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The Amazing Burrawang – A Plant From Before the Dinosaurs
Burrawangs (Macrozamia communis) are cycads, an ancient group of plants that have been around for at least 280 million years. That's well before the dinosaurs and the evolution of the flowering plants that now dominate the world's flora. Globally only about 260 species of cycads remain, and many of these are endangered, but not the Burrawang. They're a common forest species on the south-east coast of Australia.
This video shows how Australian native mammals perform the vital task of distributing their seeds away from the parent plant.
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The Market Seals
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Of all the places for wild fur seals to hang out, the local Saturday markets would surely have to be the strangest. Yet here they are, chilling out at the buzziest place around, the Country Markets at Moruya, a small town on the banks of the Moruya River on the New South Wales South Coast. These are Australian Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillis doriferus), the largest of all the world's fur seals.
Fix our climate laws!
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A rally held at Batemans Bay NSW on 25 May 2024 by Eurobodalla 350 calling on Australia's Labor Government to confront climate change by getting serious about ending coal mining and gas extraction and fixing the country's climate laws.
DIY automatic outdoor bird feeder
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Here's a simple DIY project for an automatic, battery operated, outdoor wild bird feeder using a relatively inexpensive programmable kibble dispenser designed for cats and dogs that's readily-available online. These dispensers (there are many brands) aren't designed for outdoor use, so I've built a simple weatherproof enclosure to protect it from the elements.
Notorious: A recreated 15th Century Portuguese Caravel
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Notorious is a wooden sailing ship, a full-size recreation of a 15th Century Caravel. She travels the Australian coast as a museum ship, open on occasion for onboard and below-deck inspection. A visit to Notorious takes you back to maritime technology as it was over 500 years ago. Authentic recreations on this scale are almost invariably the work of whole teams of historians, maritime archaeolo...
The Australian Brown Quail and the French Revolution
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The Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus) is a small, plump, ground-dwelling bird native to mainland Australia, Tasmania, Papua New Guinea, some eastern Indonesian Islands, and Timor. It's also been introduced to New Zealand and Fiji. These little birds are surprisingly common, even in suitable urban parkland, although they're cryptic and seldom noticed. The story of the Brown Quail's discovery, ...
Time's Up Rally - Climate action now!
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A rally for climate action organised by 350.org.au at Batemans Bay Foreshore Park on Sunday 30 July 2023. The rally marched to the office of the local federal government MP.
White footed Dunnart - Sminthopsis leucopus
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The white-footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus) is a mouse-sized Australian marsupial that feeds mostly on invertebrates, like grubs, worms, moths and crickets, as well a small lizards and tiny frogs. They're part of the Dasyurid family, the largest members of which are the Tasmanian Devil and the Tiger Quoll.
Royal Spoonbill - Platalea regia
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Royal Spoonbills (Platalea regia) are strikingly beautiful birds found across most of Australia as well as in New Zealand, New Caledonia, East Timor and parts of Indonesia and New Guinea. The species has an unusual feeding strategy. They catch small fish, crustaceans, crabs, insects and frogs by slowly sweeping their open spoon-shaped bills in an arc through shallow water. When the sensitive pa...
Indian-Pacific: Across Australia by rail in 2010
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This is an historic video record of a Sydney to Perth trip on the Indian-Pacific from 22 May to 25 May, 2010. I had intended to upload to UA-cam but at the time the maximum limit was 15 minutes, which was terribly restrictive, and I abandoned the project. But by 2023 my 13 year-old video had historic interest as a record of how things were. We travelled “Red Kangaroo” sleeper. This was second c...
Silvereyes: Heroic travellers of Australia & the South Pacific
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Silvereyes, scientific name Zosterops lateralis, are small omnivorous birds of Australia and the South-West Pacific. Just 12 cm long and weighing in at 10 grams, their most distinctive feature is the ring of pure white feathers around the eye. Australia's East Coast and Tasmanian Silvereyes migrate north to Queensland after the spring-summer breeding season, with the Tasmanian birds travelling ...
Eastern Yellow Robin - Eopsaltria australis
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The lovely Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis) is a widespread and common bird of Australia's eastern and southern coast, with populations stretching from North Queensland through NSW and Victoria to South Australia as far north as Adelaide and far inland wherever there's suitable habitat. They're at home in heaths, mallee, acacia scrub, woodland and forest. They're perch and pounce hun...
Australia's native Bush Rat: Rattus fuscipes
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The Bush Rat (Rattus fuscipes) is the most common of Australia's 54 native rodent species. It evolved from a wave of rodent immigrants from Asia that arrived between 4 and 3 million years ago. They're found primarily in the coastal regions of Australia from North Queensland, through New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, with populations in Western Australia as far north as Kalbarri. Ch...
Feathertail Glider Nest: How the smallest gliding mammal protects its home
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Australia's Feathertail Glider (Acrobates pygmaeus) is the world's smallest gliding mammal - about the size of a small mouse and weighing in at 12 grams. Rare footage, shot in the wild, shows how these minuscule marsupials protect their nest hollows by closing off the entrance with sprigs of gum leaves, hauled into place with their prehensile tails. Our tiny hero's home survives an assault by a...
Eastern Dwarf Tree-frog: Litoria fallax
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The Eastern Dwarf Tree-frog (Litoria fallax) is a small species, very common down Australia's East Coast. They're at home in a wide variety of habitats in or near fresh water and the chain of ponds in Sydney Park provides ideal habitat. I videoed these Dwarf Tree-frogs during a population irruption brought on by the unusually wet summer of 2021-22.
Buff-banded Rails - An urban wildlife story
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Buff-banded Rails - An urban wildlife story
The elusive Spotted Quail-thrush
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The elusive Spotted Quail-thrush
The amazing Australasian Darter
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The amazing Australasian Darter
Nullarbor Wedge-tailed Eagle Nest
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Nullarbor Wedge-tailed Eagle Nest
The Kingfish & the Willy Wagtail
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The Kingfish & the Willy Wagtail
The Pygmy, the Feathertail, the Bushfire & the Banksia
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The Pygmy, the Feathertail, the Bushfire & the Banksia
White-browed Scrubwren - Sericornis frontalis
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White-browed Scrubwren - Sericornis frontalis
Black Swan Event: Cygnets in Sydney Park
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Black Swan Event: Cygnets in Sydney Park
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus funereus
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus funereus
Covid Lockdown - How to entertain a dingo
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Covid Lockdown - How to entertain a dingo
Bushfire catastrophe: Wildlife Survivors
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Bushfire catastrophe: Wildlife Survivors
Aftermath: A drive from Batemans Bay to Braidwood
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Aftermath: A drive from Batemans Bay to Braidwood
ScoMo Must Go! - Sydney 10 January 2020
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ScoMo Must Go! - Sydney 10 January 2020
Currowan fire 2019: the view from the Princes Highway
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Currowan fire 2019: the view from the Princes Highway
Enough is enough - now IS the time to talk about climate change
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Enough is enough - now IS the time to talk about climate change

