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Research into Human-Dingo Interactions

A small, multidisciplinary project in the disciplines of environmental humanities, environmental sociology, communication, geography and geo-spatial science has just been funded by DSTIA.

The project, entitled ‘The Iconic Dingo: valuing their future on K’gari-Fraser Island’ aims to interpret existing K’Gari-Fraser Island visitor and human-dingo interaction data provided by QPWS partners as a guide to gathering new data on the way various stakeholders and interests value and expect to interact with dingoes. (more…)

Reframing Values for Fraser Island’s Future

In a new paper just published by the Australasian Journal of Environmental Management (AJEM), Grant Wardell-Johnson, David Shoeman, Thomas Schlacher, Angela Wardell-Johnson, Mike Weston, Yoko Shimuzu and Gabriel Conroy examine the future of Fraser Island as an icon. (more…)

Signage goes digital!

FINIA has led a number of communication initiatives over the years – starting with our Weed Information Shelters at Happy Valley and Eurong and the notice board at Orchid Beach. These were designed to provide a community space as well as information about some of the worst weed threats and our efforts to control them. (more…)

Sandy Cape Lighthouse

Erosion caused by recent severe low Oswald at Sandy Cape lighthouse gate.

Erosion caused by recent severe low Oswald at Sandy Cape lighthouse gate.

Don & Lesley Bradley – Sandy Cape Lighthouse Conservation Association 

Background Sandy Cape Lighthouse Station consists of the old lighthouse precincts with 2 fully equipped cottages, workshop, office, radio tower (used by police, VMR, Telstra, DERM/QPWS), generator shed, bunded fuel supply depot, bunded chemical shed, garage, stables, solar cells, weather station AND in the middle of all of this, a great big lighthouse which is managed by AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Authority). (more…)