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If you value our ecosystems

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… there is something you can do!

A new weed has been assessed as a serious threat to our ecosystems. 
It is known as Anzac Tree Daisy.
 
The good news is that landholders and volunteers at the end of Savages Rd have become quite active in tackling Anzac Tree Daisy on or near their properties.
The latest infestation they are working on goes from the top of the slope down a gully to the edge of the creek. It was quite impenetrable but we have photos to prove they are winning this battle!

Perhaps you can help?

This flyer will point you in the right direction:
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Click here to see photos and read more about the Anzac Tree Daisy Project.

Fact sheets about Anzac Tree are also available on our Plants page.


Section 3 Huntington on Tuckett – Xmas celebration!

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Location: Jim’s place
Type: Event
Organiser: Jim Pope
Contact: 3374 4181 or email: [email protected]

All those who have participated in working bees during the year are invited to attend. Jim will provide meat and bread etc. Please bring your own drinks and either a salad or a sweet/pudding. Partners are welcome. Please RSVP by Wednesday 6th December if you are coming, and let Jim know what kind or salad or sweet you will bring.

A Summer Holiday

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The Black-faced Monarch visits us here in Australia each summer, anywhere on the East coast from Cape York down to Port Phillip Bay.

At this time of the year these birds are returning to NSW and Victoria for breeding so now is a great time to spot them in our forests right here in Brisbane.

You can learn more about these songbirds in Jim Butler’s October edition of ‘Feather Fascination‘. 

Click here to visit the Feather Fascination page. 

  Photo courtesy of Ed Frazer 

 

It’s SAVE THE KOALA Day!

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And yes, we do have koalas right here in our Catchment. ‘Hot spots’ include Mt Coot-tha Forest, Gap Creek Reserve, Deerhurst Road and Haven Road.

In fact, breeding season is about to begin.

Which coincides nicely with Save The Koala Day, which falls on Friday 29 September, 2017.

Sadly, many of us are unaware that our little furry friends are in danger.

To see how we can make a difference this Friday, visit the Australia Koala Foundation’s Facebook page for Save the Koala Day.


The things you see

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.. on a working bee!

Phil Bird and his crew captured this family shot on Phil’s iPhone during their September Sunday working bee. 


She decided not to stay for morning tea!

Would you consider joining a Bushcare group? 

It only takes a couple of hours in the coolness of a morning once a month and it’s enormously satisfying pitching in to plant natives and do some weed clearing.

There’s also lots of camaraderie! A great way to kick-start your weekend!

Check out our working bee calendar for details of upcoming bushcare activities.  

Pollinator Festival

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Location: CWCN Centre – 47 Hepworth St Chapel Hill
Type: Event
Organiser: Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network Inc
Contact: www.cwcn.org.au – www.facebook.com/cwcn.org.au

Our native pollinators are losing their habitat at a rapid pace. We often forget how important they are. Come along to this family fun day and learn about different pollinators, their value and their needs, and find out what you can do to support them in your garden. For more info, visit the CWCN website or open the flyer: {module_literature,i,177499}

Pollinator Festival – Saturday 8 October

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Come along to this family fun day and learn of the value and needs of our multitude of different pollinators and what you can do to support them in your garden.

Organised by Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network Inc, the Pollinator Festival will take place at the CWCN Centre, 47 Hepworth St Chapel Hill.

 

Our native pollinators are losing their habitat rapidly. We often forget how important they are. To protect pollinators means protecting the services they provide and generally means protecting biodiversity. 

There will be ample display material on the day.  Take the opportunity and talk to participating organisations: Bee Aware Brisbane, Birds Queensland, Bat Rescue Inc, Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club, Pollinator Link, Paten Park Native Nursery and Healthy Land and Water. 

You may want to take some food plants home and enrich your own backyard. Not only will you have more native critters visiting your garden, you will also help to create more habitat for pollinators.

For more info, visit the CWCN website or view the flyer:  {module_literature,i,177499}


Seasonal Harvest Farmers Market

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Location: 302 Grandview Rd Pullenvale
Type: Event
Organiser: Seasonal Harvest
Contact: [email protected] or phone: 0409 992 704

The Seasonal Harvest Farmers Market celebrates local, seasonal produce. With a great cross section of stallholders, this is a genuine farmers market where you will find the growers and makers.

Click here for more info.

Happiness is a Butterfly

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Can you picture the skies full of Richmond Birdwing Butterflies again?

That’s exactly what will happen when we work together to Bring Back the Birdwing!

Wildlife Queensland is working with South-East Queensland councils (Logan City, Gold Coast City, Scenic Rim Regional and Moreton Bay Regional) to organise the linking of two core populations of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly in 2018.

“It is critical that we connect these populations by creating stepping-stone populations of the vine to ‘join the dots’. Without this, gene flow cannot occur and the species simply will not persist in a healthy way.” Matt Cecil, Projects Manager Wildlife Queensland. 

To create these critical stepping-stones, at least 500 vines need to be planted throughout carefully selected locations in 2018. That will cost $12,500.

Propagating, growing, planting and maintaining one Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Vine to ensure it survives and thrives costs $25.

  • Do you think you can help rescue the Richmond Birdwing from extinction?
  • Could you make a tax-deductible donation now to help grow 500 of the butterfly’s host plants?


To become part of this crusade and see how much is being pledged, please click here.
 
 

A note from Phil – September 2017

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Well, this dry it has been challenging to keep our plantings from drying out. Our latest planting on the creek bank and what the Green Army did late last year and early this year is mostly doing all right.


A lot of the planting is becoming established with some struggling and a few lost causes. Becoming harder to find enough water is the problem.

However there are still little delights. Julia Blumhardt, Creek Officer standing in for Leah, had a look at our site and found a couple of new plants (for me) Blood vine (Aust. blackii) and Purple Cheese Fruit (Acronychia laevia) and what maybe a troublesome weed vine, Mysore thorn. 


I am still working with Paul Devine (Habitat Brisbane Officer) to complete the submission for a Habitat Brisbane Application. We’re re-drafting to just include Council land, which covers the road margins and culverts. It has a total length of 900m, which with 10 m margins gives 18,000 m2. We are hoping to have it ready for the October meeting when the management committee meets. Any one who wants more information please get in touch with me. 

Russell Downes stopped by a couple of weeks ago and offered to run his slasher over the Elephant Grass. After a few moments of deliberation (on my part) Russell did point out “it is only elephant grass”. So that would be great as it would enable us to see the lie of the land and treat the Maderia and Morning Glory that is growing quite nicely in the grass. It will also help to keep the channel open. 

If there are any interesting wildlife sightings please let us know. Mine is a pair (unfortunately past..) of Dewfish in a small drying pool. 

Hope to see some of you on Sunday 24 September for the WB or morning tea and please bring a plate to share.

Phil