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  • @eBaum96
    @eBaum96 3 дні тому

    Hope you're feeling better! I'm going to assume you were battling with pneumonia and or a chest cold? I could tell from the sound of your wheezing. I'm a doctor :) Great video and thank you VERY much for going into detail!

    • @possm1
      @possm1 3 дні тому

      Thanks, chest cold.

  • @dodgehodg
    @dodgehodg 10 днів тому

    Great video glad I found your channel

    • @possm1
      @possm1 9 днів тому

      Thanks! I'm also now on BlueSky where I post 30 second videos about individual species: @gavingatenby.bsky.social

  • @OutbackMike
    @OutbackMike 19 днів тому

    Great video. I stumbled across a nest in my backyard today and have setup some cameras to hopefully catch them moving about. I’m going to make a Instagram reel about it. Are you happy please if I use a few clips from your video to show them nesting? I’ll credit you channel of course. Cheers Mike

    • @possm1
      @possm1 18 днів тому

      Yeah. Go ahead!

  • @kathygodfrey3158
    @kathygodfrey3158 22 дні тому

    Thanks 😊

  • @Crash.airsoft
    @Crash.airsoft 29 днів тому

    Gruß an alle, die durch das ASVZ hier her finden :D

  • @HerveMendell
    @HerveMendell Місяць тому

    By fast I wonder what they mean by fast. I'm thinking they maxed out at 5 knots.

  • @1stcrg
    @1stcrg 2 місяці тому

    Wedge-tailed eagles are capable of killing a dingoes. But it really depends.

