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Feb 2, 2021

Careful with our Heritage...

You may just walk over these without knowing, or sit and hear the river speak... be careful, the Mitta has well-hidden ancient sites all...

Feb 1, 2021

Omeo Region Human History: Aboriginal & European

Extracted from a paper called "1998 Floods in the Tambo Valley, some very interesting background to the area

Jan 26, 2021

Historic Photos from Anglers Rest, Blue Duck, and the Mitta Mitta

Jan 26, 2021

What's The Problem With Willows, Anyhoo?

I'm from the USA, where willows are native and we love them... here... not so much. Learn why... And here's a link to The Willow Warriors...

Jan 26, 2021

Bush Heritage Australia, a great non-profit organisation.

We buy and manage land for conservation and partner with Aboriginal groups and other landowners (such as farmers), to help them plan and...

Jan 26, 2021

LaTrobe Uni Outdoor Ed students year 3 2018 Environmental Interpretive submissions

Some great stuff here to download:

Jan 26, 2021

Tales of Cod on the Mitta Mitta 1902

Some cool old stories and photos

Jan 26, 2021

McMillan's Track from Omeo to near Mansfield

Here's a copy of the old flyer... You can find trail descriptions online.

Jan 26, 2021

True Tales of the Trout Cod: Mitta Mitta River Catchment History

More fish stories...

Jan 26, 2021

Aboriginal Food Storage

How did they store food before fridges?

Jan 26, 2021

Aboriginal History in NorthEast Victoria and the Alps/Mitta Mitta region

Scientific paper on local Aboriginal history

Jan 26, 2021

More Science sites

Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the...

Jan 26, 2021

Omeo Cars, Trucks & Bikes of the past

Some cool history of Omeo...

Jan 26, 2021

The Jaitmantang, Aboriginal people of the Mitta and Alpine District of Victoria

Jan 26, 2021

Canoeing the Snowy... in 1898, using Aboriginal canoes!

From Ranger Phil Mcguinn: Canoe Trips down the Snowy River. I am on the hunt for more details of the first Canoe trip by non aborigines...

Jan 26, 2021

Citizen Science in Australia

Biodiversity, Birdcounts, Bio-Blitzes and stuff that doesn't start with a "B"... Keen on citizen science?... lots of great connections...

Jan 26, 2021

Fish in the High Country past & present

Great article on fish in the Alps... Macquarie Perch, Blackfish, Murray Cod, Catfish & more...

Jan 26, 2021

Fire in the Australian Alps

Yep, we live in a super fire-prone area... learn a bit about it here... Our place on the Bundar in '03... Some great bushfire stay and...

Jan 26, 2021

Conservation in the Australian Alps

What's conservation mean??...

Jan 26, 2021

Some Snowy River history from the East Gippsland CMA

Click here for some cool historical info from EGCMA...

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