Heritage Bundian Way opened for publicThe Bundian Way pathway has been used by the Aboriginal communities for thousands of years. In 2010 it became the first Aboriginal pathway to be listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register. The opened section is the first part of is to be a 350 kilometre tourist route. Follow this link to read more about it.
Bush Explorers Encyclopaedia - a new free resource for all bushwalkersA new, free, online interactive resource Bush Explorers Encyclopaedia is available for bushwalkers to help plan walks. This covers the Gardens of Stone National Park, a part of the Wollemi National Park and a part of the Blue Mountains National Park.
First baby koala born in ACT after the 2003 bushfiresTidbinbilla Nature Reserve's koalas were wiped out during the fires. Their effort to mate koalas paid off this year when the first little guy was born. His name is Tucker, after bush tucker. Read more on the story.
Funding cuts to Tasmanian ParksThis financial year, $5.2 million in federal funding was provided to manage 1.6 million hectares of Tasmania's protected wilderness. That funding will be reduced to $1.8 and $1.7 million for the next two financial years, expiring in 2018-19. State funding will continue. Read what others have to say about this.
A writer calls for an end to cairnsRead about the writer Robyn Martin's plea to stop the rock stacking and why.
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Tucker is yet to venture out of his mother Yellow's pouch. Photo by John Bundock
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