Fraser Island Defenders Organisation in Fraser Island | Non-profit organisation

Fraser Island Defenders Organisation

Locality: Fraser Island

Address: Eurong 4581 Fraser Island, QLD, Australia

Website: https://fido.org.au

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24.01.2022 Thankyou to all the volunteers that work tirelessly for the love of K’gari Find your local Landcare/Coastcare group here and let the adventures begin.

23.01.2022 Do you like birds. Here’s something of interest for you.

22.01.2022 I don't mean to "bug" you but you should grab your tickets for the Cooloola BioBlitz asap. Numbers are limited. Pictured here Cooloola Coastcare Coordinator, ...Dr Lindy Orwin and Entomologist Dr Andrew Maynard seem to be kindred spirits when it comes to insects. Come along and meet some amazing critters under the guidance of some amazing scientists and enthusiasts. You don't have to get quite this close to enjoy the event. Everything you need to know can be found on the website at https://www.cooloolacoastcare.org.au/projects/bioblitz See more

21.01.2022 Kingfisher Bay Weather Station maintenance complete, not a bad view.

20.01.2022 If you see Myrtle rust please photograph and report. Details are in the article.

20.01.2022 It’s National Bird Week , Australia! A great way to celebrate our fantastic avian fauna is to head outside and take part in Birdlife Australia’s Aussie B...ackyard Bird Count. You don’t have to stay in your backyard if you’d rather venture further afield, all you need is 20 minutes, some keen eyesight and a device with the #AussieBirdCount app downloaded. You can directly enter species you recognise, or the app has easy to navigate guidance to help you identify any birds that are unfamiliar. You can do as many 20 minute counts as you like up until National Bird Week ends on Sunday head on out! Further details, including a short video explaining the app, are here: https://www.birdlife.org.au/get-involved/whats-on/bird-week'. : Sjoerd van Berge Henegouwen, National Geographic

20.01.2022 # ' ( ): If you’re visiting K’gari (Fraser Island) with children ...and teenagers, it’s important to establish and maintain dingo-safe camping habits for the safety of your family and other families. Wongari (dingo) are the apex predator in the island’s spectacular ecosystem, and need to be treated with respect and safety in mind. We strongly recommend that families camp in areas with dingo-deterrent fencing such as Central Station camping area; Dundubara camping area; Lake Boomanjin camping area and Waddy Point (top) camping area. The fencing was installed to ensure the safety of visitors and to protect the wongari (dingo). It limits the wongari’s access to people’s food and rubbish and reduces scavenging around camping and day-use areas. When wongari lose their natural wariness of humans and come to expect food from them, it encourages them to come closer and may lead to increased aggression towards people, especially children. Since the fences were installed, negative interactions between people and the wongari in these areas have greatly reduced. When you’re staying in a fenced campground think safety first. - Use the pedestrian gate. - Ensure the gates are closed after you leave. Never prop gates open. - Use fenced areas for picnics. (Picnics on the lake shore or beach put you at the wongari’s level and can encourage them to steal your food). - All food and food scented materials should be kept in lockable metal or thick plastic boxes or in a closed vehicles, even when in fenced areas. Visitor safety and animal welfare is our top priority. Make it yours too and Be Dingo-Safe these holidays. Find out more about how to be dingo safe before your trip at www.qld.gov.au/BeDingoSafe.

19.01.2022 Weather Station maintenance completed at Orchid Beach, work was delayed due to the 180mm which fell on Sunday 4 April. The Davis Engineers have a sense of humour.

19.01.2022 The FIDO publishing team have finished compiling and editing MOONBI 139 which is available immediately for electronic distribution. The importance of MOONBI From Fraser Island Bulldog (chapter 2), a memoir by John Sinclair... At the time of the formation of FIDO when mining leases were being opposed in the Mining Warden’s court, (Christmas New Year 1970-71), one of the methods we had of keeping Fraser Island in the news in the light of media reluctance to promote the issue was through our ever-growing network. We had almost 500 members and a very large distribution list. Thus, I documented our side of the case as concisely as I could and then included these articles in our FIDO newsletter MOONBI. It was sent far and wide. Thus, despite being ignored by some of the commercial media, FIDO’s story of Fraser Island had an enviable circulation and was being relayed to friends, neighbours and relatives of the recipients. MOONBI had a huge flow-on effect and I found myself constantly at the handle of the old Gestetner duplicating machine running off hundreds of copies of every edition, then with the assistance of my family and a small team collating, folding them and posting them out. It was tedious but the effort and expense was well justified. It still is. After more than forty years later I am still producing MOONBI with some slightly more sophisticated tools of the computer and using commercial photocopying machines. MOONBI became one of the more widely read conservation journals and was to help our cause enormously.

