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K’gari Stories for Children
For those of you that subscribe to this website or the FINIA Facebook page, you may have noticed a few stories for children creeping in?
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Moving Towards Eradication – Bitou Bush
Linda Behrendorff (QPWS) has co-authored a paper with Stacy Harris (Biosecurity Queensland) and Ian Muirhead on the bitou bush eradication project on K’gari – Fraser Island, which was recently published in the journal Ecological Restoration and Management. (more…)
Biocontrol of Lantana on K’gari
At least 15 years ago, we became aware of the failure of lantana to recolonise areas at Eurong where we had removed it. We then started to observe the thinning out of the lantana in the bush. (more…)
Zero Chemical Weed Management Project
Over the last two working bees, Fraser Coast Regional Council Community Environment Program volunteers and staff have contributed a total of 199 hours of work in Happy Valley. (more…)
Happy Valley Weeding Trip
Held between the 5 and 11 August 2018, none Fraser Island Defender Organisation (FIDO) volunteers worked a minimum of four hours per person per day, contributing a total in excess of 180 hours. (more…)
Eurong Bush Regeneration
Between 21 to 27 October 2018, the group of 10 Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) volunteers contributed 239.5 volunteer hours of work in the Eurong precinct (more…)
Scientists to follow up Cooloola BioBlitz moth
The discovery of a new species of Boronia Moth during the Cooloola BioBlitz brought one of Australia’s leaders in scientific research to Cooloola next Month to follow up the discovery. (more…)
Now it’s a Lantana Attack!
Following a very successful Easter Cassia Blitz at Happy Valley at the end of April where a very significant amount of Lantana was also removed, FIDO volunteers at Eurong in July turned their attention to attacking Lantana. (more…)
A Clash of Cultures Kills K’gari Icon
K’gari is inscribed on the World Heritage list for three outstanding values. One of these is its outstanding natural beauty. However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and on K’gari there are two incompatible views of beauty when it comes to viewing the vegetation. Where many find beauty in the bush, some see the natural ecosystems as untidy and messy. Opposite views are even more pronounced in the urban areas where the rose garden mentality is in direct competition with the natural values that brought about K’gari’s World Heritage listing. (more…)
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