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Book your place now for September’s Fraser Island Bush Regeneration Trip!
Join FIDO for a week of weeding!
Sunday 15 September to Saturday 21 September.
Cost $200
Click Here to see a gallery from a recent FIDO Bush Regeneration trip.
This project is coordinated by Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO). It is run on a not for profit basis. All tools, accommodation, food, transport (to and from Brisbane or Sunshine Coast in 4WD vehicle) and island tours are provided.
4WD Clean-Up Fraser Island
Four Wheel Drive Queensland held their annual Fraser Island Clean-up event on Sunday 2nd June, picking up marine debris along the length of the eastern beach between Dilli Village and Orchid Beach. This year marked the twelfth event held on Fraser Island, thanks to the hard work and organisation of Four Wheel Drive Queensland with the support of QPWS. (more…)
FIDO Bush Regenerators transforming Eurong
Retaining the natural integrity that justified Fraser Island’s World Heritage status means hard work for FIDO’s volunteer teams who are waging a war against weeds
ROUND ISLAND WEEDING DAY: 23 APRIL 2013
In search of “Broad-leaf Pepper”
By Vanessa Elwell-Gavins
As a complete newcomer to Hervey Bay and Queensland (from Tasmania), this trip to Round Island (a follow-up to a weed working bee six weeks earlier) was my first exposure to the task of managing environmental weeds in a sub-tropical environment. (more…)
More Fraser Island Creepers
By Michael Lowe
FINIA’s last newsletter featured a terrific article by David Anderson on the colourful and rare local native vine species, Fraser Island Creeper or Tecomanthe hillii. In this issue I will explore more of the Island’s ‘must have’ native vine species for local gardening, landscaping and bush regeneration projects.
Bush Regeneration Trip Gallery March 2013
Another FIDO organized bush regeneration trip to Eurong 10th to 16th March enabled great progress to be made in advancing the natural integrity of Eurong, Fraser Island’s most visiteds its outside of Kingfisher.
Weed Busting: Mother of Millions and Live Leaf
by Col Zemek Fraser Coast Regional Council
Mother of Millions (left) Bryophyllum delagoense and hybrids and
Live leaf (below right) B.pinnatum
These fleshy leaved succulents with apt names will flower through winter.
Weed Busting: Glory Lily
by Col Zemek Fraser Coast Regional Council
Glory lily (Gloriosa superba)
Declared under Local Law No. 3 (2010) for Fraser Island ONLY.
A native to Africa and Asia.
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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…)
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