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25.01.2022 YELLOW WEED number one: There have been many recent enquiries recently regarding yellow-flowering weeds. Pictured here: Easter Cassia, Senna pendula. It invades disturbed areas and smothers native vegetation. It is dispersed in dumped garden waste. The seed pods pop, delivering to ever-growing thickets. Google search will provide more information. While colourful, it does get a bit monotonous with a long flowering season. It is a weed-bully, replacing everything else.

25.01.2022 Land mullets live in the rainforest margins of SE Queesland and of coastal eastern Australia down to Gosford, NSW. They will occasionally enter private gardens around their forest homes, particularly if they are well vegetated. Thank you Michael Hicks for the photograph.... https://reptilepark.com.au/ani/reptiles/skinks/land-mullet/

25.01.2022 Something to do? Walk through the Akoonah Timbarra Reserve and find the Hovea - in bloom just now!

24.01.2022 Showing Scott Buchholz MP and Jon Krause MP around the reserves that have benefitted from Federal Government funding through the Communities Environment Program.

24.01.2022 BDLA members enjoying a working/weeding morning in the crisp morning sunshine found this rubbish and removed it. Windabout Reserve, a beautiful passive recreations spot for birdwatchers and nature lovers.

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24.01.2022 This is a White Beech tree in Beechmont Pioneer Reserve. This is the derivation of the name Beechmont, or Mountain of Beeches. It was valued for its timber in the pioneering days as it is resistant to termites and water tight, so good for ship building. It has proved very difficult to reestablish the Beech trees in this reserve. In six years of trying this is the first one to survive the winter frosts. Dozens have failed. Other people have had more success in areas which are less harsh. It has pretty purple and white flowers and bright purple fruit. If you are interested in growing a Beech tree in your garden or on your land please get in touch. Let's bring the Beech back into Beechmont. http://www.brisrain.org.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=241

23.01.2022 Beechmont Landcare AGM last Thursday night re-elected the management committee. President - Susan, Treasurer - Christine, Secretary - Toni. Thank you to members for your support throughout the year. We do have an interesting and productive year ahead, saving, enhancing and creating habitat. Thank you Barry Davies for sharing his beautiful photos of the Birds of Beechmont. Thank you Suzanne for chairing the meeting.

23.01.2022 As below - watch out! Pythons crossing the road

22.01.2022 Jenni, Joolie and Barry admire a Eupomatia bennettii, commonly named small bolwarra. This is a species of the ancient plant family Eupomatiaceae, found in sub-tropical rainforest in eastern Australia (and the reserves of Beechmont). It is not rare but is very special. Learn more? - join Beechmont Landcare. And...Google plant name.

22.01.2022 If one adopts the Aussie-revised-seasons, it is easy to see that we are coming into 'Sprinter', this beautiful Cupaniopsis newmanii is producing both flowers and bright red new growth, emerging out of winter, into spring. A special rainforest plant that is being planted and preserved in Beechmont Landcare Reserves using the Federal Communities and Environment Grant supported by Scott Buchholz office and the recently secured WIRES/Landcare Australia grant as well as the SRRC Environmental Grants. The new plants are being propagated by volunteers, please contact Beechmont Landcare if you would like to adopt/foster some babies in the coming months.

21.01.2022 Juvenile land mullets tend to be dark brown and often have white or cream spots. Thank you Michael Hicks for the photograph. https://reptilepark.com.au/ani/reptiles/skinks/land-mullet/

21.01.2022 Koalas are on the ground at the moment and they are looking for mates. They are more vulnerable when they are on the ground so look out for them.

20.01.2022 The native vine, Parsonsia straminea, silkpod or monkey rope, has flowered in the summer and is now developing fruit and seed. The flowers are highly attractive to butterflies. This four-barred swallowtail amongst the nectar sippers. It occurs in NSW and Qld in Australia.

18.01.2022 Frost at northern end of Beechmont Pioneer Reserve on Monday night. Hopefully the longer days and recent sunshine will have protected recent plantings. Each year about 30-50% of frost hardy species die to the ground in winter and then have to re-sprout and start again with a hardy root system carrying on. Getting better each year.

17.01.2022 Great to see such interest in weeds from South America. For new residents, two publications can be found on the Beechmont Landcare website http://landcare.beechmont.org.au with further information on weeds including the roadside WEED, Easter Cassia , Senna pendula. Please see Facebook posts for 2020: April 24, April 23 and March 23. Also on website several editions of the BDLA newsletter featuring this weed. Further information to follow: in short the rare and vulnerabl...e Cassia marksiana is a very large tree, as stated, there are not too many left on the Beechmont Plateau, for this reason Beechmont Landcare has undertaken to safeguard a vulnerable population. It would be illegal to grow and promote a weed species from South America, let alone to use grant money. BDLA volunteers work hard to support native species. The weed species is a bush. It grows everywhere, crowding out native plants. The flowers of each species are yellow and belong to the worldwide genus: Cassia. Botanically they have features in common: long pod and flower structure. Google Easter Cassia listed as a weed in Brisbane, Gold Coast and State of Queensland. See more

17.01.2022 Caught on camera, these shy animals, Buff-Banded Rail and Red-legged Pademelons, are benefitting from habitat protection conducted by BDLA using the WIRES/Landcare grant.

