May 8, 2017May 7, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Projects

Rebuilding the bridge at Booyong!

The boys have been busy with Winter projects at Booyong these past few weeks. One of our priorities has been […]

April 28, 2017April 25, 2017Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Projects

Hand Painted Signs at Booyong

A recent project at Booyong was to make and paint some signs for the bushwalks in the conservation area. This […]

April 26, 2017April 25, 2017Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Weeds

Winter Senna

At Booyong there were a variety of species in the cabin garden we have waited to identify before deciding whether […]

April 24, 2017April 22, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Projects

Log seating ….

When we arrived at Booyong some 18 months ago we discovered a pile of large logs by the dam. Since […]

April 21, 2017July 15, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Places of Interest

Baby Bunnies at Booyong

During Easter 2017 we featured our new dwarf lop rabbit Thumper (thumpy). He’s a caramel dwarf lops rabbit and will […]

March 17, 2017March 12, 2017Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening - Natives, Trees

Deep Yellow Wood Tree

A plant that has been a mystery to us at Booyong until now is the RHODOSPHAERA rhodanthema, commonly known as […]

February 20, 2017February 11, 2017Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening - Natives, Orchard, Rainforest Flora, Recipe

Sandpaper Fig

The Sandpaper Fig (Ficus coronata) is easily identified by its course leaves which are reminiscent of sandpaper. It belongs to […]

February 17, 2017February 11, 2017Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Projects

Rustic Fruit Tree Signs

Thank you to our lovely friend Astrid who inspired us to create these signs to place in the orchard and […]

February 15, 2017February 10, 2017Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening - Natives

Mulla Mulla

Of all the plants we put in this spring the Mulla Mulla has settled in beautifully at Booyong, even in […]

January 20, 2017January 8, 2017Accomodation, Australian Mammals, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Fauna

I think this Joey needs a name – any ideas?

Back in April last year we did a blog post on this Eastern Grey Kangaroo who is still visiting the cabin […]