What’s New in Biological Services In June, Ella joined our team as our new Biological Services Coordinator. Ella is currently learning about all things in the worm world, and she plays an integral part of overseeing the composting worm project. It is estimated that 5 million tons of food end up in landfill in Australia each […]
Biological Services May 2022
In 1788 European settlers introduced into Australia, 2 bulls, 7 cows and 44 sheep. Fast forward to 2022, that number has grown to approximately 28 million head of cattle. If each head produces around 12 pats per day that’s a lot of dung. Between 1968 to 1992, CSIRO released 43 introduced dung beetles from Hawaii, […]
Free Dung Beetle Workshop – 14th July 2021
Workshop July 2021 Gympie & District Landcare group have partnered with Colere Growing Solutions, to bring you a half day workshop focused on raising dung beetle awareness. Join Dung beetle expert Russ Barrow and learn how to trap and ID your beetles, as well as setting up and maintaining your very own beetle farming nursery. […]