  • @Natures_Son
    @Natures_Son 2 місяці тому

    I loved this video. I am watching your videos from Wanarn, WA.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 2 місяці тому

      Well! You are right out there in the middle of Oz aren't you! Surely one of the world's most isolated villages. What's your role there?

  • @wademellor5304
    @wademellor5304 2 місяці тому

    I've had them in my south coast garden, and wondered what they were as I had never seen them before 😮

  • @wademellor5304
    @wademellor5304 2 місяці тому

    I was riding my mountain bike 6-12 months ago around the Potato Point/Brou Lake/Bodalla area which in parts is mainly Spotted Gum & Burrawang forest. Something had clearly been eating the Burrawang seeds as they were scattered about. As I was riding 🚲 along wondering what could've been eating the seeds... I came across an emu in the forest! 😮 He looked as surprised to see me as I was him 😂 but I wondered if it had been eating the seeds and spreading them around a bit like a cassowary?? I hadn't thought about the lyrebirds role before, but have seen plenty in Murramarrang, Meroo NP and Brooman state forest. Thanks for the video.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 2 місяці тому

      An emu! Wow! Unusual top see them in forest close to the coast. When I was a kid I saw a few at Tomakin, before the suburb was there. Last time I saw emus close to the coast was beside the Nerriga Road about 40km west of Nowra. But unusual things do happen. I had to shoo a Wallaroo off the road near Moruya Airport a few months back. He shouldn't have been on the coast side of the range!

    • @wademellor5304
      @wademellor5304 2 місяці тому

      @possm1 This emu was literally 200-300m from coast 😂 There was some farm land a km or two away though.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 2 місяці тому

      It's possible that the massive clearing of forest and forest understory in the 2019-20 wildfires made it easier for emus to move towards the coast. The fires created a temporary (?) understory of herbs and grasses where the fire crowned and the forest canopy was destroyed and that might have favoured emus. Of course in the longer term the result has been huge areas of impenetrable acacia regrowth they'd find it hard to move through. @@wademellor5304

  • @footshotstube
    @footshotstube 2 місяці тому

    thaanks

  • @KaidenBowman-i4s
    @KaidenBowman-i4s 2 місяці тому

    Fuuck we live in port augusta

  • @cristop5
    @cristop5 2 місяці тому

    Sarcotesta is the name for the pulp surrounding the seed. The Zamias in Noongar country are Macrozamia riedlei and M. fraseri

  • @billybobwombat2231
    @billybobwombat2231 2 місяці тому

    Thank you 🙂🦘

  • @kelseybishop3593
    @kelseybishop3593 2 місяці тому

    I've seen them open pipis like they were nothing.

  • @JenenaMaughan
    @JenenaMaughan 2 місяці тому

    I love these plants & have been searching for more information on them, particularly the Australian ones, so thanks for a very informative video. When you made reference to the Noongar people of WA i thought of our local cycad Macozamia Reidlii common in & around Perth. Some are very large & I think they must be very old as they appear to be slow growing.

  • @lionellloyd9003
    @lionellloyd9003 2 місяці тому

    They thrive around Rockhampton. The natives used to cracking the seeds then put them in a dilly in running water for a day or two , crushed them then roasted them as Johnny cakes. Early settlers inqueensnd used the leaves to cover Bush houses to give fern etc cover from the sun. They grew among grasstrees. In the berserker ranges you saw either you knew the other was near. We just called them zamias.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 2 місяці тому

      I think it's a different species of cycad around Rockhampton.

  • @bigred8438
    @bigred8438 2 місяці тому

    Thanks I s for your video upload. Sorry you lost Jesse. It is sad to lose a mate.

  • @RussellAdams-z6e
    @RussellAdams-z6e 2 місяці тому

    Pretty sure that the Buddawang range & national Park are named after these plants; which are ubiquitous thru the whole range, particularly along the ridge-lines. The early surveyors, at least in NSW, got place-names from the native inhabitants, and I guess they did the best they could manage to convert them into Anglo script.

  • @kiarawhalen1544
    @kiarawhalen1544 2 місяці тому

    I drove through thousands of them just recently. They were nearly all in flower/head. I knew about the leeching of toxins to eat the seeds but did not know the red part was also eaten after detoxification. Awesome video mate. New sub!

  • @Jeansieguy
    @Jeansieguy 2 місяці тому

    I didn't know any of that, thanks !

