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Will killing dingoes on K’gari make it safer? We think it’s unlikely.
After the tragic death of Canadian backpacker Piper James on K’gari (Fraser Island) on January 19, a coroner found the 19–year–old had been bitten by dingoes while she was still alive, but the most likely cause of death was drowning. Days later, the Queensland government announced it would cull the entire pack of ten dingoes seen near where Piper’s body was found. Most of those animals have now been killed.
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K’gari Tops the Island Charts for Frog and Freshwater Fish Biodiversity
Researchers have completed the first comprehensive database of freshwater species on Australian islands. The results of the research have been published in Diversity and Distributions journal.
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Dingo Detour: Rangers Guide Wild Guests Home to the Bush
K’gari NRM wongari (dingo) rangers, and recently stepped in to help a family of five tiny 4-6 week dingo pups who had decided that the cozy space under a private residence was the perfect place for their first home.
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Sea Cucumber Stories Wanted
The University of the Sunshine Coast is undertaking a research project on the sea cucumber (bêche-de-mer) fishery in Hervey Bay; the Great Sandy Strait (Korrawinga), and Tin Can Bay in the 1980s and 1990s.
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What a wonderful year for sea turtles!
As the sea turtle nesting season ends (Winter 2025), we have had an exciting year with new volunteers joining us in Hervey Bay this season, which gives us new opportunities for the legacy to continue.
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Freshwater Foodwebs on K’gari
During a recent weed control trip to Happy Valley, FIDO volunteers took a swim in the magnificent Wyuna Creek north of Dundubara, on the advice of my good friend Myles Broom from the Butchulla Land and Sea Rangers. Myles introduced me to this little piece of paradise as “Little Eli.” A most appropriate name.
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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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K’gari’s planned burning program ignites for 2025
The flames of protection and renewal are lighting up K’gari as the island’s annual collaborative planned burning program sparks into action.
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The Indian (Common) Myna bird is no minor threat to K’gari
You may have noticed an added little, black, bird species in the last five years around residential areas of K’gari and on the adjoining mainland.
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