Location: CWCN Centre, 47 Hepworth St, Chapel Hill (UBD 178 A11)
Type: Workshop
Organiser: Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network Inc
Contact: Jutta on 0407 583 441
Martin Fingland from Geckoes Wildlife will share his immense knowledge with participants and guide them through ecology, bird behaviour, habitat adaptations and other issues, and what makes Australian birds of prey different to those on other continents.For more information and registration form, go to the CWCN website.
Brisbane City Council is creating a city-wide plan which aims to provide off-road cycling facilities for children, adults, and families within bushland reserves and parks.
Off-road cycling refers to cycling facilities other than roads and designated bike paths.
In addition to encouraging people to get outdoors into nature, Council is also committed to protecting the natural habitat of the locations to be used for off-road cycling facilities.
It is seeking feedback from residents who may complete a survey and/or indicate locations where they currently ride off-road using a mapping tool.
A draft concept plan is planned to be released for community engagement in May this year.
To have your say, please head to the Brisbane City Council website.
Western suburbs residents may be interested to learn of an appeal lodged recently against the Brisbane City Council approval to build ziplines, walking platforms and a suspension bridge on Mt Coot-tha.
The appeal was lodged on 15 March 2019 by the Mt Coot-tha Protection Alliance Inc.
For more information about the appeal and other community-based zipline news please visit the Mt Coot-tha Protection Alliance website.
Location: Brookfield Hall, 655 Brookfield Road, Brookfield
Type: Event
Organiser: Healthy Land and Water
Contact: http://www.fireandbiodiversity.org.au/events.html
Learn how to prepare your property with practical fire management advice from Rural Fire Service, SEQ Fire & Biodiversity Consortium and Brisbane City Council.. Free event. Supper provided – TELL YOUR NEIGHBOURS!
The MCCG featured in a recent episode of the ABC’s “Gardening Australia”.
Head to our Facebook page to see an impressively crafted segment about Cats Claw Creeper, ably delivered by Adrian Webb and supported by wonderful footage from the ABC team.
The scourge of Cats Claw Creeper – © Adrian Webb
Learn how to prepare your property with practical fire management advice from Rural Fire Service, the SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium, and the Brisbane City Council.
A free session for local residents will be held on Thursday 21 March 2019,from 6pm to 9pm at the Brookfield Hall, 655 Brookfield Road, Brookfield.
Registration is NOT necessary. Light supper provided. Please tell your neighbours too!
This project is supported by Healthy Land and Water, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.
For more info visit the SEQ QLD Fire and Biodiversity Consortium website.
Our Autumn 2019 newsletter is arguably our best one yet!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR: put the kids to bed early, grab a drink of your choice and settle in for an entertaining and very informative read!
This issue focuses on the drought conditions affecting our catchment. It’s packed with interesting facts, figures and strategies.
It features a WONDERFUL article by Cody Hochen from Brisbane City Council about successful plantings of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly vine (Pararistolochia praevenosa).
To read the newsletter, simply click the “Download our current newsletter” link on this page.
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Green Tree Frog © Phil Bird Phil explains how this lovely frog copes with drought in our newsletter |
THANK YOU to Editor Cathi Lawrence and to all those who generously submitted content.
Our special thanks also to Codi Hochen, Wildlife Conservation Partnerships Officer with BCC and Paul Wright for allowing us to publish his AMAZING Richmond Birdwing Butterfly photo.
REMEMBER: Any picture or story of just 50-100 words from an MCCG member has an excellent chance of getting into our newsletter. Go on! Send your email right now!
Our colleagues at the Pullen Pullen Catchments Group have reported a scientific alert regarding an outbreak of a severe skin disease caused by a pathogenic fungus in wild eastern water dragons in Southeast Queensland.
This outbreak poses a serious threat to Australia’s reptilian fauna.
Members of the public are requested to report sightings of any animals suspected of infection.
Full details of symptoms and contact details to advise sightings are available on the Pullen Pullen Catchments Group website.
We are having a special planting session of 800 plants on Sunday 31 March !!!
Brisbane City Council has prepared the area with mulch and dug the planting holes for us so THE HARD WORK is DONE! NO EXCUSES!
Please help us with this planting!!!
but SO beautifully adapted to “soak up the pooled liquid nectar stored in flowers!”
Welcome to the world of the Brown Honeyeater!
This little bird, with its unremarkable name and equally unremarkable appearance, is one you are very likely encounter or hear every day – but much less likely to notice!
Dull in appearance but by no means lacking in endeavour!
Head to Jim Butler’s latest Feather Fascination to learn more: Feather Fascination March 2019
Perhaps we’ll all start noticing these engaging little birds from now on!
© Ed Frazer
