Conservation

Huntsman Spider

Posted June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Insects

Scientific Name: The Huntsman spider belongs to the Sparassidae Family and there are approximately 95 known species of 1207 types […]

Black Apple Tree

Posted June 15, 2020 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Rainforest Flora, Trees

Another tree identified when our friends from the local Botanical group visited is the Pouteria Australis, also known by the […]

Golden Whistler

Posted June 15, 2020 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Birds, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation

Would you believe over 130 bird species have been sighted at Booyong. The latest discovery is Golden Whistler who loves […]

Hastings Farmgate Tour

Posted June 6, 2020June 1, 2020 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Places of Interest, Projects, Rainforest Flora

Sadly, the current covid-19 situation has led to the inevitable cancellation of the 2020 Hastings Farm Gate Tour. However, we […]

Water Gum Tree

Posted June 2, 2020 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Rainforest Flora, Trees

When visiting recently our friend from the local Botanical group, Les identified two large Water Gum Trees (Tristaniopsis Laurina) […]

What’s been happening at Booyong in May

Posted May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening, Gardening - Natives, Machinery, Orchard, Projects, Vegetable Garden

Booyong has bounced back after the rains, it is lovely and green again, the dams are full, the creeks are […]

Bushfires – Booyong Closed until further notice

Posted November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Fauna, Rainforest Flora

After a harrowing week, we have decided that it would be best to not take new bookings at Booyong over […]

Identifying Species at Booyong

Posted November 3, 2019November 2, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening, Gardening - Natives, Orchard, Projects, Vegetable Garden

As you walk around the food forest or conservation area at Booyong, you may notice that several of the plants […]

Congratulations to our friend Liz – Landcarer of the year!

Posted August 22, 2019August 18, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Rainforest Flora

We are super proud of the Greater Sydney Landcare – Landcarer of the year Liz Charlton who won her award […]

Pied Butcher Bird

Posted August 15, 2019August 11, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Birds, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden

So we suspect Bob’s been feeding this little guy for some time, he’s a constant companion as we’re working around […]