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FINIA Monitoring Project
Boorangoora Site 1 is unobtrusively placed and can capture a significant section of the beach
John Sinclair – FIDO
In late November 2012 FIDO installed several monitoring posts on the island. Four large photo monitoring posts have been set up at Lake McKenzie (Boorangoora) to enable visual monitoring of the beach and its use as well as the state of the beach over the years.
Happy Valley Xmas
The 2012 Xmas get together at Happy Valley was a great opportunity to catch up and reflect on the year that was 2012. Thanks to Steve for providing the venue and his staff for their assistance. Thanks also to associate members who assisted on the day. Invited guests comprised 21 QPWS staff and 31 partnership members, volunteers and family. It was a great opportunity for all to mingle while enjoying great food and drinks. Nursery plants and brochures were on offer and readily taken up by members.
FIDO Revving up Weed Replacement Operations at Eurong
John Sinclair, Fraser Island Defenders Organisation
During the past year FIDO has made an impressive impact in addressing the weeds at Eurong with three weeding weeks in the last year contributing 723 volunteer hours working on the problem in one of Fraser Island’s centres of weed infestation.
One of 17 trailer loads of weeds and garden waste that went to the Eurong waste transfer station during FIDO’s May weed replacement trip
Progress With The George Haddock Memorial Walk
John Bristow, National Parks Association of Queensland
We have not been communicating very regularly lately. Now is the time to give you an update and refresh your memory on the background of this vision. We have almost completed the EIS for this George Haddock Track as it is being labelled in the report. (more…)
QPWS Update
John Stewart, Senior Ranger – Fraser Island, QPWS
Lake McKenzie shoreline after initial infrastructure removal in August.
On the 15th of September, Ranger In Charge for Southern Fraser, Kim Fleischfresser, and I joined community members, including representatives of the Fraser Island Association and the Fraser Coast 4WD Club, for the OceanWatch clean up day.
QPWS Update
Lou Coles, Community Engagement Ranger – Great Sandy, QPWS
The everlasting paper daisy is now flowering in coastal areas
In the last couple of months I have picked up where Alana left off in supporting FINIA. It’s great to be involved with the positive action occurring on the Island due to the dynamic group of people and stakeholders that FINIA has become. In addition to administration and facilitation I have been learning the ropes of the nursery and absorbing as much as I can from Michael Lowe in regard to seed collection and plant propagation of our local Fraser Island species – and we do have some beautiful plant species on Fraser Island that will look fantastic in residential gardens.
CVA Nature Wise, Scat Collection
Alana Kippers, QPWS
Jane, a CVA volunteer, collecting dingo scats on Fraser Island’s Eastern Beach (Photo by Jono Bateman)
The scat collection study is continuing after the first batch of scats (172) have been independently analysed.
The Conservation Volunteers, Nature Wise program commenced their second program on Fraser Island on May 15. The program had four participants, with Jono Bateman as the program leader. NRM QPWS rangers John, Gordon and Linda assisted the group in the collection of the scats and provided vital information on Fraser Island dingoes and the scat study.
Tick Alert!
Bree Jashin, Vice President FIA, FINIA Representative FIA
Over the last two years with the damp/deluge conditions from La Niña, South East Queensland has seen the explosion in the prevalence of ticks and tick bites causing domestic animal deaths and potentially causing harm to humans.
Jamella treatment
Infected Pandanus at Happy Valley (photo: Bree Jashin)
Following the information workshop on Jamella last September a 2-day treatment and control working bee was set up by FIA/FINIA. Four FCRC Parks and Gardens staff, two QPWS volunteers, one FIA member/volunteer and two QPWS staff inspected and injected almost 40 plants on private land and road reserve and over 200 plants on Parks land. (more…)
Dingo Scat Collection
Dingo scat containing bone (photo: Alana Kippers)
Stage III of the dingo population study started in September with QPWS staff collecting dingo scats. The first formal collection was conducted from 21 – 24 November 2011 with the Conservation Volunteers Australia Nature Wise Program. (more…)
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