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We are all worried about environmental weeds in the Moggill Creek Catchment and we are continually on the lookout for the best way to control them.

Images kindly supplied by Dale Borgelt

Come and browse through the fabulous entries in this year’s Photography Competition! 

Entries will be displayed at Kenmore Shopping Village from Monday 24 October until Saturday 29 October 2016.

An Awards Ceremony will be held at the Shopping Village at 2.00pm on Saturday 29 October.

To read more about the competition, click <this link is no longer available>

  

Our crusade to eradicate Cats Claw Creeper is as strong as ever. 

In partnership with SEQ Catchments,  Brisbane City Council and officers of Biosecurity Queensland we are making steady ground to eradicate this aggressive and pervasive South American vine from our catchment.

To read the latest developments, please click here.

CLOSING DATE TODAY!  Be sure to submit your entry for our Photography Competition by 2pm Saturday 22 October!

Entries may be submitted with a completed application form and labels in person at the Trustees’ Room at the rear of Brookfield Hall, Brookfield Showgrounds between 10am and 2pm this Saturday.

The competition has over $1500 up for grabs in cash prizes. Entry is open to all members of the public young and not-so-young, with an open category, a Young Persons category and a special competition for schools in the catchment.

As always, our Photography Competition aims to:

• raise awareness of local environmental issues especially with children
• encourage people to enjoy the variety of flora and fauna in our beautiful catchment
• promote awareness of the Brisbane catchment groups
• encourage membership and participation.

So get clicking and get involved!

Click <this link is no longer available> for all the details. 

A key theme of Brisbane City Council’s Vision 2031 is to build a clean, green city by sustaining our healthy rivers, waterways, natural areas, parklands and biodiversity.

To enable the vision to become reality, Council offers Environmental Grants to eligible community groups involved in initiatives to improve Brisbane’s natural environment.

Submissions for the 2016-2017 round of Environmental Grants must be received by Monday 7 November 2016.  Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by January 2017.

For more information, please visit the BCC website.   

Everybody loves a wide sweeping lawn but our love affair with lawns has resulted in several bird species achieving  significant dominance throughout our suburbs.

We’re all familiar with them – large birds like magpies, butcher birds and the Pied Currawong shown below.

Read the October version of “Feather Fascination” to learn how we can re-define our urban landscape and bring the small birds back!

 

Rainforest Walk in Upper Brookfield – Everyone Welcome!  Sunday, 2nd October 7am start.

This walk is being led by Peter de Jong on his beautifully revegetated property in Upper Brookfield.  For anyone who is interested in bush care, this tour is not to be missed! This is a great chance to see what can be done in restoring native rainforest!

At 7am we will meet at the Upper Brookfield Hall to gather everyone together.
Between 7am and 7.15am we will move to and park at 850 Upper Brookfield Road to begin walk through our property and through the rain forest plantation.
At approximately 8.15am to 8.30am return to UB Hall for BYO breakfast. Tables and bbq will be set up, instant coffee, tea, milk, etc. will be provided by the Hall.

After a long and significant contribution to MCCG as newsletter editor and in many other ways, Graeme Wilson is handing over some of his activities. The MCCG Newsletter will be edited by Dr. Cathi Lawrence from the next edition. She can be reached by email at [email protected]. MCCG Chairman Warren Hoey has provided more details in his letter below:

Support for our Newsletter Editor Graeme Wilson.

Members will be aware of the significant, and far-reaching, contributions made by Graeme Wilson to the continued success of our Catchment Group. During his ten-year editorship, the MCCG newsletter has become an important point of reference, a major source of information on the group and environmental matters, particularly those of relevance to our catchment and a key reason why members join us. Graeme will continue to be an active contributor to our activities for as long as his health permits but, as Dale mentioned in the Spring issue, he has decided that some of the detailed newsletter work can be handed over. We will find a suitable way to recognise Graeme`s significant achievements and contributions. As a founding member of our group, Graeme`s influence has been felt right across MCCG`s many activities. We know he is going to be a difficult ‘act’ to follow.

With effect from the forthcoming Summer edition of our Newsletter, Dr Catherine (Cathi) Lawrence will taking on the detailed work as our editor. Cathi has been for many years actively involved in our Annual Photographic Competition, and is currently a Post-Completion Fellow at UQ’s School of Communication and Arts (and is the elected Vice-President of Alumni Friends of the University of Queensland).

Dale Borgelt, Margaret Hastie and Bryan Hacker will continue to make invaluable contributors to the newsletter. Michelle Johnston (Website) and Janine Nicklin (Face Book) have met Cathi and they also are keen to continue their invaluable contributions in supporting communications within MCCG.

The MCCG management committee will support Cathi in providing a comprehensive list of expert referees and will assist in identifying relevant topics and authors for forthcoming editions.

Please note the NEW email address for the MCCG Newsletter Editor. News, photographs and information for the newsletter can now be emailed to [email protected]. Contributions from all members will continue to be welcome.