17.01.2022 The headwaters of Back Creek at Arkoonah Timbarra Reserve, WIRES site is dry. There are some small persistent puddles keeping wildlife happy. Come on La Nina, don't be shy.

17.01.2022 Springtime along the Cave Circuit track.

17.01.2022 Family day out at the last pool in the WIRES project site 2 Arkoonah Timbarra Reserve. (Maybe a rain dance?)

16.01.2022 Poa labillarderi - a beautiful native grass - protected and returning to good health in WIRES grant project site 2 in the Akoonah Timbarra Reserve.

15.01.2022 Thank you Joolie Green and Jenny Pearce for representing us at the Beechmont markets. The "goodie" plants are Cassia marksiana and Cupaniopsis newmanii, endangered plants BDLA is saving in Gwingana Reserve and propagating for planting for the WIRES/Landcare grant in Akoonah Timbarra Reserve. Joolie and Jenny are also regulars in our bush working bees.

15.01.2022 Flush of red for new growth, Long-leaved Tuckeroo, Cupaniopsis newmanii, being conserved by BDLA with Federal CEP grant. Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status: NEAR THREATENED. Back on Track (BoT) status: MEDIUM. Conservation significant?: YES

15.01.2022 And if you are in the Akoonah Timbarra Reserve...check out the help we are getting from this Brush Turkey, cleaning the path, building a beautiful mound enjoying the spring weather. Faith in the future...rebuilding the rainforest.

14.01.2022 YELLOW WEED number two: Smooth Cassia, Senna septemtrionalis. This one has a few other names: Showy Cassia; Smooth Senna; Arsenic Bush; Cassia laevigata; Senna floribunda. This one is from South America. Google search will deliver control and ID. It produces multitudes of seed. Plants are susceptible to frost but tend to re-sprout. Not quite so common in Beechmont.

13.01.2022 Volunteers at Gwingana Reserve admire an ancient Red Cedar coming out with new red leaf. Check out the beautiful big ephiphytes that cover it.

13.01.2022 Always a surprise, Mother Natures endless variations. Usually purple, this delicate forest pea has appeared in an unusual pure white form. Darling Pea (Swainsona galegifolia).

13.01.2022 A little beauty in a roadside ditch. Growing in the perfect moist environment this native buttercup comes back every year. it is in the Rannuculus family.

12.01.2022 BDLA project site for WIRES Landcare Wildlife Relief & Recovery Grant in the Akoonah Timbarra Reserve. Working with SRRC Environment Team to restore the food web. Hungry Frogmouth fledglings will be the winners. They love soft food: insects, centipedes, worms, spiders, snails and slugs.

12.01.2022 A little something found 4 inches deep in the soil - the pupa from a type of hawk moth. In the following link you can see some photos of similar pupae with the strange projection which is where the developing mouthparts are. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sp/sphi-pupae.html

12.01.2022 The little pockets of natural environment to be found in the reserves of Beechmont are mere remnants of all that can to be found in the World Heritage listed Lamington NP - Thank you to the QPWS rangers for opening a few tracks and ...for saving so much from the fires. Hard work for a valiant team.

12.01.2022 Many plants in the garden are poisonous, including all parts of the exotic Wisterias. Don writes: ‘Japanese or Chinese wisterias are stunningly beautiful plants, but they do have limitations. Some gardeners don’t like the fact that they lose their leaves in winter, and they don’t really suit planting schemes featuring Australian natives. The good news is that there is an excellent alternative to exotic wisterias called Millettia megasperma, a native of the rainforests of northern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.’ burkesbackyard.com.au//in-the-ga/climbers/native-wisteria/

11.01.2022 Sensor camera finds a butterfly in a shaft of sunshine. This is in the WIRES/Landcare grant project site in Akoonah Timbarra Reserve.

10.01.2022 This species, Cassia marksiana, is being planted and protected using the Federal Communities and Environment grant in the Gwingana Reserve. Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status: Vulnerable; Back on Track (BoT) status: Low; Conservation significant: Yes.

10.01.2022 This is the beginning of a tree fern forest, heading one day for the WIRES/Landcare Australia grant project site in the Akoonah Timbarra Reserve. Volunteers are harvesting spores from local tree ferns. The first stage of growth resembles liverworts and recalls the primordial ooze that initiated flora on this planet. These tree ferns will one day replace those mature specimens lost last year in the drought and then the fires.

10.01.2022 Baby Staghorns and Bird Nest ferns protected and growing waiting for rain and placement in BDLA WIRES/Landcare Australia Project sites in the Akoonah Timbarra Reserve. Building habitat for the invertebrate food web.

