Red and Yellow Mountain Frog – Back from the Brink
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
by Natura Pacific
Imagine you’re a tiny frog, adorned in bright gold and red. Only a handful of people know you exist amongst the cloud forest mountain tops of South East Queensland. You’re well adapted to your home there but climate change is causing your safe mountain top to become ever drier and warmer, and clearing of land
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VIDEO: Homes among the gum trees – Nestbox installation
Tuesday, 06 February 2018
by Natura Pacific
Join one of our Field Ecologists, Bastian, as he undertakes the huge task of nestbox installation at a site in south east Queensland. Nestboxes can provide a helping hand to fauna species that may have been displaced through the loss of their habitat. Take a look at the video to find out more… If you
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VIDEO: Australia’s beautiful spring wildflowers
Monday, 11 December 2017
by Natura Pacific
Take a look at some of the exquisite Australian wildflowers that Natura’s ecologists have photographed on their travels this Spring. These little treasures can be found hidden away in so many places at the right time of year, all you need to do is take a bit of a closer look… Do you need some
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VIDEO: Native stingless bees – Adding brood to a budding box
Monday, 30 October 2017
by Natura Pacific
Once again we join Natura’s Director, and resident native bee expert, Kieran to learn more about keeping and caring for native stingless bees. In this video Kieran, with some help from his young son, shows you how to extract brood from an established hive to transfer into a budding box to create a whole new
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VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 6: Richmond Birdwing Butterfly
Friday, 20 October 2017
by Natura Pacific
Join us as we visit the amazing rainforest of Tamborine Mountain to learn all about the beautiful Richmond Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera richmondia). Nick Moore, manager of the Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk, shares with us his knowledge of this vulnerable species as well as what efforts are being made to help its population recover… If you are interested
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VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 5: The Albert’s Lyrebird
Thursday, 24 August 2017
by Natura Pacific
In this latest instalment of ‘Back from the Brink’ we meet Naturalist Jeff Eller who tells us all about the Near Threatened Albert’s Lyrebird (Menura alberti) living in the beautiful forests of Tamborine Mountain. Jeff shares his passion for this spectacular bird and what work is being done to help it survive into the future.
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VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 4 (Cont.): The Phrygian Bee Orchid in Turkey
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
by Natura Pacific
Welcome back for the second part of our story about the Phyrgian Bee Orchid, filmed in the beautiful mountains of Turkey. Join Yasemin Konuralp, botanist and tour guide, to find out her ideas of how this tiny orchid can be better protected into the future. Also find out what she has decided to do to help
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VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 4: The Phrygian Bee Orchid in Turkey
Monday, 17 July 2017
by Natura Pacific
After a short break we return to our ‘Back from the Brink’ video series with Part 4, which was filmed far away in the mountains of Turkey. Meet Yasemin Konuralp who is a botanist and tour guide, and who has a true passion for teaching others about the endangered Phyrigian Bee Orchid. This tiny orchid
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VIDEO: Inspiring Schools – A beautiful permaculture garden at a local school
Monday, 19 June 2017
by Natura Pacific
So many schools, both big and small, undertake some wonderfully inspiring programs for their students and community. Here at Natura we love having the opportunity to share some of the things we are lucky enough to see while visiting these great inspiring schools on our travels. Take a look at the beautiful permaculture garden at
- Published in Community, Education, GroNative, Nature Play, Videos
VIDEO: Native stingless bees – How to make a hive seperator
Thursday, 25 May 2017
by Natura Pacific
Another great video about how to care for a native bee hive. This time Kieran and his young son Beau show you how to make a hive seperator, along with how to install it and how it will benefit your own native bee hive. To see our other videos about our wonderful native bees take a
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