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We need a senior ecologist! Maybe even a mainlander who wants to come and live i the best place in the world! Please pass it on to anyone you know nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...

At least he didn’t shake the guts out of it… and he gave it back without too much of a fight. #yorkshireterrier #gardeningwithterriers #convolvulus

What a week! www.facebook.com/share/16BqeB...

I think I need spaniels in my life.

Waiting for the boat with @tasbiophiliac and Grommie to go to the big island for the Paul Bunker (@chironk9) detection dog workshop. You might wonder what a botanist who has a pet Yorkshire terrier who has dodgy hips and anger management problem would possibly be doing at a detection dog workshop…

Two of my beautiful babies. #furbaby #skinbaby

Not sure if this link will work properly here, but today we collected seed from a new population of Pterostylis commutata. One of our critically endangered endemics! And I can’t post it here cause it is too long! #orchidconservation www.facebook.com/share/v/1Gux...

I made some videos the other week whilst I was away seed collecting. Thought I would share them with you.

Up near the Great Lake in boulder scree bagging Leionema montanum with James from the seed bank. So much fun so little money! And thankfully not as stupid hot as it was in Hobart. Day one of my week off work when I go and work for free as a volunteer doing similar things I do at work!#conservation

landscaperecovery.com.au/mjk-memorial... Att: Tasmanian women in conservation! The MJK Memorial Fund honours the late Mel Kelly's contribution to conservation in Tasmania. Applications are open! The Fund will provide up to $5,000 in funding to support a trailblazing woman in conservation.

"In Australia it's easier to get a permit to destroy nature than fix it". The problems pointed out here apply equally to the regulatory overheads around undertaking biodiversity research, IMHO. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

The Central Plateau is possibly my favourite place to botanise. Visited the Olearia tasmanica, checked on the Leionema montanum seed set for the seed bank, generally just poked around looking at plants. Oh and found a lone Pteostylis pratensis in a new location for it. I love plants.

Getting Rigby used to sitting in the back of the Ute so he can come with me when I have field work and I’m not going far from the car. This used to be Mel’s Ute, and this was Fonzies spot. Mel would be laughing her head off that there is a yorkie in here as opposed to a big black Shepard ❤️

I love this little fella so much. I love him as much as plants.

Lesson learnt. Grassy areas in summer plus puppies equals a nightmare for us all….

Perfect last day of work for the year. I caged some Pterostylis commutata after Magali hand pollinated them and found way more than I found two days ago! #tasorchidconservation #ilovemyjob

Just heading home from a week at @ecolsocaus.bsky.social conference #ESAus2024. Had a small burnout the week before and wasn’t feeling the best but I went ok because the ESA crowd are bloody amazing. Thanks to everyone who I hung out with and taught me great things.