  • @jrosealmendras88
    @jrosealmendras88 2 місяці тому

    Lovely plants do exist million years Ago Thank you For sharing

  • @davidjohnson1414
    @davidjohnson1414 2 місяці тому

    How Good Is That!!! How surreal Where Time No Longer Matters or Dictates Life.😊 They've almost got a plastic texture like the Wollomi Pine. Very Attractive and Prehistoric. Thankyou ❤❤❤

  • @martinhill9524
    @martinhill9524 2 місяці тому

    Tar mate

  • @TheInvoice123
    @TheInvoice123 2 місяці тому

    When I was poorer, I dug one out for a Xmas tree. That root was something else

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 2 місяці тому

    a shade lover

  • @deannearmaya8090
    @deannearmaya8090 2 місяці тому

    The red fruit is not toxic, that's a misnomer. But it is the most astringent thing I have ever eaten. The astringency makes it impossible to eat raw (unless your a silly white scientist, who just had to prove a point, well I guess that's me). After fermenting it is eatable but totally lacking in flavour and not worth the trouble.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 2 місяці тому

      Yeah, the research I cited in the credits was skeptical about the toxicity of the WA species but I thought I'd better err on the side of caution. "Don't try this without adult supervision, kids1" and all that. And I've noticed that so many of the small berries that our native fauna consume with gusto are bitter and tasteless.

  • @kalayne6713
    @kalayne6713 2 місяці тому

    Sorry for the loss of Jesse. It's always so hard to lose an animal companion, a member of the family. I have been enjoying burrawangs for decades as they are prolific where I live. The fact they were here before dinosaurs is new to me, though. I will look at them with new wonder. Thanks for posting.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 2 місяці тому

      Thanks. Jesse was indeed an ambassador for dingoes and a wonderful companion. One was never without a conversation because people would identify him as a dingo or sidle up and ask, diplomatically, "'scuse me, your dog ... is he ... a ... dingo?". It's actually Cycads as a whole that date from before the dinosaurs and the flowering plants and we don't know quite how far back the present-day Burrawang extends. But they've probably been in pretty much the present form for tens of millions of years.

  • @LyraBestPony
    @LyraBestPony 2 місяці тому

    Always been facinated by cycads! They have this superficial innocuousness as one, in ignorance, could easily mistake them for a palm yet they hid such a deep history. Looking forward to more videos about the flora and fauna where you live. Also, RIP Jesse

    • @possm1
      @possm1 2 місяці тому

      If you haven't already viewed it, you might like 'The Pygmy, the Feathertail, the Bushfire and the Banksia', a piece about the interaction of flora and fauna after the terrible 2019-20 bushfires. ua-cam.com/video/j2R2BsVp6Wk/v-deo.html

  • @JohnCheetham-p9e
    @JohnCheetham-p9e 2 місяці тому

    Comrade, you upped the bar for Sir Richard Attenborough (once again). I wish I'd had this info BEFORE Duntroon sent us into this magnificent area for survival training. It would have saved a nasty gut ache!!! Send ADFA a copy. Well done mate. Ps. Sorry to hear the passing of Jesse, a true 4 legged legend.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 2 місяці тому

      John, nice to hear from you! So you actually ate the kernel??!! I would have thought Duntroon would have had some knowledgeable botanist lecture you on what was edible and what was not. And yes, Jesse was a legend. It's been hard to lose a companion like that.

  • @scrapbagstudios
    @scrapbagstudios 2 місяці тому

    Interesting.I came across the Burrawan at Yarahapini a decade or so ago. They were plentiful and some had seeds in large numbers. Beautiful plants. Thanks for sharing.

  • @giirator
    @giirator 2 місяці тому

    Great video!

  • @gafrers
    @gafrers 2 місяці тому

    Wonderfully interesting and greatly explained

  • @silentblackhole
    @silentblackhole 2 місяці тому

    Interesting video for me living in the Souyh Sydney region. It would be a great idea for the people in charge to highlight programs like this to the citizens of the area and beyond.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 2 місяці тому

      Ha! This is one of the very first videos I ever made and you're the first person to comment in 14 years! I'm glad it's still inspiring people. It was once linked to by the Mustionjoki River restoration project in Finland, and something or other in Queensland.

