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Opportunities to assist the MCCG

July 6, 2017 by mccgadmin

The MCCG is always looking for volunteers to help with the  many tasks we undertake to make a real difference to our local environment. Here are some examples:

Join a Bushcare group

These groups meet regularly to weed and replant mainly along our extensive creek network. Working with Habitat Brisbane, the groups have achieved considerable success in removing threatening weeds and replacing them with native plant species. These sites are being maintained and expanded. This is of great benefit to our local environment, but it requires an ongoing effort. If you are interested in helping your catchment, contact the nominated Section Leader from our list. There are also community led groups at Pacey Rd and along Upper Brookfield Road. 

Help our Creek Health Monitoring Program

This project began in 2011 to measure a variety of health indicators at several sites in the catchment.  It is critical that we know how our waterways shape up and how they are changing in response to land use and most importantly, how we can restore the system to normality. Adrian Webb is the project leader and our Landscape and Water Quality Adviser. Adrian’s contact details are available by clicking here.

Committee positions

These are elected at the AGM in November each year. We welcome any enquiries if you have a desire to get more involved in helping to put our plans into action and to be a more effective catchment group. The current incumbents in the Chairperson and Secretary positions will not be standing for re-election at the next AGM so there will be an immediate opportunity for you to become involved if you are interested.  We know there is plenty of talent and expertise out there.

We welcome any assistance even if you can only help out on one or two days each year. 

For example, our annual Kid`s Day at the Cottage held in June each year is always in need of willing hands. Similarly, our displays at the Brookfield Show in May and the Photography Competition in October require the efforts of many people. 
If you are interested, please contact Warren Hoey on 3878 9123 or via email [email protected] 
or Cathie Mortimer on 3374 1418 or via email [email protected] 
You can also find more opportunities from our “Get involved” page.

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Growing fruit and vegetables at home

July 4, 2017 by mccgadmin

Location: Indooroopilly Library
Type: Workshop
Organiser: Brisbane City Council
Contact: 3403 8888

Bookings required. See the Brisbane City Council website for more details.

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What comes up ….

July 4, 2017 by mccgadmin

… must come down! Or so the saying goes!
The Varied Sitella has a remarkable foraging method. It hops HEAD-FIRST down tree branches and trunks to find its prey (insects and spiders living under the bark).

Photo courtesy of Ed Frazer

Open the July version of Jim Butler’s “Feather Fascination” to see an image of the Varied Sittella on its way down a tree, and read more about these beautiful and uniquely-shaped residents of our Catchment.

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Guided REPA Walk along Gap Creek – 9 July

July 4, 2017 by mccgadmin

Join Mike Humphreys and others from the Rural Environment Planning Association Inc (REPA) for a morning walk along Gap Creek on Sunday 9 July.

You will be guided through a riparian zone which has been lovingly nurtured for over 15 years by a group of dedicated volunteers supported by Habitat Brisbane.

Come along for a walk with nature and enjoy all they have achieved!

The walk will commence at 10.30am on Brookfield Road, Brookfield, near the tennis courts (UBD 177 C/D2). Bring your own lunch, water and sun protection and wear sensible shoes.

RSVP’s to Jenny Hacker are essential by phone on 3374 1468 or via email on: [email protected]

 

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Community Conservation Assistance 2017-18

July 4, 2017 by mccgadmin

Brisbane City Council has announced the opening of its 2017-18 Community Conservation Assistance program (CCA). 
This assistance is available to help deliver on-ground habitat restoration works within priority biodiversity areas that may otherwise be difficult to undertake.


The following groups are eligible to apply:

  • Habitat Brisbane
  • Creek Catchment groups
  • private landholders who are members of the Wildlife Conservation Partnerships Program (Land for Wildlife).


Applications are now open and will close at midnight on Monday 31 July.
For more information and to submit an application, please visit the Brisbane City Council website.


For help with your project planning please contact your Habitat Brisbane, Creek Catchment or Wildlife Conservation Partnership program officer or phone Council on (07) 3403 8888.

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Cottage Talk: Stingless Bees *MEMBERS ONLY EVENT*

June 29, 2017 by mccgadmin

Location: The Cottage
Type: Event
Organiser: Dale Borgelt
Contact: [email protected]

Click here for more info. Interested members will definitely need to book their place early by sending an email to Dale.

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Make a Bee Line to our July Cottage Talk!

June 29, 2017 by mccgadmin

“Stingless Native Bees” is the topic of our Cottage Talk for MCCG members at 10am, Thursday 20th July.

