Its dry but the Mallee is growing well – 3 October 2017

Field trip to Calperum 3 October 2017 The OzFlux tower was divested of its crows nest so that I could stand on the platform and clean the instruments. We replaced the SD cards in the 2 phenocameras that take hourly images of the ground and vegetation during daylight hours. With only 2.5mm of rain in […]

Calperum tower goes for the crows – 22 August 2017

We visited the site on 22 August and were surprised to see the crows are back. They have built their nest on the platform that we use to stand on while checking and servicing the instruments at the top of the tower. Fortunately, the birds do not appear to cause any interference with the instruments […]