Day: November 29, 2017

Mitchell Plateau charter for Black Grasswren 6 June 2018 As per previous years, including the successful 2017 excursion, Australian Ornithological Services will run a one-day charter to the Mitchell Plateau at the end of our 2018 Top End tour. It involves fixed-wing to the Mitchell Plateau airstrip and then helicopters to the campground. The plane … Read more

Recently Pew Charitable Trusts and NT Natural Resource Management ran a forum on gamba grass on which I was a panel member. According to Garry Cook, a CSIRO research scientist at the forum, gamba grass is out of control, meaning that ‘Balanda grass’ as Bininj (Aboriginal) rangers call it, may well realise its potential to … Read more