Tony Goodrich will be bringing a working hive and demonstrating the features of native stingless bee-keeping.

For this popular talk, interested members will definitely need to book their place early by contacting our PR Officer, Dale Borgelt at: [email protected]

 

Native bees
collecting pollen
in the company
of a lone honeybee.
Photo: John Klumpp

 

 

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Tracks and Traces …

June 28, 2017 by mccgadmin

The lucky attendees at our public meeting on June 15 were thoroughly entertained by Martin Fingland’s talk on Tracks and Traces of Wildlife. 
Martin showed us plenty of the tell-tale traces of wildlife visitors that we can look out for. 



Two of Martin’s live exhibits did somewhat steal the show.

One was the cranky Channel-billed Cuckoo who was the living owner of one of the feather traces! The bird noisily attacked his arch-enemy Martin, who for 10 years has fed and cared for it since it was a chick. It explains the success of a cuckoo! It never imprints on the host parent regardless of who or what it is.


More quietly appealing were the tiny dunnarts which are quite fierce predators in their own right, together a giant monitor lizard, all shown in the photos below.

And full credit must go to the birders in the audience, who were just great at identifying species from single feathers!

Our sincere thanks to Martin for once again sharing his knowledge and providing such an entertaining presentation!
  

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Kids Day at the Cottage 2017

June 28, 2017 by mccgadmin

WHAT A DAY!

There were many happy faces, with little and large hands and fingers alike busily engaged in colouring, make and do and art and craft activities at our Kids Day at the Cottage on 28th May.

The focus of Kids Day is to share information about the natural environment.

Kids of all ages (and, just quietly, grown ups too!) learnt as they enjoyed close-up contact with the real thing.  We saw wonderful displays and presentations, as always, including all the wildlife Martin Fingland brought along with him for his Geckoes presentations.

There were plenty of fun activities.  Kids wore home-made neckwear (created using natural products) and some even modelled their Richmond Birdwing Butterfly ‘light-captures.’

Making jewellery
to proudly wear
home! 

At different stands, we all learnt about the different features of native flora and fauna—having fun looking at and sorting, tracks, shapes, seeds and shells.

  Holding friendly
giant burrowing
cockroaches is
ALWAYS FUN!
 

And we all enjoyed the fishing game devised by the Girl Guides. Thanks girls!

The tricky
Fishing Game!
 
 

We extend sincere thanks to our new sponsor Seqwater.

Water was the drink
of the day and
everyone appreciated
the Seqwater filtered
refills!
 

We are also grateful for the continuing support of Lord Mayor’s Suburban Initiative Fund, the Pullenvale Ward Councillor and the Brisbane City Council Creek Catchment Program for their generosity and support.

 
A big gold star
also to our young
Star Helpers for
pitching in and making
the day so happy!

And we must acknowledge the tireless efforts and energy of our Public Relations Officer, Dale Borgelt, who is the dynamo behind these wonderful days. (All images on this page were kindly supplied by Dale). 


CAN’T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR !!!
(Keep it free – the 2nd Sunday in June)

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Happy 20th Birthday MCCG !!!

June 28, 2017 by mccgadmin

“It is very satisfying to visit places that were bare ground 20 years ago and walk in the shade of trees that I remember as seedlings. Now 15-20 metres tall, they bear fruit and seeds for birds to carry off and drop elsewhere.”

 

These simple words from the MCCG’s first Chairman, Gordon Grigg, do not seek any reward for the many hours of care that our volunteer members have bestowed upon the Catchment during the past 20 years.

But they do provide the perfect illustration of a shared passion. Our members are driven by a yearning to protect and retain the simple and valuable landscape that welcomes us home each evening and allows us to shed the pressures of our busy daily lives, even if it’s just for a few hours by the creek each weekend.

The MCCG turns 20 in December 2017.

It has been a remarkable journey. In Gordon’s words:

“Every year the nursery gives out thousands of plants to members, the Photography Competition runs, Section Leaders still hold regular working bees (although not all are active to the same extent), and we still aspire to ‘restore the catchment to a state as practicable as possible to the fauna and flora existing in 1788.  We still have a very active association with BCC.  Our membership has grown considerably, about 500 now, and additional activities such as the Creek Health Management Program and Kids Day have since been added to our annual calendar.”


Keep an eye out for how we will pay tribute to the passion of our members and a celebration of our achievements over the group’s first 20 years.

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