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Meet Natura Pacific Intern: Hazel

  For students preparing to take their first steps into the environmental industry, hands-on experience can be just as valuable as what they learn in the classroom. Natura Pacific welcomes opportunities for final-year and graduate students to gain practical field experience through university placements, providing an opportunity to  build skills, explore different aspects of environmental consulting
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Discovering the Bulloak Jewel Toowoomba, Queensland — A hidden conservation story took centre stage in Toowoomba this week as Natura Pacific launched its latest Back from the Brink documentary, A Tiny Butterfly with a Big Story, shining a spotlight on the remarkable Bulloak Jewel butterfly and the people working to protect it. The documentary was officially launched at Toowoomba City
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Discovering the Bulloak Jewel In the late 1960s, something extraordinary happened in the Brigalow Belt of southern Queensland. On a quiet roadside reserve, nestled within a small remnant of threatened bull oak woodland, a butterfly unlike anything anyone had ever seen was discovered. World-renowned scientist Professor John Kerr and local farmer Jack MacQueen happened upon
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Natura Pacific has three exciting new workshops for Queensland Kindergarten and NSW Preschool children aged 4–5 years! Our new Wildlife Trackers, Creature Features and Love Your Ocean workshops expand our Nature-based Education Programs, giving centres even more ways to engage children with the natural world through storytelling, song, play and hands-on investigation.     🐨Wildlife Trackers Become a
Through a collaboration between Natura Pacific and TAFE Queensland, local carpentry students are gaining valuable hands-on experience constructing nestboxes that will eventually provide shelter for gliders, possums, parrots, owls and other native species. It’s a successful case study that demonstrates benefits far beyond the classroom, creating positive outcomes for students, wildlife and the wider community.
At Messines Farm, we are continually exploring innovative ways to strengthen the health and resilience of our land while staying true to our commitment to sustainable and regenerative farming. In 2024, we were honoured to receive the Xero Trailblazing for Technology Award, selected from thousands of applicants across Australia. This funding has enabled us to
At Messines Farm, we are always looking for ways to combine traditional farming values with modern technology. As a regenerative farm in Queensland, our focus is on producing high quality food, improving soil health, and reconnecting people with the natural world. However, like many small farms, we also face the challenge of managing labour-intensive tasks
In Term 4 2025, Natura Pacific was engaged by Tweed Shire Council, on behalf of the Tweed and Kyogle Community Feral Deer Alert Project, with funding from the NSW Environmental Trust, to develop and deliver a Feral Deer Alert school presentation for Year 3–6 students at Crystal Creek Public School and Wilsons Creek Public School.
Native Guava: On the Brink of Extinction The once-thriving Native guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides) is now teetering on the edge of extinction. A critically endangered species, it has been heavily impacted by the invasive myrtle rust, a fungal pathogen that has decimated its population. Myrtle Rust: The Silent Killer Myrtle rust, introduced to Australia in 2010,
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