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Weed Busting: Easter Cassia
by Col Zemek Fraser Coast Regional Council
Easter Cassia (Senna pendula var. glabrata)
Declared under Local Law No. 3 (2010) for Fraser Island ONLY
A native to tropical America. (more…)
Weed Busting: Mickey Mouse Plant
by Col Zemek Fraser Coast Regional Council
Mickey Mouse Plant (Ochna serrulata).
A native to Africa. (more…)
Weed busting on Fraser Island.
by Col Zemek Fraser Coast Regional Council
Have you noticed plants introduced to gardens in the townships of Fraser Island escaping and spreading throughout the island and into the National Park? You can help stop this spread by removing them wherever you see them and planting recommended plants native to Fraser Island. (more…)
Lake McKenzie (Boorangoora) Photo Monitoring Project
This project is being carried out by FIDO
By John Sinclair – FIDO
Lake McKenzie (Boorangoora) Beach:
In response to criticisms of the modifications to the beach at Lake McKenzie (Boorangoora) in 2010, the QPWS invited the Fraser Island Natural Integrity Alliance to set up a monitoring project on the impacts of recreational use of the lake’s beaches as a basis for future management and decisions relating to the lake.
Eurong nursery update
If you would like to order some native plants to replace any exotics that you have in your garden please contact me
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Monitoring Boorangoora Beach
At the end of November 2012 the Fraser Island Defenders Organization installed monitoring poles in ten locations to measure the depth and rate of sediment accumulation, mainly as a result of road run-off. (more…)
A Colourful Fraser Island
David Anderson, Fraser Island Association
In numerous attempts to “sell” the idea of Fraser Island native plants to replace exotics in gardens around Eurong, I have been met with the same plea from a number of land owners: “Can we get plants with colour?” (more…)
FINIA-FIDO Caring for Country Weeding Trip Report
Michael Lowe
Through nothing less than luck, FIDO’s weed replacement team spent a relatively dry week operating in Eurong township from Feb 03-09 in between two significant wet weather events. The breif repreive in rainy skies allowed the team to continue the valuable work of removing weed species from around Eurong township, the resort and Second Valley. (more…)
Shorebird Monitoring
Dorothy Pashniak
Shorebird monitoring can be both fascinating and frustrating. The fascination happens during summer when there are thousands of birds to watch, photograph, and count. By the end of summer I usually have a list of questions that will take a while for which to find answers – and then the birds are gone on their northern migration. This is the start of the period of frustration.
Sandy Cape Lighthouse
Erosion caused by recent severe low Oswald at Sandy Cape lighthouse gate.
Don & Lesley Bradley – Sandy Cape Lighthouse Conservation Association
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