News Archive
2009
April 3 - HOLIDAY NOTICE - Croaking Environment will be closed for Easter break from Thursday April 9 until Friday April 17 (inclusive). Online orders can still be placed during that time, but please note that there will be a delay in processing orders.
April 1 - Bushwalking guides to Royal National Park, the Blue Mountains and the Southern Highlands are now in stock.
March 30 - New and revised editions of Reptiles of Australia and Australian Marine Life are now in stock.
February 9 - Croaking Environment Resources would like to advise our customers that we are in the process of relocating our Lismore office (Big News!). Our excellent online service will continue during the move, and orders can be placed through our secure online facility as usual. Stay tuned for more information.
January 30 - We still have around 20 Envirosax re-usable shopping bags to clear out - send us an email for more details.
January 20 - There are five new titles in the Queensland Museum Pocket Book series, and they're in stock now. Check them out here.
2008 - as of 2008, announcements regarding new titles will be posted on the Recent Titles page
August 11 - Check out Melbourne's Wildlife
July 28 - The new Bird Calls of South-western Australia CD is now in stock.
July 23 - We have a new kid's activity page free to download.
July 23 - We are clearing out the discontinued Envirosax lines - email us now for a great bargain before they run out.
July 17 - The popular Grasses book by Nullum Publications is back in print - and has been totally revised and expanded to subtropical eastern Australia.
July 17 - There is a new activity page for whale-watchers to download here... a good excuse to get those rarely used colours out of the pencil box!
June 30 - You may have noticed we have now included a search facility for the Croaking site. We will be gradually phasing out the 'Related Products' links at the bottom of each product page, and replacing these links with the search box. This will provide a more comprehensive way of finding what you are after on the Croaking site. And remember, there are thousands of other titles we can order in on request... send us an email or use the Product Query form to find out more.
2007
December 3 - We've added a 'Specials' page - check it out for a few great deals!
December 3 - The awesome Draw Aussie Dinosaurs is back in stock
November 30 - Well, November was busy! A lot of new titles came in - see the recent titles section.
August 28 - A new product list is now available.
August 28 - We now have a Product Query form, to help you find exactly what you are looking for!
August 22 - We have a number of new titles arriving over the next few days - stay tuned to the new 'What's New' link above.
August 3 - Our Lismore office is now open! We are located above the old St George bank in Molesworth Street.
June 26 - The award winning Waterbug Book is now in stock.
June 25 - Two new titles have just been added: Wildlife on Farms was written after seven years of research on biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes in southeastern Australia. Also from CSIRO publishing, Beyond Drought provides a multi-disciplinary view of drought's many facets and its impact on the environment, communities and the economy.
June 23 - We have finished painting our new office and are slowly settling in. We are still setting up and haven't organized signage yet, but you can drop in and see our wares at 104A Molesworth Street (above the Lismore Jewel Centre) by appointment.
June 23 - Three new titles have just been added to the store. Check out the revised edtition of the classic text, Australian Marine Life, and an Australian Fungi guide... and the must have Green Pages Lifestyle Magazine!
June 9 - The new edition of Wildlife of Greater Brisbane is out now. The series has also been advanced with the release of four detailed pocketbook guides on ants, freshwater fish, raptors and snakes. Check these awesome pocket guides out.
June 5 - Two new titles, Australian Seashore Life and Bringing Back the Bush, have now been added to our product list.
June 3 - The Bradley sisters' handbook to bush regeneration, Bringing Back the Bush, is now in stock.
June 2 - We have just added two new titles: check out the new editions of Freshwater Fishes of Australia and Waterwise Gardening! More titles coming in the next few days...
May 30 - We have been busy setting up a new office in Lismore - we hope to open in the next few weeks! Stay tuned for details.
May 5 - The new amazonia series of Envirosax are also now in stock.
May 4 - The new monochromatic series of Envirosax are now in stock.
April 5 - Kids - Get even more value from your next National Park expedition... with the awesome Colour and Draw Series in stock now!
April 4 - We have added a new section to the freebies page - we have been meaning to create the Activity Sheets category for a while now... hopefully we will get more items up there soon. There is also a new desktop wallpaper.
March 4 - The revised and updated 7th edition of Simpson and Day's Field Guide to the Birds of Australia is now in stock.
February 16 - The revised edition of Care of Australian Wildlife is now in stock.
February 9 - Have you read Waterwise House and Garden? We now have this handy book in stock. We have also just added a new title to the locality guides section - check out the new edition of Wild Places. Wilderness in Eastern New South Wales.
January 29 - We just added four new titles in the Fauna Field Guides. Check out the Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, the revised and updated Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds, and Photographic Guides to Birds and Mammals.
