Over the last week there have been several reports of a largish flock of black cockatoos in the Torbay area. They have been confirmed as Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos. The attached video was taken this morning, 27 March 2018, in Torbay by Keith Smith. 172 cockatoos were counted in this video....
We have a busy year with many varied events ahead. We hope you will join us for one or two of them. Keep an eye out on our events page for dates and booking details. Below are a list of just some of the things that will be on offer....
Torbay Catchment Group was lucky enough to be successful in receiving 4 more grants funded by the State NRM office. The grants are: ‘A Shared Vision’: Community-based NRM in the Torbay Catchment Area Western Ringtail Possums in the Albany stronghold population Optimising soil chromatography for community assessment of soil health The...
On Monday and Tuesday nights last week the intrepid Waroona DHS Bushrangers braved the weather to help with surveying for the critically endangered Western Ringtail possum. Torbay is lucky enough to have quite a number of these cute little marsupials still living in the area. Two different survey locations were...
On the evening of Thursday 5th October around 45 people gathered at Oranje Tractor Winery to help celebrate our annual community catch-up and AGM. It was great to realise just how many people are actively involved with us through projects or as current or recent past committee members. At of course...
update 26 September: Vixens currently have cubs in dens. They are very very hungry, so make sure you are vigilant. Lock up your poultry and protect new born lambs. One of our shooters just lost a couple of chooks, in spite of all the foxes he has removed!! In August, one of...
We braved the windy weather last night to continue our possum surveying in the catchment. And apart from a bit of the planned the survey area being underwater making it inaccessible we had quite a good night capturing this adorable photo of mum and baby. So cute….. If you would...
Johne’s Beef Assurance Score (J-BAS) is a self assessment risk profiling tool that allows producers to demonstrate what they are doing on their properties in regards to Bovine Johne’s Disease control and management At this session, J-BAS explained, advice on creating your own security plan and; Frances Gartrell from LBN...
Next Wednesday we will be holding a free event at the Redmond General Store – Cafe. Two topics will be covered, our critically endangered Western Ringtail Possum and Catchment Planning – what you value about where you live. We all live here, so this may affect you! The event will...
