Transforming Yanget Farm
Amanda Rowland
In February 2009 in Midwest WA, Rod O’Bree: businessman, horse-lover, would-be-farmer, took a picture of water lying in a barren, hydrophobic landscape on...
Bats about!
Have you seen any bats flying in your area at dusk or dark? They can be tricky to see, and their swooping flight can...
Landcare legacy
Chittering Landcare Centre shines as an environmental steward in the Northern Valleys. This month the team celebrates a milestone: May 1 marking twenty-five years...
Review: Black Cockatoo Crisis
I am briefly stepping into the Screen Time role this month to bring you a review of the award-winning documentary film project Black Cockatoo...
Food for thought this festive season…
With my fridge teeming with Christmas leftovers I can’t help but think about the frightening food waste statistics I’ve come across this year through...
Food waste and the conundrum of a pantry cleanout
As someone who worries constantly about food waste, I’ve noticed that I’m also someone who accumulates an awful lot of ‘rescued’ food and out...
Water connection on track for Bullsbrook Residents
On Wednesday 25 October Department of Defence held the first of two information sessions regarding the connection of scheme water to Bullsbrook residents affected...
Our unique wildlife
We are really lucky to have some of Western Australia’s most unique wildlife here in our back garden. If you are lucky, perhaps you...
Carnabys in crisis
Dean Arthurell
Carnaby Cockatoos are one of 3 endangered black cockatoo species found in WA’s South West. Unlike their almost identical forest dwelling cousins, the...
DBCA dictate animal no show
This month’s column is from our Chairperson, Dean Arthurell, explaining the unfortunate reasons why the Chittering Wildlife Carers will no longer be a presence...
Devastation in Muchea
By the time you read this, the three Marri trees in Muchea may have been destroyed by the Shire of Chittering, in its ignorance...
Local volunteers bring Hill River Fairy Terns back from the brink
The Fairy Tern is a small, coastal seabird, found between Karratha and Esperance WA. They measure about 250 mm from their bill- to tail-tip,...