2006
December 19 - An exciting new development in re-usable shopping bags has arrived! Find out more about Envirosax here!
December 11 - We have three new Greater Glider titles in stock - surf the Kids section for Wurradi, Mahogany and Wombat Male 25.
November 20 - We have added a new section 'Locality Guides' - we will add more titles in the coming months.
November 6 - There are a 8 new titles in the new Story Books section for kids. Take a look...
October 28 - We have just added 6 colouring in books from Greater Glider to the kid's Activity Book section
October 23 - It's National Children's Week, and we're re-arranging the Kids Section of the Store to accommodate new arrivals coming in over the coming days... stay tuned
October 23 - Four new titles are just in stock. Check out these stunning Environment Artbooks from Greater Glider Productions... awesome information books for children
September 27 - The all new rainforest Red Book is out now and in stock - check it out!
September 20 - Three new products are now in stock - Australian Bush Fire Safety Guide, the Whitley Award winning Field Guide to Insects in Australia and Les Hiddins' Bush Tucker Field Guide.
September 9 - come and see us at our Big Scrub Day stall... it's on TOMORROW! Lots of other things to do and see as well.
September 9 - we have just uploaded our September Catalogue (510KB PDF)
August 22 - we have just received some very exciting new products: Plants of the Forest Floor, and Grasses of the Tweed Valley of NSW. Anyone with an interest in the vegetation of the region should check out these excellent field guides.
August 16 - we are pleased to announce that the APS/SGAP and Friends of the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens booklets are now in stock - check them out here...
June 28 - eCommunity has been re-structured, and several sub-sections have been re-named... be sure to update your bookmarks...
June 26 - new online environmental discussion board - don't miss this opportunity, get involved in this forum here.
June 15 - Kids, the latest book by Caren Trafford, World-wide Waste... it's Not a Load of Rubbish, has just hit the shelves... check it out here, it's totally awesome.
June 13 - A range of new titles have just arrived, ranging from junior fiction (Tiger Tale, Tasmanian Tiger) and children's activity books (Draw Aussie Dinosaurs) to professional guides (the new Tracks, Scats and Other Traces, Photographic Guide to Snakes and Reptiles of Australia, and AUSLIG's Map Reading Guide). Check them out...
May 19 - A number of new products just came in. Check out the Nature Guides section for new titles on mammals, reptiles, sharks and rays, frogs, wildflowers and environmental weeds. There's also a new First Aid manual in the Other Reference Items category.
May 13 - Now in Stock: go Anna! three-in-one card game, featuring 12 eastern Australian animals (like you've never seen them. Check it out here!
April 12 - Check out this great green bag opportunity...
March 17 - Field Guide to the Freshwater Crayfishes of Northeastern New South Wales has just been released! Get it here, at a special introductory price.
March 15 - we have put together some more simple desktop wallpapers, of our good friend Pad the frog, and a cute little Peron's Tree Frog
March 13 - the website has been re-structured - the new menu layout included sections for news and eCommunity
March 13 - the Crayfish Field Guide is due in this week!
Three great 'Aussie Animals' books are now in stock. See the fun and games section.
We're getting excited about the upcoming release of the Field Guide to Freshwater Crayfishes CD-ROM, scheduled for release on the 1st of March (we'll have it in stock as soon as possible after release!). Email us to have your details added to the notification list. In the meantime, check out this awesome desktop background - Euastacus jagabar - of one of the many species recently described by the author... and it's free to download!
We have just posted eCalendar, a basic list of environmental dates, and encourage members of the Northern Rivers community to submit ideas and events for inclusion.
Caren Trafford's awesome books are now in stock! Find out all about them in the fun and games section.
Check out the great web presence opportunity for local groups interested in the environment
Media Releases
- new environmental forum (26 June 2006) - a new platform has been set for environmental discussion in the Northern Rivers region - and everyone's invited to chip in...
- crayFG (21 March 2006) - new yabby guide reveals all - at long last, the Field Guide to the Freshwater Crayfishes of Northeastern New South Wales is available from Croaking Environment Resources...
- newYabbyrecord (9 February 2006) - the hills are alive... - yet another new highland yabby has been described from the Northern Rivers region...
- ecommunity (10 Jan 2006) - free web presence for local community groups - if you landcare, dunecare, bushwalk, birdwatch or just love the natural environment of the Northern Rivers, then you may be interested in this.
- 4NewYabbies (12 Dec 2005) - yabbies ain't yabbies... - four new species of freshwater crayfish have just been described from the rainforests of northeastern New South Wales...
- FreshwaterFishesFG (31 Oct 2005) - getting up close and personal with our local freshwater fishes - a new field guide to the freshwater fishes of northeastern New South Wales enables users to really get to know their fishes, with ease...