19.01.2022 Queensland camping areas are open! We’re excited to advise that you can now book your next camping trip, as well as vehicle access permits, up to one month in a...dvance via the Queensland National Parks Booking Service - http://ow.ly/Q5H250A1heb. Camping and recreation areas closed due to COVID-19 are openincluding facilities such as picnic tables, barbecues and toiletshowever some restrictions will be in place to keep our visitors safe such as limiting the number of campers at any one time, and keeping showers closed. If you’re able to be self-contained we recommend you bring your own facilities to reduce the use of the communal facilities. We encourage you to explore part of #Queensland you haven’t visited before. Plan your trip and jump online to book your camping and vehicle access permits. Bookings are essential. Please note, to assist us with managing safety, visitor numbers will be restricted in the popular #Cooloola and #BribieIsland recreation areas where a specific COVID-19 access authority will be required for access to these locations (available online for no additional cost to the normal requirements for vehicle and camping permits). Visit http://ow.ly/U5UK50A1hed for more information. Always check Park Alerts before leaving home for up-to-date information for a specific location. We look forward to welcoming you back! : Maxime Coquard Queensland Government #qldparks

19.01.2022 Why not try the Frog ID app. Record Frog calls and experts tell you what they are. #citizenscience http://theconversation.com/australians-recorded-frog-calls-

19.01.2022 Learn how to record the wonders you see on K’gari and beyond. The great southern Bioblitz is coming up soon, you may discover a new species. #citizenscience

17.01.2022 Time for some weather station maintenance.

17.01.2022 FIDO Weather updated to improve speed! We had so much data we had to summarise it. Making sure we have details for later while keeping it snappy for use now.

16.01.2022 Near Central Station (looks untouched).

15.01.2022 After a rusty antennae hiatus, Happy Valley weather station is back online. https://fido.org.au/weather/happyvalley Sunrise at Yidney Rocks that morning.

14.01.2022 Please listen to the experts regarding this fire and visiting the island.

13.01.2022 The Fido Eurong nursery team have been busy seed collecting and processing. The seed cone of Banksia aemula (Wallum Banksia) hold the seed in until it’s is released by fire. We cooked the cones in the oven and now we can sow the seed and produce more plants.

13.01.2022 A photo of beautiful K'gari shared with FIDO.

13.01.2022 Happy Valley weather station maintenance complete. FIDO’s first weather station needed a new pole, wind cups and wind vane, the log provided by QPWS is holding up. You can just see the Ocean from up here.

12.01.2022 Are you interested in participating in a K'gari Bushfire Review Forum? Expressions of interest close next Tuesday 12 January 2021. People who express an interest will be contacted closer to the forum date via email to confirm their attendance and provide times and venue details.

11.01.2022 # : Being dingo-safe on K’gari (Fraser Island) involves planning ahead to make sure you have the right equipment for s...toring and managing food while you’re there. The wongari (dingo) is the apex predator in the island’s spectacular ecosystem, and need to be treated with respect and safety in mind. A wongari’s sense of smell is thousands of times stronger than ours, so even the scent of food can attract them. Wongari are attracted by anything with a food scent including dish cloths, cooking gear, wine casks, toothpaste, soaps, shampoo & toothpaste. Even inside fenced camping areas, rubbish & food can attract wongari & other wildlife. To help your family, and other families, stay safe & minimise harm for our native wongari the best thing you can do is store food correctly. Plan ahead: Buy strong, lockable metal containers or thick plastic boxes with heavy-duty straps for storing both food & rubbish. Buy or bring sturdy garbage bags to secure your rubbish after meals & make it easy to carry to the bulk bins. On K’gari: Store food & anything with a food scent securely away from the tent or tarp. Always be vigilant when cooking food; never leave it unattended. As soon as you’ve finished cooking & eating clean up dishes, barbecue plates and tables. Use the specially designed washing up facilities in the main camping areas. Dispose of rubbish correctly. Immediately secure your rubbish & put the sealed bags in the camp bins or in a closed, locked vehicle. (Never hang rubbish from vehicles, trees or tent poles). Before you go to bed, put all snacks, drinks & empty containers away securely. Keep your camp site boring. Don’t leave anything lying or flapping around that the wongari can steal or tear at. Visitor safety and animal welfare is our top priority, make it yours too. Find out more about how to be dingo safe before your trip at www.qld.gov.au/BeDingoSafe

