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It is winter still but as August progresses you sense the build up to spring has commenced. Birds pairing and becoming more possessive of their patch.

The Salvinia weed infestation of the ponds continues. Hopefully the weevils introduced to consume the weed will become more active as the weather warms up. Last weeks survey was again light on water birds for this reason...


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Alstonville is twenty kilometers inland from Ballina in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales. Set on a plateau, its deep and rich red volcanic soils grow macadamias and avocadoes where once the semi-tropical rain forests of the Big Scrub grew. Tosca Falls next to the Alstonville Sewage works are surrounded by a small patch of secondary growth rain forest and a glimps...


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The floods of 2022 loom large when considering the safety and security of the people of Lismore and its surrounds. Heavy rain in the Richmond Catchment in the Northern Rivers District of New South Wales resulted in a record peak flood height at Lismore of 14.4 metres, with the tragic loss of seven lives and extensive damage to property. So a study by the CSIRO that modelled t...


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