Following several cancelled attempts due to the COVID-19 pandemic and weather conditions, we were delighted to finally host our Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard Crawl earlier this week!

This community participation event harnessed the support of our members, who assisted with the preparation of survey plots across our 85-hectare Tiliqua Nature Reserve. Tiliqua is dedicated to protecting the Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard (Tiliqua adelaidensis), which was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered near Burra in 1992.

Recently a small group of Nature Foundation members participated in our Waterbug BioBlitz at Murbpook Nature Reserve, becoming citizen scientists and assisting with vital water quality monitoring that will enable us to measure conservation impact and plan further land and water management activities.

Nature Foundation is pleased to welcome Associate Professor Jeremy Austin to the Board as a Director in a casual vacancy following the recent retirement of Phil Barron.

Jeremy is a multidisciplinary evolutionary biologist who has worked across natural history museums (The Natural History Museum, London; Museum Victoria, Melbourne) and several Australian universities (University of Queensland, La Trobe University, University of Adelaide). His diverse research focuses primarily on vertebrates (humans, mammals, birds, reptiles), resulting in ground-breaking discoveries in vertebrate evolution that contribute to improved conservation outcomes for a range of threatened species.

Nature Foundation is a proud sponsor of the Australian Land Conservation Alliance’s annual conference - PLC23 Unite for Nature, being held on Ngunnawal country at the National Convention Centre in Canberra from 16-18 October 2023.

It’s a great opportunity to come together and progress the knowledge and capacity of the private land conservation sector, and those working to reverse nature loss.

Nature means the world to us. It's in our name. It's intrinsic to everything we do. So we are proud to be part of this year's Nature Festival, both as a Festival Partner and presenting two events.

Nature Festival is a two week celebration of our love of nature in South Australia, and from 1-15 October 2023, offers over three hundred events for all ages, full of creative ways to connect with nature and each other.