Another FIDO organized bush regeneration trip to Eurong 10th to 16th March enabled great progress to be made in advancing the natural integrity of Eurong, Fraser Island’s most visiteds its outside of Kingfisher.

Eight volunteers not only did much needed weeding but also planted 82 native plants in the Eurong Resort area

Seven of the eight volunteers setting off on 10th March courtesy support from the Kingfisher group

Our journey to Fraser Island took us via Mary River Heads to Wangoolba Creek

We didn’t get far from the ferry because of a shattered bearing on our heavily loaded trailer

Monday was focussed on assessment and follow up on previous work such as refurbishing the sign shelter

Our afternoon foray took us to the Southern Lakes and this relic sample of Dune System 6 near Tobys Airstrip

Water levels have risen almost a metre in Lakes Boomanjin Benaroon and Birrabeen in 3 months since December

As the beach erodes away fungal hyphae hold some sand to the roots

The lakeside vegetation still thrives

After a swim in Lake Birrabeen the team enjoys a smoko.

This Pibin (Syncarpia hillii) growing on Lake Birrabeen’s lunette was twisted by the winds sweeping off the lake

While stopping to check the Pibin monitoring site these lost European hikers walked by. They were happy to bepointed in the right direction saving kilometres of needless walking

Our Tuesday outing was to Wabby Lakes. The extent of beach erosion is illustrated

There are many ground orchids found beside this track

Jacksonia scoparia is one of colonizing woody plants of Hammerstone Sandblow

More interesting are these ironstone nodules created from the chemicals from cell membranes of cyanobacteria

A trip to Kingfisher on Wednesday let us monitor three sites and bring back a trailer load of plants

Kingfisher. A Scribbly Gum (Eucalytus racemosa) avenue lines track to the Stonetool Lookout

These relics from a former entombed forest has been exhumed by the wind in Stonetool Sandblow

A midyim flower

15th March 2013