The MCCG featured in a recent episode of the ABC’s “Gardening Australia”.

Head to our Facebook page to see an impressively crafted segment about Cats Claw Creeper, ably delivered by Adrian Webb and supported by wonderful footage from the ABC team.

 The scourge of Cats Claw Creeper – ©  Adrian Webb

Learn how to prepare your property with practical fire management advice from Rural Fire Service, the SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium, and the Brisbane City Council.

A free session for local residents will be held on Thursday 21 March 2019,from  6pm to 9pm at the Brookfield Hall, 655 Brookfield Road, Brookfield.

Registration is NOT necessary.  Light supper provided. Please tell your neighbours too!

This project is supported by Healthy Land and Water, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. 

For more info visit the SEQ QLD Fire and Biodiversity Consortium website.

Our Autumn 2019 newsletter is arguably our best one yet!

DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR: put the kids to bed early, grab a drink of your choice and settle in for an entertaining and very informative read!

This issue focuses on the drought conditions affecting our catchment.  It’s packed with interesting facts, figures and strategies.

It features a WONDERFUL article by Cody Hochen from Brisbane City Council about successful plantings of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly vine (Pararistolochia praevenosa).

To read the newsletter, simply click the “Download our current newsletter” link on this page.

Green Tree Frog ©  Phil Bird Phil explains how this lovely frog copes with drought in our newsletter

THANK YOU to Editor Cathi Lawrence and to all those who generously submitted content. 

Our special thanks also to Codi Hochen, Wildlife Conservation Partnerships Officer with BCC and Paul Wright for allowing us to publish his AMAZING Richmond Birdwing Butterfly photo.

REMEMBER: Any picture or story of just 50-100 words from an MCCG member has an excellent chance of getting into our newsletter.  Go on!  Send your email right now!

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Our colleagues at the Pullen Pullen Catchments Group have reported a scientific alert regarding an outbreak of a severe skin disease caused by a pathogenic fungus in wild eastern water dragons in Southeast Queensland.

This outbreak poses a serious threat to Australia’s reptilian fauna.

Members of the public are requested to report sightings of any animals suspected of infection.

Full details of symptoms and contact details to advise sightings are available on the Pullen Pullen Catchments Group website.

We are having a special planting session of 800 plants  on Sunday 31 March !!! 

Brisbane City Council has prepared the area with mulch and dug the planting holes for us so THE HARD WORK is DONE!  NO EXCUSES!

Please help us with this planting!!!

Details:

• Sunday 31st March
• From 8.30am until 11.30am
• Black Butt Park
• Assemble at the Branton Street car park  (UBD page 177 J7) 
• Walk across the Moggill Creek bridge…..to discover the Black Butt Park planting area!
• Refreshments will be provided by Mister ‘ESKY’ 
• Please bring hats, sunscreen, water bottle and gloves.

but SO beautifully adapted to “soak up the pooled liquid nectar stored in flowers!”

Welcome to the world of the Brown Honeyeater!

This little bird, with its unremarkable name and equally unremarkable appearance, is one you are very likely encounter or hear every day – but much less likely to notice!

Dull in appearance but by no means lacking in endeavour!

Head to Jim Butler’s latest Feather Fascination to learn more: Feather Fascination March 2019

Perhaps we’ll all start noticing these engaging little birds from now on!

© Ed Frazer

A free public forum will be held at Kenmore Library  on Sunday 17 March from 2pm to 5pm.

The event consists of a series of talks on how changes to climate will affect your life.  It will include talks and a panel discussion moderated by Courier Mail journalist Margaret Wenham, and will allow people to hear from several experts first-hand.  The forum will explore:

• How are climate and weather patterns changing around the world and in our region?
• How is a changing climate already affecting our wildlife and ecosystems and what might the future hold?
• What do we know about its current and future effects on health and disease?
• How will outdoor work and physical activity be affected?
• What role can planning and adaptation play in response to a changing climate?

For more information and to book a place, head to Eventbrite.

Grab some pizza and switch on the TV this Friday night! (8 March)

And be sure to tune into the ABC’s Gardening Australia at 7.30pm!

You’ll see a short segment about the damage done by Cat’s Claw Creeper (Dolichandra unguis-cati) which Gardening Australia produced with the help of the MCCG.

Our very own Adrian Webb is the ‘star’ of the segment!  Adrian and a very hard-working ABC crew spent an entire day filming at Upper Brookifeld late last year.

Jerry Coleby-Williams will present the segment which goes to air on Friday 8 March at 7.30pm, with a repeat episode on Sunday 10 March at 1.30pm.

The ABC team (from left to right): presenter (Jerry Coleby-Williams), producer (Neil Proud), the cameraman and sound engineer