The Bush Blitz crew has headed to Lake Torrens in South Australia with a team of scientists from the South Australian Museum, Herbarium of South Australia, Flinders University, University of Adelaide, Queensland Museum and La Trobe University in search of bees, stygofauna (animals that live in groundwater), lizards, snails, spiders, plants and fungi.
Monday August 29 2016
And they’re off. Bush Blitz scientists begin collecting at Standard Survey Site 1.
Tony Robinson meticulously raking through leaf litter in search of snails.
Scientists comb the gibber at Standard Survey Site 2.
Javid unexpectedly finds isopods (slaters) in the gibber at Standard Survey Site 2.
And it rained.
Sunday August 28 2016
Red sky at morning. Rain was forecast for the first few days of the Bush Blitz.
Friday August 26 2016
The drive in to Andamooka Homestead: Kate and Karl examining Sturt’s Desert Peas.
