General News
24 September, 2022
Festival shines through rain
FRIENDS of Kooyoora made the most of a break in the weather on Sunday for field trips exploring native fauna around Rheola. The tours were part of the group’s spring festival and visited Kingower State Forest and the Wehla Block.“We’ve been...
FRIENDS of Kooyoora made the most of a break in the weather on Sunday for field trips exploring native fauna around Rheola.
The tours were part of the group’s spring festival and visited Kingower State Forest and the Wehla Block.
“We’ve been running the festival for 13 years and it’s the first time there has been rain,” said convenor Rob Scholes after Saturday’s tours were replaced with sessions in the Rheola hall.
Speakers included Julie Radford who has worked for the last 12 years propagating rare native orchids in the area to help bring them back from extinction.
“This has been a journey of community for 20 years. There are a lot of species in the Kooyoora ranges and regionally that are quite rare,” she said. “They need protection or we will lose them and their genetics from the region.”
Michael Barkla did a presentation on Insects with Julie also talking on local butter-flies.