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Blitzing the jewel of the south – Croajingalong National Park, Victoria

November 10, 2016March 14, 2017 Bush Blitz

The Bush Blitz team is off into the field again, this time base camp is located in the beautiful seaside town of Mallacoota in the heart of the Croajingalong National Park. Over the next 7 days scientists from Museum Victoria, the National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne University and the University of NSW will be searching both land and […]

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2,098 species new to science have been found since Bush Blitz began:

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