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Myrtle Rust Saga Continues… Back in March’s issue I wrote an article about Myrtle Rust Uredo rangelii, that nasty little fungal pathogen that arrived on the range just over two years ago and wreaked havoc on many of our local rainforest myrtles. We’d just had the longest period

YOU MAY not know this, but when not writing plays, Shakespeare himself was a dedicated bush regenerator, and that his most famous phrase was in fact inspired by the title of this article, a statement he was often heard to utter when approaching a new site he was working on, maybe̷

Well, it’s a year since Myrtle Rust (a fungus that affects plants in the Myrtle or Myrtaceae Family such as Gum Trees, Lillypilly’s, Bottle brushes etc. arrived on the Blackall Range. What have we learnt this time – a) Australia is still vulnerable to the introductio

It’s that time of year when the thermometer takes a dive and the cool winds the Blackall Range is famous(or infamous) for can howl across the hinterland. In spite of, or perhaps because of this, I reckon now is the best time of year for getting stuck into the weeds any weed cont

In late 2010 a highly contagious, debilitating and potentially deadly disease spread rapidly across the Blackall Range. Now that I’ve got your attention… and just to reassure you – this is a plant disease. The disease is known as Myrtle Rust (Uredo rangelii) and its

When it comes to re-establishing rainforest on the range don’t forget the fast growing but short lived pioneers. Pioneers are the “live fast, die young” members of the plant world. They quickly pop up in areas of disturbance, such as when a large tree has fallen and provide the