STOP IT FROM SEEDING!
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STOP IT FROM SEEDING!
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Our Catchment abounds with resilient people and amazing stories! …. not to mention postcard-perfect scenery and diverse plant-life and wildlife!
We invite YOU to share your stories in our new online feature called “Bush Bites”.
Tell us about your encounters with wildlife, nature and people, your love of the Catchment and its characters, forgotten pieces of history, stories of today – we have a captive audience!
To start the ball rolling, Ed Frazer has provided some wonderful stories about the myriad of life on his Brookfield property – and he has some amazing photos to go with them!
Take a look! His first piece is a Never-ending Story about his encounters while taking photos of Mistletoe birds – it’s a great read!
Click here and prepare to be entertained!
And if you’d like to share your own story, please send an email to:
[email protected]
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The Restoring Habitats Forum, originally scheduled for Sunday 8 October, has been postponed until Sunday 8 November.
Brisbane City Council invites you to the forum, which will explore the human aspects of bushcare.
Participants will look at the power of nature connection, how to better create and support resilient groups and how to communicate and engage with your community. Guest speakers include Mark Creyton, Genevieve Robey and Anne Cleary. Together with Habitat Brisbane and catchment groups, they will share how they work with and support their volunteers. Their presentations will be followed by practical workshops.
Restoring Habitats: Beyond the trees – the importance of people to bushcare |
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Date: | Sunday 12 November 2017 |
Time: | 8am-2.20pm |
Where: | Griffith University EcoCentre, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, N68, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan |
RSVP: | Bookings essential. Book your spot through Eventbrite by 5pm Wednesday 8 November. |
For more information contact Andrew Wills, Creek Catchment Officer on 3407 0215 or email: [email protected]
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… there is something you can do!
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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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}
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