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K’gari Biosecurity Strategy BlueSheet Workshop
On 3-4 June 2025, members of the K’gari Biosecurity Advisory Group (KBAG) joined key stakeholders for a 2-day collaborative Biosecurity Strategy BlueSheet workshop held on K’gari.
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FINIA Field Trip 2025
It is incredible to think that this year, marks 20 years since the formation of FINIA and their first weed workshop held on K’gari. Weeds and biosecurity are still a massive (and growing) issue for the World Heritage property and an area that concerns many of our partners.
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Recycling on K’gari
Best management practice isn’t always easy to achieve on the World’s largest sand island – even if it is a World Heritage property.
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FINIA on Tour – Annual Field Trip 2024
In June, FINIA members headed off to K’gari for their annual field trip and on-island meeting. The annual field trips have become a highlight in the FINIA calendar and are an opportunity for partnering organisations to network, share information and learn more about K’gari.
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Monitoring Abrus Management in Happy Valley
There has been a lot of discussion and correspondence regarding the issue of weed management in the Unallocated State Land and other State-controlled lands within the Happy Valley Town Reserve.
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FINIA Field Trip 2023
May 4th and 5th were the dates of this year’s FINIA annual tour of K’gari. Each year FINIA aims to have one two-day meeting on K’gari. FINIA is a community-based partnership dedicated to the protection of the K’gari World Heritage Area’s natural integrity and ecological assets to help ensure that all stakeholders are successfully cooperating in caring for K’gari.
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FINIA Annual Field Trip 2022
From May 26 to 27, FINIA members participated in their annual two-day Field Trip to K’gari.
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K’gari Cleans Up After the Flood
In March, over 40 cubic metres of flood debris washed up on K’gari (Fraser Island) beaches as a result of flooding from northern NSW and South East Queensland.
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Happy Valley Resilient Australia Award Winners
Happy Valley Rural Fire Brigade and Happy Valley Community Association recently received a Resilient Australia Award.
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Happy Valley’s Weeds Are On The Run
The long-awaited clean-up of the weed-infested Happy Valley Central Dune area has started with a bang.
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