10.01.2022 It's all about habitat. Australian Native plants support Australian Native wildlife. The Native Wisteria grows only in NNSW and SEQ. This Narrow Banded Awl butterfly has only one host plant for its caterpillars: Australian Native Wisteria. If you live in Beechmont there are some seeds available to those wishing to grow this plant. Contact (thank you P Samson and the Butterfly House for photo)

09.01.2022 Wonderful wildlife photos from one of our members. Thank you Joolie Green for taking them.

09.01.2022 https://twitter.com/landcareaust/status/1297777945667203073

09.01.2022 A beautiful Moth Vine Seed with 'parachute'. A dying vine with lots of pods opening up. Susan counted the seeds in one pod = 1400.

09.01.2022 The five reserves of Beechmont. Check out our next newsletter to see what the difference between a reserve and a park is. The newsletter is coming to Beechmont letterboxes soon.

09.01.2022 Native Sassafras in the Akoonah Timbarra Reserve - beautiful in shape, flower and fragrance.

09.01.2022 #ENVIRONMENT: Jon Krause MP and I caught up with Susan and Christine, from Beechmont Landcare recently, to see how the Australian Governments investments are pa...ying off. In 2016, we delivered $88,000 for the vacant block to be transitioned into a reserve, near Graceleigh Park. It is flourishing! Now, we're providing $5,000 for the team to undertake works at the Gwingana Reserve. This is a fabulous local team, doing practical environmental work. Thank you!

08.01.2022 Kate Leopold from Natura Pacific at Akoonah Timbarra Reserve, the site of a Landcare Australia Wildlife Relief & Recovery Grant. Kate & the Natura team have generously offered to assist with habitat support by donating and installing nest boxes for gliders, microbats and birds with the help of a Bank Australia Community Grant. For more info about the grant visit https://landcareaustralia.org.au/wireslandcaregrants

08.01.2022 Thank you Brisbane Distillery for your donation of watercubes which are now in a number of our reserves. This will keep the plants happy as the weather warms up and before the rainy season starts.

08.01.2022 Susan with ecologists working on the Beechmont Landccare WIRES - Landcare Wildlife Relief & Recovery grant 2020 on the Arkoona Timbarra Reserve

07.01.2022 Water Water. Beechmont Pioneer Reserves plantings would like to see the La Nina deliver rain. Landcare members deliver to new plantings. Thank you to Jenni and to Mel for looking after plants. Want to help? Working Bee First Monday of the Month BPR 9am at the entrance of BPR. Hat, Gloves, Repellent and drink Whitener (milk etc) of your choice. Watering and light had weeding.

07.01.2022 Beauty in BPR. White Cedar in flower and Dianella berries (ornamental)

06.01.2022 Landcare volunteers at Beechmont Pioneer Reserve. Come and join the fun on the first Monday of each month.

06.01.2022 Great work, congratulations to Belinda and Belong team on successful grant. Dowload the application form here: https://www.beechmont.org.au/conservation-and-land-manageme

06.01.2022 and now it's time for the Buff Banded Rail to have a drink in the remaining puddle at the ATR WIRES project site.

06.01.2022 Beechmont Landcare Federal grant funded sensor cameras. The little Gwingana Bushland Reserve is bursting with life. This koala (left) is on the move. Please be cautious on the roads and slow/stop for wildlife when safely possible, they may be on their way to seek out a partner.

06.01.2022 Flowering spikes of one of the Grass trees. Dripping with nectar, attractive to insects and birds, and ...bird that love insects.

04.01.2022 Red shoots and new growth in Australian natives can be as pretty as a flower. Steelwood,Sarcopteryx stipata, and Brushbox, looking beautiful.

03.01.2022 Little joey pictured in 27 October BDLA FB has now lost its mother as roadkill. Joey, just out of pouch, continues to shelter in a shaggy, protective native garden. Doing well.

02.01.2022 THIS is the NATIVE WISTERIA, easy to grow, takes 7 years to flower, beautiful, delicate, fragrant and the sole host plant for the Awl butterfly, Hasora khoda. The native does not take town verandah posts and topple fences. There is a beautiful specimen on the Old School/Community Centre front fence. (not the imported one by the gate that grows and smothers). Just now, the Native Wisteria can be seen flowering along the Beechmont and Binna Burra Roads.

02.01.2022 A very successful meeting last Saturday. Thank you everybody for coming along. Special thanks to Barry Davies for his fascinating description of some of the birds he has spotted on Beechmont Pioneer Reserve and Chairman, Susan Cully for her tour.

02.01.2022 A beautiful book for adults and children. The food web starts with the beautiful world within a rotten log...fungus for the beetle for the spider for the skink for the bird.... Firewood should not be removed from parks and reserves please.

01.01.2022 Thank you SRRC for filling the watercube with water. It is essential support as the weather warms up and before the rain starts falling for the voluntary planting in "Project Site 2" in Arkoona Timbarra Reserve.

01.01.2022 Landcare Australia announces Beechmont Landcare as grant recipient. Work planned on two 'project sites' in the Akoonah Timbarra Reserve in coordination with SRRC Environment Team. Koala from Lamington NP shortly after the fires last year. A few green shoots on one tree.