Friends Of Durras

The Friends of Durras is a voluntary group of conservation focused group of residents and like minded people from Durras, just north of Batemans Bay in NSW.

[Friends Of Durras @TheFODGroup]

We have some mighty impressive trees in Murramarang National Park.

[Ruby Cornish @rubycornish]

Day 41 Part 3: The finish line! And a final sign-off at the Visitors Centre

[Friends Of Durras @TheFODGroup]

@rubycornish Magnificent. On long multi-day walks you get into an addictive rythm, it is a real living in the moment experience.

[Friends Of Durras @TheFODGroup]

Murramarang National Park, 50 years since its declaration as a National Park in 1973. Back then it was just 975 hectares, a narrow coastal park with an average width of 300 metres. The Friends of Durras have added another 10,300 hectares of land since 1973.
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[Kate McClymont @Kate_McClymont]

I thought that was a joke but it is true: Ben Roberts-Smith was offered a partnership at PwC but his barrister told the court it was ruined by the bad publicity

[Friends Of Durras @TheFODGroup]

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[Ruby Cornish @rubycornish]

me: I just want to be taken seriously as a journalist

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[Sue Higginson 🌳 Greens MP @SueHigginson_]

It’s an emergency - ecosystem collapse happening in front of us - one of the most important life giving ecosystems in NSW - where is the response. Where is the army, the Premier, the PM, the Enviro Ministers DO YOUR JOB @AlboMP @Dom_Perrottet @tanya_plibersek #nswpol #auspol

[Victorian National Parks Association @vnpatweets]

Feral horses trample protected threatened wildlife habitats, endangered plant communities, & damage First Nations cultural heritage.

Feral horses have no place in national parks & should be removed humanely by all means necessary, as fast as possible.

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[Friends Of Durras @TheFODGroup]

The wildlife corridor at South Durras, community land is under threat of being reclassified as operational by Council, to be sold off. It is core habitat for Greater Gliders and Yellow-bellied Gliders.

[Victorian National Parks Association @vnpatweets]

The VNPA has been given photos from within the Silvan Closed Water Catchment in the Dandenong Ranges and has deep concerns about the so called "debris clean up" operations being undertaken by @MelbourneWater and logs being delivered to saw mills 1/5

#Disasterlogging

[Shire Jewels @ShireJewels]

One eastern curlew heavily into stealing food from friends. I am getting the feeling these girls may end up as over wintering birds.

[Pat Hodgens @terrainecology]

Stomach contents of a big 4kg female #feralcat captured last night within the largest patch of old growth woodland on #KangarooIsland - an entire Southern brown bandicoot - a nationally #Endangered species. Our battle to protect our native species continues daily.

[Shire Jewels @ShireJewels]

What a bad day of boating in Port Hacking NSW yesterday. So much sea grass destruction, including a lot of endangered posidonia. Such a great idea to dredge to get more boats in. @nswdpi

[Friends Of Durras @TheFODGroup]

Yellow-bellied Glider sap feeding trees. An important component of this species diet is obtained through licking sap tapped from incisions made in the bark of trees. Only single trees within a stand of similar trees are used for tapping sap.

[Friends Of Durras @TheFODGroup]

Yellow-bellied Gliders in the village area of South Durras. We've put in a lot of effort to protect Yellow-bellied Glider habitat in the village, including the maintaining of heavily treed wildlife corridors. One of the biggest threats to gliders is creating barriers to movement.

[Friends Of Durras @TheFODGroup]

Before and after photographs. Impressive Durras Lake shoreline rehabilitation project. You cannot have a health coastal lake without a healthy catchment. Think globally act locally.

[Friends Of Durras @TheFODGroup]

Durras Lake, one of the most pristine coastal lakes here in NSW. One of the few coastal lakes with intact ecosystems between Ulladulla and Nadgee National Park on the Victoria border.

[Siobhan Heanue @siobhanheanue]

Here’s some fresh danger noodle content for your Wednesday morning. A python in Queensland backyard grabbing some chow. We have one of these chonky girls living in our roof, the possum vs python battles are epic 💥