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Hoot Hoot! Owl-making workshop and other craft items

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Location: CWCN Centre, 47 Hepworth St, Chapel Hill (UBD 178 A11)
Type: School holiday workshop
Organiser: Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network Inc (CWCN)
Contact: Phone Jutta on 0407 583 441

Use your imagination! There are many different ways to design and make owls, all of them by using discarded or natural materials. This workshop is a fun way to start the holidays. We have little aprons but recommend that you don’t wear your best outfit! A small morning tea will be provided. Fee $15 per child ($10 for CWCN members). For more info visit the CWCN website or register by clicking here: {module_literature,i,179776}

Enviro Detectives Roaring Rhonda and William Whisper investigate sound

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Location: CWCN Centre, 47 Hepworth St, Chapel Hill (UBD 178 A11)
Type: School holiday workshop
Organiser: Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network Inc (CWCN)
Contact: Phone Jutta on 0407 583 441
How does sound come about? When is it too much? How is sound made? Why does an elephant sound different to a cicada? How do our ears work? How is sound transported?  This is going to be fun! Lots to find out! We make different sounds and figure it out using balloons, water, strings, stethoscopes, tuning forks, ear muffs and much more! For more info visit the CWCN website or click here to register: {module_literature,i,179776}

Catching Critters – the tiny ones

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Location: Moore Park, Indooroopilly – off Russell Tce; meet near little wooden bridge (UBD 178 F4)
Type: School holiday workshop
Organiser: Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network Inc (CWCN)
Contact: Phone Jutta on 0407 583 441

Off we go equipped with butterfly, dip and sweep nets, pitfall traps, pooters, magnifiers and so forth. Let’s see what we find  and whether we can figure out what your catch is.  This is a very varied activity and includes small and larger vegetation and also the local creek. BYO hat and water bottle, wear protective clothing and sturdy closed shoes/gum boots.  We’ll bring the equipment, the sunscreen, the insect repellent, and the morning tea for hungry critter catchers. For more info visit the CWCN website or click here to register: {module_literature,i,179776}

It’s holiday time!

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Calling young artists, budding scientists and children  who love CWCN’s school holiday activities to come back for their 2017 workshops and a huge range of exciting activities!

This summer CWCN (Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network Inc) is holding the following workshops for school-aged childred:

  • Tuesday 9/01/2018 
 Let’s go funghi hunting! 
  • Thursday 11/01/2018 
 Catching critters – the tiny ones! 
  • Tuesday 16/01/2018 

Enviro Detectives Roaring Rhonda and William Whisper investigate sound 

Visit the CWCN website for more info or click here to register: {module_literature,i,179776}

 

Which wallaby?

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Do you have wallabies on your property?

We have many species in our catchment.  Ed Frazer has seen Red-necked Wallabies and Swamp Wallabies on his Brookfield property.

We know we have Red-necked Pademelons and Whiptails in the catchment as well. And there may well be even more species!

Perhaps you can share some stories of your own encounters with our local wallabies! 

In the meantime, please enjoy Ed’s latest Bush Bites article and his pictures by clicking here.


If you have story that you’re willing to add to our Bush Bites collection, please send an email to: [email protected] 

Which wallaby? – Ed Frazer

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Two species of Wallaby are common in the Moggill Creek Catchment area. They are the Red-necked Wallaby and the Swamp Wallaby.

The Swamp Wallaby is a little smaller than the Red-necked, and on our property they occupy different areas.

The Swamp Wallaby lives in the more heavily covered areas and is seldom seen during the daytime. It feeds on a wide range of shrubs and weeds and also takes fungi and some grasses. It is usually on its own or seen as a mother with its joey.

The Red-necked Wallaby grazes on grasses and weeds in the more open areas at dawn and dusk, and it will keep on feeding into the daylight in overcast weather and during drought when there is little succulent grass or weeds.  The Red-necked Wallaby is more sociable and in seen in small groups of females that are probably previous offspring.

The two species are easily distinguishable. The Swamp Wallaby can be identified by the ‘Robber’s Mask’ on its face and its white-tipped tail.  From a distance the Swamp Wallaby travels in a more horizontal position than the Red-necked Wallaby.

