The warm dry October has brought the spring orchid flowering to a rapid early close, unlike the previous few years. The sun orchids that gave…
Rod7 November 2023
Unfortunately due to a breakdown in communication, it was a very small group of people who came along to join in what turned out to…
Rod6 November 2023
The Purple Beard Orchid, Calochilis robertsonii, is a robust, tall orchid (to 45 cm) with up to seven greenish flowers with red stripes. The labellum is…
Rod6 November 2023
Year 7 students from Clonard College in Geelong recently visited Angair as part of a program focussed on local flora and fauna that face critical…
Rod6 November 2023
A recent highlight of local birdwatching was our involvement in a Polish children’s documentary. The focus of our 40-minute episode was the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (pronounced…
Rod6 November 2023
A current feature of our heathland is the massed flowers on low-growing shrubs of Silky Teatree, Leptospermum myrsinoides. The flowers with five soft petals are usually…
Rod6 November 2023
On Wednesday 22 October 2003, a handful of Angair members gathered at Grasstrees, the home of Bill and Jenny McKellar, to propagate indigenous plants for…
Rod6 November 2023
Patrick Byrne was walking the Surf Coast Walk last month when he saw a Jacky Lizard, aka Jacky Dragon, on the path between Red Rocks…
Rod6 November 2023
This year’s Wildflower & Art Weekend was a great success in numbers of visitors and the revenue raised to fund Angair’s activities. Sales saw 1977…
Rod16 October 2023