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Mushroom Day 2023 – an appropriate day to announce the Citizen Science project to document Lord Howe Island’s fungi species

During the last week, the final works on the displays in the Historical Gallery were completed.

The museum has hosted an evening of lectures by Coral Reef scientists from James Cook University.

The KEDJE Foundation has agreed to sponsor the cataloguing of Museum artefacts on eHive.

During our winter I went overseas, to the UK, where I had the opportunity to visit many museums – small and large.

The sixth annual sea-slug census was held recently on Lord Howe Island.

Wildlife artist Fiona Lumsden has launched an outstanding poster depicting the birds of Lord Howe Island.

Good News! The outbreak of Myrtle Rust appears to be contained, and parts of the Permanent Park Preserve have been re-opened.

Early in February 2023, a case of Myrtle Rust was found on an introduced bottle brush tree in the settlement area.

The Lord Howe Island Sea Slug Census is on again – for the sixth time – 24th February to 5th March 2023