2009
April 3 - HOLIDAY NOTICE - Croaking Environment will be closed for Easter break from Thursday April 9 until Friday April 17 (inclusive). Online orders can still be placed during that time, but please note that there will be a delay in processing orders.
April 1 - Bushwalking guides to Royal National Park, the Blue Mountains and the Southern Highlands are now in stock.
March 30 - New and revised editions of Reptiles of Australia and Australian Marine Life are now in stock.
February 9 - Croaking Environment Resources would like to advise our customers that we are in the process of relocating our Lismore office (Big News!). Our excellent online service will continue during the move, and orders can be placed through our secure online facility as usual. Stay tuned for more information.
January 30 - We still have around 20 Envirosax re-usable shopping bags to clear out - send us an email for more details.
January 20 - There are five new titles in the Queensland Museum Pocket Book series, and they're in stock now. Check them out here.
2008 - as of 2008, announcements regarding new titles will be posted on the Recent Titles page
August 11 - Check out Melbourne's Wildlife
July 28 - The new Bird Calls of South-western Australia CD is now in stock.
July 23 - We have a new kid's activity page free to download.
July 23 - We are clearing out the discontinued Envirosax lines - email us now for a great bargain before they run out.
July 17 - The popular Grasses book by Nullum Publications is back in print - and has been totally revised and expanded to subtropical eastern Australia.
July 17 - There is a new activity page for whale-watchers to download here... a good excuse to get those rarely used colours out of the pencil box!
June 30 - You may have noticed we have now included a search facility for the Croaking site. We will be gradually phasing out the 'Related Products' links at the bottom of each product page, and replacing these links with the search box. This will provide a more comprehensive way of finding what you are after on the Croaking site. And remember, there are thousands of other titles we can order in on request... send us an email or use the Product Query form to find out more.
2007
December 3 - We've added a 'Specials' page - check it out for a few great deals!
December 3 - The awesome Draw Aussie Dinosaurs is back in stock
November 30 - Well, November was busy! A lot of new titles came in - see the recent titles section.
August 28 - A new product list is now available.
August 28 - We now have a Product Query form, to help you find exactly what you are looking for!
August 22 - We have a number of new titles arriving over the next few days - stay tuned to the new 'What's New' link above.
August 3 - Our Lismore office is now open! We are located above the old St George bank in Molesworth Street.
June 26 - The award winning Waterbug Book is now in stock.
June 25 - Two new titles have just been added: Wildlife on Farms was written after seven years of research on biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes in southeastern Australia. Also from CSIRO publishing, Beyond Drought provides a multi-disciplinary view of drought's many facets and its impact on the environment, communities and the economy.
June 23 - We have finished painting our new office and are slowly settling in. We are still setting up and haven't organized signage yet, but you can drop in and see our wares at 104A Molesworth Street (above the Lismore Jewel Centre) by appointment.
June 23 - Three new titles have just been added to the store. Check out the revised edtition of the classic text, Australian Marine Life, and an Australian Fungi guide... and the must have Green Pages Lifestyle Magazine!
June 9 - The new edition of Wildlife of Greater Brisbane is out now. The series has also been advanced with the release of four detailed pocketbook guides on ants, freshwater fish, raptors and snakes. Check these awesome pocket guides out.
June 5 - Two new titles, Australian Seashore Life and Bringing Back the Bush, have now been added to our product list.
June 3 - The Bradley sisters' handbook to bush regeneration, Bringing Back the Bush, is now in stock.
June 2 - We have just added two new titles: check out the new editions of Freshwater Fishes of Australia and Waterwise Gardening! More titles coming in the next few days...
May 30 - We have been busy setting up a new office in Lismore - we hope to open in the next few weeks! Stay tuned for details.
May 5 - The new amazonia series of Envirosax are also now in stock.
May 4 - The new monochromatic series of Envirosax are now in stock.
April 5 - Kids - Get even more value from your next National Park expedition... with the awesome Colour and Draw Series in stock now!
April 4 - We have added a new section to the freebies page - we have been meaning to create the Activity Sheets category for a while now... hopefully we will get more items up there soon. There is also a new desktop wallpaper.
March 4 - The revised and updated 7th edition of Simpson and Day's Field Guide to the Birds of Australia is now in stock.
February 16 - The revised edition of Care of Australian Wildlife is now in stock.
February 9 - Have you read Waterwise House and Garden? We now have this handy book in stock. We have also just added a new title to the locality guides section - check out the new edition of Wild Places. Wilderness in Eastern New South Wales.
January 29 - We just added four new titles in the Fauna Field Guides. Check out the Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, the revised and updated Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds, and Photographic Guides to Birds and Mammals.
