For the first time this century, a jabiru has been sighted in a local swamp, which was once regularly visited by a breeding pair. Sightings of jabiru (more correctly known as the Black-necked stork) haven’t been reported in the general area of this particular Fassifern swamp since the late 1990s – and using the phone calls we received at the Guardian as a gauge, its return was cause for celebration.
Rural Life
Author’s mission to memorialise wartime troops in print
THE journey from idea to research then launch took 13 years, now everyone can get their hands on a book that pays tribute to Kalbar personnel who served during war.