Check out this Today Tonight story about the upcoming WA Fire Season. Some of the footage used in this story comes from a series of public awareness videos GMi are producing for the Department of Parks and Wildlife.
You can watch the TT story here
For more information on prescribed burning check out the Parks and Wildlife info page here
Or watch some of the videos here
GMi have again been recently working with the Department of Parks and Wildlife or DPaW (formerly DEC) filming the plight of the critically endangered Woylie. The Woylie also known as the brush-tailed bettong, is an extremely rare small marsupial which was once found over most of Australia but is now found in only a handfull of places.
The crew here at GMi have been filming the stellar work being done by the teams at DPaW to try and bring the Woylie back from the brink of extinction. Filming has so far taken place at the Perup Wildlife Sanctuary near Manjimup which acts to keep an area predator free for the Woylies to breed in and in the Dryandra Woodlands near Narrogin with further filming to take place over the coming months. 
GMi are thrilled to be working again with DPaW on yet another project, we love being a fly on the wall documenting the conservation of some of our nations most endangered species. Stay tuned for the release of our latest video done with the department: Operation Rangelands. A story about the Lorna Glen Sanctuary and the animals that are being brought back from the verge of ruin.
The crew at GMi have stayed in touch with the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) scientists working on the Fire Mosaic research project near Walpole in the South West of WA. Our youngest team member, Carl‘s daughter Clare, was invited to take part in the catching and classification of the bugs and became DEC’s youngest volunteer entomologist.
After spending a few days with the crew of science division Clare can boast finding 6, so far, unclassified species of moth, 1 new beetle and an all new wasp!
GMi will soon begin work to produce a series of videos for a social media campaign about prescribed burning by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). The videos will talk about the science behind prescribed burning and demystify the process as a whole.
We here at GMi cant wait to get back down into our states southern forests to film the DEC crews, the previous video we did with them Walpole Fire Mosaic is one of our favourite videos. Click here to see it now: Walpole Fire Mosaic
Happy 2013 from everyone here at GMi! 2012 was an interesting year for us which saw new clients, new modes of delivery and new gear, we had some great times in 2012 with our fantastic clients and each other, and we hope to continue this in 2013.
Things we are particularly looking forward to include the projects on Dirk Hartog Island and in our states southern forests, the completion of the project based in the Little Sandy, further uptake of our SCORM based corporate video and training packages (which has seen some fantastic interest of late), more adventures for Lamby and a whole host of projects we cant even talk about yet… But watch this space.
So a massive thank you to all of those who made our 2012 so memorable and here’s to the many new and exciting things that 2013 brings.
The fifth and final in our series of stories introducing the crew here at GEO Media interactive, today we meet GMi’s Mascot, Lamby.
So just who is that masked lamb, this international lamb of mystery?
Lamby is a seldom mentioned member of GMi’s away crew, is a part-time camera assistant and 1st AD and full time indie hipster. Originally employed in 2006 by Carl’s daughter, he was sent with Mark and Carl to make sure that all the work got done during a shoot in the north of the state. Well, he returned safe bringing photos of his work and now accompanies us on all extended shoots.
He is now the most travelled member of the team here at GMi with trips not only around our great state but throughout Europe as well. A regular on the GMi photo wall at our office and now adopted as our filming mascot, look out for him in our photo gallery as he continues his adventures!
GMi has recently returned from another trip to the Little Sandy Desert.
A lot of people ask us how rough the conditions are out there and we can now reveal that whilst on station we live in the lap of luxury! The Homestead is a small oasis of green, 200km from the sealed roads and 100km from its nearest neighbor. In summer we sleep under the stars and in winter we all cram into the homestead for warmth. Temperatures in summer top 46 degrees but in winter we are scraping ice from the cars.
Food is a vital part any trip and we all re-live our college days with a mix of tinned things on toast, BBQs and camp fire cook-ups. The trip is harder on the vehicles – so far we have speared 2 tyres and got 1 puncture – keeping in touch by sat phone is vital.
We are looking forward to our next adventure – stay tuned for more stories from the outback!