2006
December 19 - An exciting new development in re-usable shopping bags has arrived! Find out more about Envirosax here!
December 11 - We have three new Greater Glider titles in stock - surf the Kids section for Wurradi, Mahogany and Wombat Male 25.
November 20 - We have added a new section 'Locality Guides' - we will add more titles in the coming months.
November 6 - There are a 8 new titles in the new Story Books section for kids. Take a look...
October 28 - We have just added 6 colouring in books from Greater Glider to the kid's Activity Book section
October 23 - It's National Children's Week, and we're re-arranging the Kids Section of the Store to accommodate new arrivals coming in over the coming days... stay tuned
October 23 - Four new titles are just in stock. Check out these stunning Environment Artbooks from Greater Glider Productions... awesome information books for children
September 27 - The all new rainforest Red Book is out now and in stock - check it out!
September 20 - Three new products are now in stock - Australian Bush Fire Safety Guide, the Whitley Award winning Field Guide to Insects in Australia and Les Hiddins' Bush Tucker Field Guide.
September 9 - come and see us at our Big Scrub Day stall... it's on TOMORROW! Lots of other things to do and see as well.
September 9 - we have just uploaded our September Catalogue (510KB PDF)
August 22 - we have just received some very exciting new products: Plants of the Forest Floor, and Grasses of the Tweed Valley of NSW. Anyone with an interest in the vegetation of the region should check out these excellent field guides.
August 16 - we are pleased to announce that the APS/SGAP and Friends of the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens booklets are now in stock - check them out here...
June 28 - eCommunity has been re-structured, and several sub-sections have been re-named... be sure to update your bookmarks...
June 26 - new online environmental discussion board - don't miss this opportunity, get involved in this forum here.
June 15 - Kids, the latest book by Caren Trafford, World-wide Waste... it's Not a Load of Rubbish, has just hit the shelves... check it out here, it's totally awesome.
June 13 - A range of new titles have just arrived, ranging from junior fiction (Tiger Tale, Tasmanian Tiger) and children's activity books (Draw Aussie Dinosaurs) to professional guides (the new Tracks, Scats and Other Traces, Photographic Guide to Snakes and Reptiles of Australia, and AUSLIG's Map Reading Guide). Check them out...
May 19 - A number of new products just came in. Check out the Nature Guides section for new titles on mammals, reptiles, sharks and rays, frogs, wildflowers and environmental weeds. There's also a new First Aid manual in the Other Reference Items category.
May 13 - Now in Stock: go Anna! three-in-one card game, featuring 12 eastern Australian animals (like you've never seen them. Check it out here!
April 12 - Check out this great green bag opportunity...
March 17 - Field Guide to the Freshwater Crayfishes of Northeastern New South Wales has just been released! Get it here, at a special introductory price.
March 15 - we have put together some more simple desktop wallpapers, of our good friend Pad the frog, and a cute little Peron's Tree Frog
March 13 - the website has been re-structured - the new menu layout included sections for news and eCommunity
March 13 - the Crayfish Field Guide is due in this week!
Three great 'Aussie Animals' books are now in stock. See the fun and games section.
We're getting excited about the upcoming release of the Field Guide to Freshwater Crayfishes CD-ROM, scheduled for release on the 1st of March (we'll have it in stock as soon as possible after release!). Email us to have your details added to the notification list. In the meantime, check out this awesome desktop background - Euastacus jagabar - of one of the many species recently described by the author... and it's free to download!
We have just posted eCalendar, a basic list of environmental dates, and encourage members of the Northern Rivers community to submit ideas and events for inclusion.
Caren Trafford's awesome books are now in stock! Find out all about them in the fun and games section.
Check out the great web presence opportunity for local groups interested in the environment
Media Releases
- new environmental forum (26 June 2006) - a new platform has been set for environmental discussion in the Northern Rivers region - and everyone's invited to chip in...
- crayFG (21 March 2006) - new yabby guide reveals all - at long last, the Field Guide to the Freshwater Crayfishes of Northeastern New South Wales is available from Croaking Environment Resources...
- newYabbyrecord (9 February 2006) - the hills are alive... - yet another new highland yabby has been described from the Northern Rivers region...
- ecommunity (10 Jan 2006) - free web presence for local community groups - if you landcare, dunecare, bushwalk, birdwatch or just love the natural environment of the Northern Rivers, then you may be interested in this.
- 4NewYabbies (12 Dec 2005) - yabbies ain't yabbies... - four new species of freshwater crayfish have just been described from the rainforests of northeastern New South Wales...
- FreshwaterFishesFG (31 Oct 2005) - getting up close and personal with our local freshwater fishes - a new field guide to the freshwater fishes of northeastern New South Wales enables users to really get to know their fishes, with ease...
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