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Progress and challenges

November 27, 2017 by mccgadmin

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).

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AGM TONIGHT! Monday 27 November

November 27, 2017 by mccgadmin

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! 

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MCCG-finalist in the Community Achievement Awards

November 21, 2017 by mccgadmin

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.

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Ever feel like you’re being watched?

November 19, 2017 by mccgadmin

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.

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Public consultation – draft BCC Biosecurity Plan

November 16, 2017 by mccgadmin

Brisbane City Council has announced the release of the draft Biosecurity Plan for the Brisbane Local Government Area.
 
This document is being circulated and will soon be released on Council’s website for public consultation until Saturday, 16 December 2017. In the meantime, Council has kindly provided us with an early release version.


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As the management of invasive species requires all stakeholders to work together, your feedback is extremely important to refine the final Biosecurity Plan.
  
Should you wish to provide comment, feedback or prepare a formal submission in response, this can be done via email to [email protected]
 
For more information, please contact the Biosecurity, Wildlife and Invasive Species Management team at BCC on 3403 8888 or via the above email address.



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Please help our Greater Gliders!

November 10, 2017 by mccgadmin

The Queensland Glider Network will soon start monitoring nest boxes in the search for greater gliders and they need your help!

They have installed nest boxes in three locations across Brisbane so there are plenty of dates to choose from! 

Please visit as many surveys as you can!

To book your spot on the survey team, choose your survey date/s and send them to [email protected]

 
                               

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The Night Hunter

November 7, 2017 by mccgadmin

Which bird hunts the chicks of other birds by night and roosts secretively during the day?

It is the Nankeen Night Heron.

The November 2017 issue of Feather Fascination provides an interesting description of this elusive bird.

Click here to read the article, authored by Jim Butler.

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Planting! Planting! Planting!

November 7, 2017 by mccgadmin

Do you have a green thumb? Do you enjoy planting natives?

Then why not spend a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon with our Mirbelia Street bushcare group?

This Saturday (11 November) the group will meet at 2pm in Pamela Place, Kenmore Hills. They generally meet on the first Saturday and third Sunday of each month.

This Saturday they’ll be planting a large number plants provided by Brisbane City Council.

The area will have been freshly mulched so it’ll be nice easy work! And refreshments are provided.

It’s all hands on deck so if you can help, please give Bryan Hacker a call on 3374 1468.

More details are also available in our Working Bee Calendar.

The McKay Brook Team back in 2016

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Help us build a Butterfly List!

November 7, 2017 by mccgadmin

Breaking news!  We have an exciting new project in the  pipeline!

We are building an Online Guide to the Butterflies found right here within our catchment. We anticipate will serve as an identification tool, including local images, food sources and locations. 

We anticipate there will be about 60 butterflies including all the Swallowtails, Whites and Yellows, Nymphs Danaids and Browns, and a representative number of the Skippers and Blues.

CAN YOU HELP US WITH PHOTOS AND/OR LOCAL INFORMATION?

If you can help, please send an email to Ed Frazer at: [email protected]

Here is a lovely photo of a Blue Tiger from Ed to whet your appetite!

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Ever feel like you’re being watched? – Chris Read

November 7, 2017 by mccgadmin

Do you ever feel you are being watched? Hanging out in the bush, I often do!

Sometimes I look around and see a Swamp Wallaby staring from the darkest undergrowth, a Yellow Robin hanging on to a vertical tree or a Water Dragon watching from a distance ….

One day at my home in Brookfield, I looked around and found an amazing face watching me from the inside of a glider box, a classic cute face – soft, round, with disproportionately large eyes ….

At first I thought it was a Squirrel Glider but eventually worked out it was a special bird of the night, an Owlet Nightjar.

Owlet Nightjars are related to Frogmouths and occur across all of Australia. They spend their day in hollows and are most common in dry wooded areas. They are common in the Moggill Creek Catchment. At night, they feed on the wing on live insects, like a nocturnal Willy Wagtail.

I have come to learn that Owlet Nightjars are resident at our Brookfield home year around. In my yard, they have about six different hollow homes that they rotate between – some natural and some artificial boxes. I often find one of them at the entrance of the hollow in the day discretely sunning itself. Their call is a soft churring sound and once I came to recognise their calls, I have the pleasure of hearing them regularly both day and night.

My learnings:

  • Protect every hollow tree, they are extremely precious to our native animals & birds;
  • Take time to be present when in nature in Moggill Creek Catchment, there are special surprises everywhere; and
  • Leave a legacy by putting up as many artificial nest boxes as possible.

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