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Snakes Alive!  (And it’s important that they are)

All About Wildlife

Snakes Alive! (And it’s important that they are)

The babes have begun to arrive at the shelter. Ducklings, plover chicks and the first magpie nestling have already required our assistance and care. Other native critters that are making an appearance are our reptiles. Snakes and lizards are becoming more and more active as the warmth of the changing

By Victoria Arnel 17 Sep 2025
Spring time is nesting time

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Spring time is nesting time

Many of our native birds are nesting now and we’ve had a few babes at the shelter already but we are waiting for the influx that we know may suddenly happen at any time. There are a few things you can do during the season to give our natives

By Victoria Arnel 03 Sep 2025
Most underrated native creature in a vote

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Most underrated native creature in a vote

The rakali, or water rat as I always knew it during my childhood, has just won Australia’s Most Underrated Native Creature in a vote ABC put to the public. I actually voted for the short-finned eel, as I couldn’t help backing a true underdog because I was sure

By Victoria Arnel 20 Aug 2025
Spring is in the air

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Spring is in the air

As each day passes subtle hints of spring bring promise of longer days and new life to come. Welcome warmth from the late winter sun begins to melt away the icy nights more quickly and the fresh mornings inspire urgency to be busy, to prepare for the season to come.

By Victoria Arnel 06 Aug 2025
Wilbur wombat

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Wilbur wombat

Things have been busy at Bohollow. This time of year Deb at our Kotupna shelter is always flat out with roo joeys while here at our Bunbartha shelter the daily patient numbers coming in slow down a little. During the winter months we are always busy with raptors, particularly owls

By Victoria Arnel 23 Jul 2025
Management of wetlands in doubt

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Management of wetlands in doubt

I was saddened to hear that the Cafe and Hub at Lake Makoan at Winton Wetlands is closing due to the Winton Wetland Committee disbanding due to difficulties with funding. It is in the hands of DEECA until it is decided how and even if the area will be continued

By Victoria Arnel 09 Jul 2025
Sit and listen - the restless flycatcher

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Sit and listen - the restless flycatcher

Kirsty Ramadan - BoHollow Wildlife

By Victoria Arnel 25 Jun 2025
Brush-tailed Bettongs

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Brush-tailed Bettongs

We are so accustomed to what we consider our ‘common’ species of wildlife in this area; flocks of corellas, cockatoos, galahs and rosellas, lorikeets and swallows, mobs of kangaroos feeding in paddocks and along roadsides. It is difficult for many people to imagine they may be initially in trouble when

By Victoria Arnel 11 Jun 2025
Beware before burning off

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Beware before burning off

It’s time to don my beanie on these crisp mornings! The bushland is so busy. It’s as though everyone is foraging and feeding as much as they can to get through the impeding winter. It’s very dry for this time of year and the landscape could do

By Victoria Arnel 15 May 2025
Time to preserve nature while we can

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Time to preserve nature while we can

Kirsty Ramadan - Bohollow Wildlife

By Victoria Arnel 02 Apr 2025
Wombats . . . and others

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Wombats . . . and others

Wombats! I cannot think of another animal on earth quite like them. 

By Victoria Arnel 19 Mar 2025
Hooks, lines and sinkers

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Hooks, lines and sinkers

On Friday I was called to a little pied cormorant who was caught on fishing line on the river near the Goulburn Weir. Not that long ago I attended an entangled corella who was stuck in fishing line up a tree right at the weir.  Discarded fishing line is something

By Victoria Arnel 05 Mar 2025
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