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Zero Chemical K’gari FCRC Community Environment Program
Rain, frogs, flowers, butterflies and a semi-retired British Colombian species-at-risk biologist!
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In it for the long term – the Sandy Cape Lighthouse Weeding Program
Lighthouse keepers manned Sandy Cape Lighthouse between 1870 and 1997. Like many lighthouses in remote locations, supplies came in, but nothing left the site, with rubbish dumped ‘over the hill.’ With only tank water, hardy plants were introduced by keepers. Many of these survived and escaped, spreading out over 1Km radius.
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Breynia (or Coffee Bush)
Breynia oblongifolia (Family: Phyllanthaceae)
This beautiful native shrub grows along the east coast of Australia and into New Guinea. It can be found in rainforest, Eucalypt woodlands and even some Acacia woodland ecosystems.
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Great Sandy Strait Shorebird Survey
The first surveys of the Great Sandy Strait (GSS) region were completed by Peter Driscoll and published in Driscoll, P.V. (1993). QWSG has continued extensive surveys of the region since February 1995, and in total (including those completed by Peter), 18 surveys have been undertaken.
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Great Sandy Strait Shorebird Course
The Great Sandy Strait (the GSS) is a Ramsar site and an internationally significant site for shorebirds. For many years, QWSG has conducted regular shorebird surveys in the GSS.
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Tiger Time
It’s eerily quiet on the island during the shutdown because of Covid-19. However, some small things keep us entertained during our isolation.
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Winged wanderers migrating north through the Great Sandy area
Butterflies are booming after drought-breaking rains with large numbers of blue butterflies observed heading north within the Great Sandy Area.
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The people of Fraser Island: Working through 250 years of racial double coding
I am from the Wondunna Clan of the Badtjala nation. Our traditional country is the region encompassing all of Fraser Island. On the mainland, our traditional boundaries extend from Double Island Point in the south, to Bauple Mountain in the west and the mouth of the Burrum River in the north. We speak as a sovereign nation as our rights have not been ceded.
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