Home » Articles posted by finiaadmin (Page 49)
Author Archives: finiaadmin
Turtle Nest Relocation – Sandy Cape
Hatchlings scurrying to the water
Turtle nest relocation gallery.
Loggerhead nests are relocated into 4 “dingo proof” hatching pens that are situated back from possible erosion.
Between 60 and 100 nests are relocated each year, which translates to between 6000 and 7000 eggs which dingoes and sea erosion cannot destroy.
The Importance of Monitoring
For almost two decades there has been obvious evidence of sediment flowing off the roads and creating alluvial plumes in places on Fraser Island.
Fraser Island Conference — “A Natural Laboratory”
The fifth Biennial Fraser Island Conference will be held in the Mt Coot-tha Auditorium in Brisbane on Thursday, 8th August.
The Conference being organized by FIDO with the support of both FINIA and the Fraser Island World Heritage Scientific Advisory Committee is featuring the theme “A Natural Laboratory” which underlines two aspects of the purposes in having these ongoing conferences. (more…)
FIDO Bush Regenerators transforming Eurong
Retaining the natural integrity that justified Fraser Island’s World Heritage status means hard work for FIDO’s volunteer teams who are waging a war against weeds
ROUND ISLAND WEEDING DAY: 23 APRIL 2013
In search of “Broad-leaf Pepper”
By Vanessa Elwell-Gavins
As a complete newcomer to Hervey Bay and Queensland (from Tasmania), this trip to Round Island (a follow-up to a weed working bee six weeks earlier) was my first exposure to the task of managing environmental weeds in a sub-tropical environment. (more…)
More Fraser Island Creepers
By Michael Lowe
FINIA’s last newsletter featured a terrific article by David Anderson on the colourful and rare local native vine species, Fraser Island Creeper or Tecomanthe hillii. In this issue I will explore more of the Island’s ‘must have’ native vine species for local gardening, landscaping and bush regeneration projects.
Bush Regeneration Trip Gallery March 2013
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.
Weed Busting: Mother of Millions and Live Leaf
by Col Zemek Fraser Coast Regional Council
Mother of Millions (left) Bryophyllum delagoense and hybrids and
Live leaf (below right) B.pinnatum
These fleshy leaved succulents with apt names will flower through winter.
Weed Busting: Glory Lily
by Col Zemek Fraser Coast Regional Council
Glory lily (Gloriosa superba)
Declared under Local Law No. 3 (2010) for Fraser Island ONLY.
A native to Africa and Asia.
(more…)
FINIA 