BOONOORONG

The property adjoins the Mornington Peninsula National Park in Victoria, Australia. Covering 20 hectares (50 acres), it includes a deep wet gully (approx 4 hectares) with remnant dry sclerophyll to heathy woodland (approx 6 hectares). Most of the land was cleared for cattle grazing in the 1950's. Our aim is to re-vegetate the property with indigenous species, providing habitat and support for local wildlife. This blog records our observations and documents our journey for future custodians.

Saturday, March 8, 2014

The Eagle has Landed

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Last weekend, a young kangaroo died in open grassland - the reason for its death is unknown but may have been from a snake bite. We were ...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Safe in the Pouch

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Lots of footage at the moment of mothers and their joeys. Might be a bit same-same, but we don't get sick of being in their midst, watc...
Sunday, February 9, 2014

Recent sightings

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Here's a snapshot of some of the sightings over the past few months. Short-Beaked Corella pulling out Onion Grass and eating the bu...
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Friday, January 17, 2014

Wasp - making a home

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During the period between spring and summer, we observe wasps excavating holes in the ground around the home. We're not sure whether ...
Monday, January 13, 2014

A Tough Day at the Office

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The following footage shows another young joey spending time out of the pouch. Still wonky on it's legs and repeatedly returning to mum...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Snakes around the home

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This year has been a very good year for snakes - having sighted many more snakes than previous. Notably, it was a very good winter. Consist...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

A mother and her joey

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Spring is done, so many mothers are busy tending to the needs of their young - the following footage of a mother kangaroo and her joey was ...
Friday, December 20, 2013

A Wallaby Joey revisited

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Leaving the camera at the usual location, we gleaned a few more hours of footage of amongst other things, a mother wallaby and her joey. Th...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

A little bit of privacy...please

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Been a while since our last post.........been busy!! We recently took the following footage through the shower door - fortunately the ref...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Happy Trails

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We reckon there are three (3) or four (4) different mobs of kangaroos which frequent our property.  It's hard to determine due to the d...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

A wallaby named "Horse"

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Since the recording of two (2) female wallabies with joeys (blogged previously), we've been endeavouring to secure more footage - as we...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Boys will be Boys

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We find kangaroos to be extremely social animals, and we witness young males staying with their mother for 18 months, and the females can s...
Monday, September 9, 2013

Not seeing the forest for the trees

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For various reasons, much of our time is spent out of the gully - the main reason is that most of the works, whether it be weeding or pla...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

Spring has Sprung............and the Reptiles have emerged

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Just a quick post. The first day of September was a warm sunny day with a top temperature ar ound 25°C (77 °F ). The warmth of the day ...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Voyeuristic Tendencies

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As mentioned in a previous blog, our home acts as a hide, so we often find roo's looking through the windows. The kangaroo's are ...
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