. It was a very experienced group, with most participants having been on many trips […]
The 76th weeding ecotour since inception in 1995, this week was attended by 16 keen participants. The members were mostly repeats weeders who had visited many times, with Barbara and […]
5-11 July 2014 – this week was the field component of a course in Island Biology for students studying at Victoria University, Wellington NZ. We took eight students on various […]