June 24, 2020June 24, 2020Booyong Conservation Retreat, Insects

Huntsman Spider

Scientific Name: The Huntsman spider belongs to the Sparassidae Family and there are approximately 95 known species of 1207 types […]

June 15, 2020Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Rainforest Flora, Trees

Black Apple Tree

Another tree identified when our friends from the local Botanical group visited is the Pouteria Australis,  also known by the […]

June 15, 2020Accomodation, Birds, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation

Golden Whistler

Would you believe over 130 bird species have been sighted at Booyong. The latest discovery is Golden Whistler who loves […]

June 6, 2020June 1, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Places of Interest, Projects, Rainforest Flora

Hastings Farmgate Tour

Sadly, the current covid-19 situation has led to the inevitable cancellation of the 2020 Hastings Farm Gate Tour. However, we […]

June 2, 2020Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Rainforest Flora, Trees

Water Gum Tree

  When visiting recently our friend from the local Botanical group, Les identified two large Water Gum Trees (Tristaniopsis Laurina) […]

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening, Gardening - Natives, Machinery, Orchard, Projects, Vegetable Garden

What’s been happening at Booyong in May

Booyong has bounced back after the rains, it is lovely and green again, the dams are full, the creeks are […]

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Fauna, Rainforest Flora

Bushfires – Booyong Closed until further notice

After a harrowing week, we have decided that it would be best to not take new bookings at Booyong over […]

November 3, 2019November 2, 2019Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening, Gardening - Natives, Orchard, Projects, Vegetable Garden

Identifying Species at Booyong

As you walk around the food forest or conservation area at Booyong, you may notice that several of the plants […]

August 22, 2019August 18, 2019Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Rainforest Flora

Congratulations to our friend Liz – Landcarer of the year!

We are super proud of the Greater Sydney Landcare – Landcarer of the year Liz Charlton who won her award […]

August 15, 2019August 11, 2019Accomodation, Birds, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden

Pied Butcher Bird

So we suspect Bob’s been feeding this little guy for some time, he’s a constant companion as we’re working around […]