 

The Red-necked Wallaby

 

Both Wallabies were captured on my Infra-red cameras feeding in the dark as late as 11pm at night.

When we came to Brookfield in the early 1970s we thought we had Pretty-faced Wallabies (now commonly called Whiptails). Gordon Grigg said there used to be a group living up Gold Creek Road near Brian Leahy’s property. It would be interesting to hear if anyone has them on their property. They have a stronger white stripe on the face and white ear-tips.

Gordon says there are Red-necked Pademelons, smaller than the other wallabies, near the Gold Creek Reservoir. I have seen one on our property at Adavale Street, but it disappeared under the Lantana before I could photograph it.


A close-up shot of the Swamp Wallaby:


Progress and challenges

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The Moggill Creek Catchment is a unique natural asset.   It is much valued by the local community and to the people of Brisbane. 

It is home to a myriad of native plants, it offers essential habitat for an astonishing variety of wildlife and it provides a restorative and beautifully scenic backdrop to our daily lives.  

Nurturing these precious 57.6 kilometres presents its own challenges. It entails significant and careful planning.  
 
The MCCG is fortunate to have a dedicated crew of volunteers with considerable expertise who have, for the past 20 years, protected the environment and helped to create the vistas we enjoy today.  
 
Their skills are diverse. Our volunteers contribute not only to amazing bushcare restorations, but they operate our nursery, co-ordinate information sessions and social events, manage the Cottage, maintain our social media and website presence and continue to maintain a financially viable, well administered group which is supported by over 500 members.     
 
In 2016, the MCCG Management Committee updated its publication the “Review of Progress and Challenges from 1999 to December 2010”, together with its Strategic and Action Plans. The Committee's aim was to ensure that the group's achievements are recorded and monitored against its set objectives.  It is also imperative to document and promote our plan for the future. 
 
The review provides an interesting insight into the diverse challenges faced by the group. You can read it by clicking here: MCCG Review and Business Plan 2005-2008
 

(Note: This photo was taken in Section 3, Huntingdon on Tuckett by Jim Pope).

AGM TONIGHT! Monday 27 November

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The Annual General Meeting of the Moggill Creek Catchment Group will be held at 7:30pm on Monday 27 November at the Brookfield Hall.  (Please note this is a change of venue from the previously advertised Brookfield Pavilion.)

Following the meeting, during which our Chairman Warren Hoey will review the year’s activities, we will enjoy a talk by guest speaker Glenn Leiper, co-author and main photographer of Mangroves to Mountains. This is a well-received and widely used reference guide on plants in South East Queensland. Glenn will talk us through what is new and exciting in the book’s latest edition.

This year’s AGM is a special event and somewhat of a celebration as 2017 marks the MCCG’s 20th birthday. 

Copies of our anniversary photo book will be available for purchase for $20 each. This newly produced publication showcases events throughout our 20 year lifespan, and it features over 60 wonderful photos of our community, our activities and local fauna and flora, all taken by our very own members. We will be offering a copy of the photo book in a raffle on the night.  

For more information about the AGM, please phone the MCCG Secretary on 3374 1518, or send an email to: [email protected]

Our Management Committee and Section Leaders would love to see you at our AGM. Please come along and enjoy the evening! 

MCCG-finalist in the Community Achievement Awards

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It was a great honour for the MCCG to be selected as a  finalist in the 2017 Queensland Community Achievement Awards. 

On Saturday 18 November our Public Relations Manager, Dale Borgelt, accepted the award of finalist in the Pulllenvale Ward Outstanding Achievement Award category.

The award was made possible only through the passion of our talented and dedicated volunteers, and the efforts of the MCCG Management Committee, and most notably of Dale.

Click here to see a video profile of the MCCG, produced by the Queensland Community Achievements Award Team and Seven News.

A sincere THANK YOU to all who have contributed and who continue to support the MCCG.


MCCG PR Officer Dale Borgelt accepts the award from Cr Kate Richards

To view profiles and information about the winners and other finalists in the 2017 awards, please visit the Awards Australia website.

Ever feel like you’re being watched?

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MCCG member Chris Read has shared a lovely story about a visitor to his home who quietly watches everything that’s going on!

Click here to read our latest, very entertaining Bushbites article.