Watagan Rainforest Retreat

14/12/2024

Total knee replacement

10/12/2024

This is a huge concern for Australia
We must all be vigilant 🐜

The fight is on to stop the red imported fire ant – one of Australia’s smallest but most aggressive invasive species.

28/11/2024

By staying vigilant and taking action, we can make a difference in safeguarding our native wildlife during these challenging conditions.

If you come across any of these scenarios, please contact your local wildlife rescue service immediately.

Here are common situations where wildlife may require urgent assistance:

If you hit an animal while driving.

If your pet has interacted with wildlife, even if there are no visible injuries.

A koala seen hunched on the ground or drinking water.

Nocturnal animals, such as possums or owls, active during daylight hours.

A kangaroo lying injured on the roadside but still alive.

Any animals spotted on major highways or freeways.

Birds that are unable to fly.

Deceased animals, including koalas, echidnas, kangaroos, or possums, as they may have live young in their pouches.

23/11/2024

03/11/2024

Our Blueberry Ash trees have started flowering.
The flowers are so beautiful and delicate, also known as 'fairy dresses'.
The dainty flowers are followed by blue berries which are extremely attractive to the saint bower bird, Wonga Pigeons, Crimson Rosellas, Figbirds, White Headed Pigeons and Olive-backed Orioles all eat the seeds of the berries.

28/10/2024

Looking forward to the documentary 🐢🐢🐢

28/10/2024

As we bid farewell to the 3G mobile network which launched in 2003, here’s a look back at things that were part of Newcastle back then, but have since disappeared. https://newy.com.au/2024/10/24/less-than-4-days-unitl-3g-shutdown-in-the-hunter-region/

28/09/2024

27/09/2024

Our classic signpost
This pic was taken by our guests arriving today to stay in our cabin 👍 🍃

16/09/2024

"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sara Teasdale

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum-trees in tremulous white.
Robins will wear their feathery fire Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And no one will know of the war, not one Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone.

18/08/2024

Little Oli the orphan is Eleanor's child ❤️ We are taking extra good care of him 💚🍃🦘 🇦🇺

09/08/2024

A very cute Yellow Breasted Robin 💛
Watagan Rainforest Retreat