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Gondwana Link invites you on a journey through some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth: from tall forests, slender-stemmed mallee and wildflower-rich heath to the world’s largest temperate woodland.
Heartland Journeys can help connect you to part of the world’s oldest continuous culture and deepen your understanding and experience of these living landscapes.
Explore their intricacies and richness: tiny honey possums as pollinators; malleefowl that incubate their eggs in nesting mounds of compost; an incredible variety of plants; and inspiring community successes in restoring ecological health.
- An interactive map of key places and tips on what you can see and do
- Bird and wildflower lists
- Where to find eco-art inspiration
- Stories from First Nations Elders
- A collection of environment-themed stories from locals, scientists and naturalists
- A podcast of landcare stories
- Insights into the ecological treasures of the Gondwana Link
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Feature story – September 2025
The watchers of Koi Kyenunu-ruff
Wildlife ecologist Dr Karlene Bain is joyously at home in the bush. Picture her striding and climbing among the peaks and gullies of Koi Kyenunu-ruff (the Stirling Range) as she researches ancient Cataxia spiders. She calls them ‘the watchers’.
With reverence, Karlene shares both her deep knowledge of these small creatures and their massive story, from their primeval ancestors during the age of dinosaurs and beyond, to the present day threat of frequent, intense fires. Here is a very special Heartland Journeys story: The watchers of Koi Kyenunu-ruff
It’s also in the September edition of the Southerly Magazine (available in Albany and the Great Southern region, Ravensthorpe and Walpole).
Image: The old watcher’s burrow is framed by a palisade of Banksia blossoms, gathered from soft scatterings across the gully floor. Picture of Cataxia barrettae palisade by Karlene Bain.
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