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In 1999, a caretaker moved to an Australian island with a major little penguin colony; he spent 25 years maintaining its lighthouse and environment

After a remarkable twenty-five-year stewardship, Leo op den Brouw handed over the caretaking duties on Gabo Island in 2024, a role now filled by Sandy Duthie. Throughout his tenure, op den Brouw witnessed notable shifts in the island's ecosystem, particularly in the dwindling population of little penguins contrasted against a…

The Times of India · Aug 28

‘Flamin’ cockatoos’ have lost much of their habitat to bushfires. Can the species survive?

Two fires in 12 years wiped out all but a handful of the mature native pines in Victoria’s Wyperfeld national park, a key breeding ground for endangered pink cockatoos

The Guardian - AU · Jun 13

‘What are they going to do, chase someone up?’ Victorian rock climbers scorn ban on Mount Arapiles Indigenous sites

State park contains rock art dating back at least 3,000 years and tens of thousands of artefacts

The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2025

Pro-brumby activists racially vilified head of Indigenous group, Victorian tribunal finds

Exclusive: Yorta Yorta woman targeted in campaign by Barmah Brumby Preservation Group that included posters with racist slogans, Vcat finds

The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2024

Experienced climber falls to her death on controversial mountain

The woman died on Mount Arapiles, where climbers could soon face fines upwards of $200,000 for ascending the ancient peak

Advnture · Nov 22, 2024

Furious rock climbers up in arms over new climbing ban on world-famous mountain

Climbers will no longer be able to scale Mount Arapiles thanks to an incoming ban

Advnture · Nov 5, 2024

Illegal firewood thieves prosper as living costs bite

Victorians buying firewood are being urged to ask where it comes from amid evidence native trees are being illegally logged by poachers from parks and forests.

AAP · Jul 17, 2024

‘He didn’t realise the danger’: the family grieving a lost son and their push to slash Australia’s drowning deaths

In February, a promising young athlete was swept off a beach and never found. Can anything help prevent the increase in drownings at unpatrolled beaches?

The Guardian - AU · Apr 7, 2024

‘Feral horses don’t know state borders’: the push to protect Victoria’s Alpine national park

Native species are losing ground in Victoria’s Alpine park as the brumby population booms

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2024

Fence me in: the bold plan to save native species on Wilsons Promontory

A 10km partially electrified fence could be installed across the national park to slow the steady southward march of invasive species

The Guardian - AU · Jan 15, 2024