A fascinating look into the Southern corroboree frog and the breeding program that works to save the species. The video is produced by Canberra film maker Richard Snashall and introduced by the 7.30 report...

"ABC Television's 7.30 program ran this story about the effort of dedicated people to enhance future prospects for the critically endangered Southern Corroboree Frog. The film was produced and presented by Richard Snashall with funding from the Australian Alps National Parks (with thanks to ABC Television)."


Richard Snashall's Youtube Channel

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Lanyon cemetery is closed to the public but sits within a white fenced square a few minutes walk from the Lanyon Homestead. Its a strange little cemetery that leaves me wondering at its lack of headstones yet numerous burials. Not really much there to see, the enclosure, a stand of very old pines, a main monument (pictured) and a few headstones.

Trove keeps turning up new clippings and this one relates the regions first burial, that of William Wright killed whilst duck shooting...







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I'm a big fan of local film maker Richard Snashall's documentaries. This is a second interview following a previous video filmed 5 years ago where Richard interviews Dr Linda Broome, the world's leading authority on the rare Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus) which lives above the Australian snowline.


On a side note a similar species, the Eastern Pygmy Possum, (Cercartetus nanus) was re-discovered in July last year in Namadgi National Park (post here).


Richard's Youtube channel


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Some Gudgenby River facts...

The Gudgenby River drops around 422m over its 34.7km length.

It starts at an elevation of 995m and ends at an elevation of 573m where it joins the Murrumbidgee River near Tharwa.

The following 7 creeks and 2 rivers feed the Gudgenby River (by descending elevation): Bogong Creek (981m), Middle Creek (981m), Hospital Creek (962m), Dry Creek (925m), Nursery Creek (906m), Orroral River (842m), Half Moon Creek (654m), Booroomba Creek (644m) and Naas River (631m).

The Sydney Morning Herald - Wednesday 13 November 1901

As for the sign shown in the video protesting the Construction of a dam in the valley. I find the site was originally suggested to be Canberra's water supply as far back as 1901.

I'm glad they didn't do it...






National Library of Australia

As for the pioneer Michael Herbert...



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Three o'clock in the morning and enduring a chilly -5 degrees Celsius the wombat above goes about his business seemingly unaware of the camera monitoring his burrow. This is my third and final video from an area on the banks of the Murrumbidgee near Canberra.

I think I have a pretty good handle on the native and feral species hanging around the river now. From here it is back into the mountains with the cameras...


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