  • @victordillabaugh1724
    @victordillabaugh1724 3 місяці тому

    Wow! Glad I found this video thanks so much for creating this. We are headed to Australia in Feb 2025 and this park will now become our first stop for birding (considering it's proximity to our lodgings). Thanks so much, can't wait to visit your beautiful Country!

    • @possm1
      @possm1 3 місяці тому

      Thanks! Glad it was of some use. Since I made it, a few more species have been added to the list. You'll find quite a few other Australian bird videos on my channel.

  • @Kaz-m8y
    @Kaz-m8y 3 місяці тому

    Great video. Thanks!

  • @Daniel_Oberg
    @Daniel_Oberg 3 місяці тому

    I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video! 👏🏼 Greetings from a Swedish youtuber! 🇸🇪

    • @possm1
      @possm1 3 місяці тому

      Thanks! I enjoyed making it.

  • @JamesRattray
    @JamesRattray 3 місяці тому

    I have just completed a two day voyage on one of Notorious's children, a 16th century Spanish Galleon up the English Channel to the Thames, also recorded the trip. Thank you for your excellent video, very well done, the commentary really made it with the images.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 3 місяці тому

      Thanks so much. I also was blown away by the achievement!

  • @Mistry9741
    @Mistry9741 3 місяці тому

    Pretty much built it himself in bushfield, was an impressive feet to watch progress, we use to drop the timbers off the farm for him to mill

  • @coolnegative
    @coolnegative 3 місяці тому

    That's really neat. It's always cool to be able to be close to wild creatures as long as you are safe and respectful.

  • @b.a.erlebacher1139
    @b.a.erlebacher1139 3 місяці тому

    These are intelligent animals and people watching is perhaps as amusing for them as seal watching is for people. But really, the people should follow what the sign says and not get so close. Seals are strong and surprisingly fast and can be unpredictable.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 3 місяці тому

      I'm told that these seals usually haul out further up the river but turn up for the markets on Saturdays. The trouble is that if the 40m rule was enforced, a whole lot of the markets area couldn't be used. Also the boat ramp and the wharf would be within the area. I mean, you can tell people not to go near the seal, but it's a bit hard explaining to the seals that they can't go near the people! They stick right next to the water and it'd be very hard for them to quickly climb the rock rubble wall. If they felt threatened, they'd most likely just slip into the water. The busker said he tells people he's just the support act for the seals.

    • @b.a.erlebacher1139
      @b.a.erlebacher1139 3 місяці тому

      Well, 40m isn't realistic in this place, but some of the children were really close. If someone gets bitten, it will be the seals who suffer, not the people. Let's hope the seals go somewhere more isolated in breeding and pupping season, when they can be more irritable and aggressive (defensive). That said, it's great to see wild animals fearless and enjoying their lives. Thanks for showing them to us!

  • @truenomads1508
    @truenomads1508 3 місяці тому

    As a classic boat lover and full time cruiser - I want one. Friggin banging. I'd be rolling up to the mooring field at night under sail. Let em wonder.

  • @mas_dem
    @mas_dem 3 місяці тому

    Kapal klasik yang sangat indah, kondisi nya masih sangat terawat

    • @possm1
      @possm1 3 місяці тому

      Sebuah pencapaian yang sangat mengesankan mengingat semuanya dibangun oleh satu orang!

  • @zimutes
    @zimutes 3 місяці тому

    Boa obra 👍🇵🇹

  • @Люблян-ц7р
    @Люблян-ц7р 4 місяці тому

    Thanks you.ДЯКУЄМО. 🇺🇦🇺🇦✌️✊️💙💛

    • @possm1
      @possm1 4 місяці тому

      Slava Ukraini!

  • @ingebuchanan7517
    @ingebuchanan7517 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for the video, an excellent comparison.

    • @possm1
      @possm1 4 місяці тому

      Thanks! Glad it was helpful. Do note however that there's a misidentification towards the end. What I ID as an Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii) is in fact the related White-footed Dunnart. These are very common in the area but at the time I made this I was barely aware of the species and took what I was seeing as the Antechinus, which is predominant further north. See my later video on the White-footed Dunnart!

  • @gundarvarr1024
    @gundarvarr1024 4 місяці тому

    7:57 Pirates dont use caravel, IT'S SLOW. They still use galley types ship in Mediterranean.

  • @anniedarkhorse6791
    @anniedarkhorse6791 5 місяців тому

    I had four in my front yard, one morning, recently. Two were really big.