🐍 Meet the Victorian Carpet Python! 🐍 Also known as the Murray-Darling Carpet Python, this non-venomous snake growing up to 2.5 metres long. Found across northern and central Victoria, and along the Murray River into southern NSW and southwest Queensland, they live in woodlands, grasslands, rocky areas, and even on farms. With their beautiful patterned scales, these pythons are harmless to humans and help control pests like rats and mice. Sadly, they face threats from habitat loss and fear-dri

The Murray Darling Basin Authority’s latest 2025 Sustainable Rivers Audit and 2025 Basin Plan Evaluation Report yet again show that European carp continue to dominate Australia’s inland rivers. The carp infestation is so massive that it’s negating other efforts to improve the health of our native fisheries and aquatic ecosystems. Thankfully, years of world class research completed for the National Carp Control Plan shows that releasing the carp herpes virus would provide a safe and effective way