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    Hello

    I know a bit about Thesium australe as I have undertaken field research and written about its conservation requirements. I am not aware of any being in cultivation - mostly because it is a root parasite. Very little is known of its dispersal, specific germination and cultivation requirements. At the very least a suitable host such as Kangaroo Grass is likely to be required. The physical mechanism by which it attaches to roots seems to be unknown.

    A single large population occurs on a basalt grassland in Vic and there are relatively large populations in coastal headland grassland in Northern NSW and in woodlands and grasslands on the New England Tablelands.

    Some populations are going to be trashed for a residential development south of Woolgoolga in Northern NSW. Diggging out large sods of Kangaroo Grass with Thesium attached and establishing elsewhere seems to be an option worth trying.

    good luck

  9. Posted

    I had a 4-5 y.o. vine flower 2 years ago on the Far North Coast of NSW, I posted about it back then.

    It is growing in rich basalt alluvium just above sea level at the edge of regenerating (replanted) subtropical rainforest.

    It has flowered once since. It has not (yet) set seed. I feel that it will in time.

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    he didn't know it was against the rules and has asked for the multiples to be deleted.

    In NSW the state government has assessed certain tracts of land that are too valuable for either the local, state or federal economy. This land can't be zoned for anything other than agriculture. I think the same needs to happen in regards to tourism and other important industries. And such zoning must then also apply to mining. That will give people some certainty in regards to investment for these industries. eg no point setting up an organic farm or a farmstay tourism operation if mining companies can ruin the place. Mining needs to be treated like any other industry in that regard.

    The scenic rim is obviosly not a place to poison and ruin via CSG.

     

    Hey Torsten

    Sadly there is not yet any evidence of the NSW Gov doing this. They are working on strategies for the Hunter Valley and Gunnedah basin, but there are not yet any formal protective measures for such internationally significant ag lands as the Liverpool Plains. Mining is converting large areas of our bread basket into wastelands. The Liverpool Plains (if left alone) will still be producing cereal in 3011..

    CSG and mining is also destroying such significant areas as the Pilliga Scrub, and poisoning the largest recharge area in NSW for the Great Artesian Basin.

    We live in a time of pillaging.

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    I saw a random one near mount dandenong a few weeks back but now mushrooms of any kind are pretty rare. I did see a yellow bellied glider last night though and man that was awesome!

     

    You are very lucky to see a Yellow Bellied Glider - it is not easy to do so.

    They are incredible - I have a family of them living near my house. Their Donald Duck-like calls are most enjoyable.

  18. Posted

    there was a large dust storm i think in 2009 that blew over east coast nsw... apparently was blown up from areas where they were doing tests in the 50's & there was fears that the dust cloud was possibly somewhat radioactive..

     

    Just wait until BHP Billiton gets cracking with turning the Olympic Dam mine into the worlds biggest open-cut. This will expose the worlds largest radioactive orebody to these very winds.. Watch out SE Australia - cancer causing dust approaching...

    I fervently hope the greedy c&*ts never get permission to build their abomination..

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    Which valley - Hastings, Macleay, Nambucca, Bellinger or Clarence?

    The location is far more important for assisting in identifying the species that whether it was growing by a dirt or tarred road or next to a wooden or metal fence. The distribution of Acacia species on the North Coast is best discussed in relation to catchments and landscapes - hence my question about which road it was growing by.

    peace.

  25. Posted

    I am really interested in how far North P. subaeruginosa occur.

    I have recently become aware of populations in the Dorrigo area.

    Have they been found them further north? Do they get occur in the highlands of the Northern Rivers of NSW or in Southeast Queensland?

    I once heard a rumour of the Bunya Mountains, but have been unable to substantiate it.

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