10.01.2022 The Maheno November 2013

09.01.2022 Did you know that FIDO has a native plant nursery on K’gari? It was established to encourage the landholders to replace their introduced garden plant species with native plants. Plants are provided for free but a donation to continue our work is always welcome. If you require plants please Contact us for more information. Either through FB messenger or [email protected] Cuttings of three new species were added this trip -... Chrysocephylum apiculatum ( yellow Buttons-a ground cover) Tetragonia tetragonoides- Warrigal greens ( bush food plant) And Platysace linearifolia - (lowshrub/ ground cover). The leaves when crushed had an interesting smell/ pleasant scent. This plant comes from the same family (APIACEAE) As carrots or parsley which explains why it ( smells like fresh carrots). Seed was collected and cleaned or cooked (banksias) and then sowed fresh. We were surprised to find the seed of Macrozamia douglasii (great sandy Zamia) collected Feb 2019 had started to sprout.

08.01.2022 We're excited! Cooloola BioBlitz is sold out. We do still have 8 places for sponsored Kabi Kabi participants if you know a Kabi Kabi person who wants to attend. They will need to get in touch with me for the code. You can still join the wait list in case of any cancellations. See the website https://www.cooloolacoastcare.org.au/projects/bioblitz

08.01.2022 We can all do our bit in reducing plastic in the environment. Please think about what you take onto the island. Think reusable. Leave the plastic waste at home. https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/

07.01.2022 Coming up this weekend at Rainbow Beach...

07.01.2022 Seeing the wongari on K’gari (Fraser Island) is a special wildlife experience because you can observe the island’s... apex predator in their natural habitat, going about their everyday lives. Wongari are naturally curious and sometimes may approach humans or move through areas where your family is staying. They mainly hunt around dawn and dusk and into the night for natural prey and can often be seen roaming along the beaches. It’s important to remember that the wongari are wild, predatory animalsthey are not domestic pets and do not obey commands from people. The best way to appreciate the wongari is from a distance. June to August on K’gari is feeding time for newborn wongari pups and mothers may be aggressive as they need to find food for themselves and their pups. Alpha mothers are very domineering during this stage, even killing another mother’s pups if she has mated with one of the pack. It’s all about survival of the strongest and the alpha pair want their pups to survive. Unlike domestic dogs, dingoes only have pups once per year. Usually only the dominant pair of each pack will successfully breed and raise pups. Dens are very carefully guarded and well hidden. The other pack members help to rear the pups. The social system within all wongari packs means that not all pups can survive to adulthood. Usually only two to three pups will survive to the next breeding season. Pups usually become independent at 34 months of age but still rely on their family pack for survival until the next breeding season begins. Visitor safety and animal welfare is our top priority. Make it yours too and Be Dingo-Safe these holidays. Find out more about how to be dingo safe before your trip at http://ow.ly/iiO450AdKyN. #qldenvironment | Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation - BAC

06.01.2022 NAIDOC week 2020 May we continue to work together for the Love of K’gari

05.01.2022 Happy World Rangers Day to all our wonderful Rangers

05.01.2022 Birds eye view of Lake McKenzie

04.01.2022 Our July volunteers were able to appreciate the stars

03.01.2022 Here’s the overnight rain/weather observations. Not all areas received the much needed rain. they will

02.01.2022 We're baaack. An exciting list of new team leaders join many of our favourites for the 2021 Cooloola BioBlitz. Register now! Numbers strictly limited.