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25.01.2022 REMINDER! Green Bridges Community Consultation is on tomorrow 12 September 2020, 10am-1pm Cameron Rocks Reserve (near War Memorial), 79 Kingsford Smith Drive, H...amilton. Residents and stakeholders can provide feedback on the landing arrangements, viewing points, connections to the active and public transport networks, landscaping and urban design elements. To submit feedback, fill out the online survey (https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au//roads-infra/green-bridges). You can also provide feedback by -contacting the Project Team on 1800 318 166 (during business hours) -emailing: [email protected] -writing to: Green Bridges Program Brisbane City Council GPO Box 1434 Brisbane QLD 4001

25.01.2022 Nature reserves for nature, not intensive sport and rec! Thanks to Brisbane Times for covering the issue.

25.01.2022 Another reason to join us this Saturday!

25.01.2022 "No member of the government spoke on the bill, which still has to pass the Senate and will now likely be debated during the October budget sittings."

23.01.2022 Platypus alert! This shy little guy was photographed at Ric Nattrass Creek in Darra recently. Have you ever seen a platypus in the wild around South East Quee...nsland? : Edith B Wiskar

21.01.2022 It's always exciting when the Eastern Whipbirds come to visit. You can hear them chattering to each other while they bathe and in the background is the call of the Eastern Koel seeking a mate.

20.01.2022 We've had lots of new fledglings arriving with their proud parents to take advantage of the water bowls in this hot spell. This baby is a Pale-headed Rosella. Still a bit unsteady, he crash landed into the Banksia.

20.01.2022 Help establish 400 plants! Bring along your reusable water bottle and dont forget to dress sun-smart.

19.01.2022 A beautiful little female Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) perching on a tree branch. Oxley Creek Common, Rocklea, Queensland, Australia. NIKON D500 + 200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6 1/500sec | f/8 | ISO 450 | 750 mm (effective focal length) #SuperbFairywren #MalurusCyaneus #MMPIBirds

19.01.2022 Count down to our last bushcare working bee for 2020. T minus 2 weeks! Sunday, 13th December 2020 - 8am - 10am We'll be making fruit wreaths for wildlife ... Hope to see you there - check out the event for more information.

19.01.2022 Another excellent catchment and industry partnership making a real difference.

18.01.2022 A big thanks to ABC Brisbane for broadcasting this story on the Angle-stemmed myrtle with both Reece Taverner and OCCA's Program Manager Phil Gunasekera feature...d. Please listen in to hear Reece talk about how he found the new trees and Phil explain what actions OCCA will take for our recovery project. The story can be listened to at the 1:44:20 mark by clicking on the link below: https://www.abc.net.au//programs/mornings/mornings/12902426

18.01.2022 Reminder to all dog owners! The foreshore dog off-leash area at Nudgee Beach is returning to a dog on-leash area from today! Councillor Adam Allan said Coun...cil has decided to return the Nudgee Beach foreshore dog off-leash area to a dog on-leash area to better protect shorebirds and other users of the area. An alternative off-leash area for dogs can be found nearby at Tuckeroo Park (Nudgee Road) or at Sandgate foreshore dog off-leash area. Dogs must be on a leash outside these off-leash areas. There is onsite signage at the entrance points to foreshore off-leash areas. Make sure you check signage and site maps. Full info: https://bit.ly/2UQ5bVW

18.01.2022 We must stand up against damage to nature reserves. Please ensure you make a submission.

17.01.2022 #IndustrialLandcare

17.01.2022 Tigers, jezabels, aeroplanes, skippers, triangles, crows... Kholo's Big Butterfly Count is this Sunday!! Can we count on you to join us??... Check out the details on our Events page and let us know. Brisbane's Big Butterfly Count Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network Brisbane City Council

16.01.2022 Make memories with your little ones on a guided bushwalk in Boondall Wetlands on Thursday 1st October, 10am 11am. Volunteers will lead a fun and engaging guided walk along the Billai Dhagun Track. Make memories with your children as they take part in nature-based sensory bushwalk. Suitable for ages 6 - 12. Bookings required via eventbrite.

16.01.2022 Industrial Landcare in action!

16.01.2022 So, no Koala joey pics this week so you’ll have to settle for a baby Tawny Frogmouth for your cuteness quota. The first major highlight for me from my recent To...ohey Forest adventures was a Noisy Miner’s lunch. Those readers more entomologically inclined amongst you can correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it was consuming a Pink-winged phasma. Second highlight was finally getting to see the whole Powerful owl family together. Beautiful. See more

15.01.2022 This Rainbow Bee-eater didn't read the full memo about Brisbane's Big Butterfly Count. We catch and RELEASE! An amazing photo.

15.01.2022 Really impressive. One to watch!

15.01.2022 Black Kite (Milvus migrans) in flight. Oxley Creek Common, Rocklea, Queensland, Australia. Sony A7RIV + Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3G 1/2500sec | f/8 | ISO 500 | 900 mm (effective focal length) #BlackKite #MilvusMigrans #MMPIBirds

15.01.2022 CWCNs school holiday activities always popular so get in quick, especially with numbers strictly limited!

15.01.2022 Swamp Wallaby mum and joey on inner west Land for Wildlife property. We have few LfW properties in our densely populated catchment areas. However, they have p...roven to be of the utmost importance for creating survival retreats for our wildlife. We wish those strategically important (for biodiversity) properties would be taken out of the 'emerging communities' zoning. Photo: Sylvia Alexander See more

14.01.2022 Kids in grades 1 - 6 can enter the Young Persons digital category of the Photo Competition! With free entry and cash prizes, why not enter!? Further details can be found at www.moggillcreek.org.au

14.01.2022 A stark and sad reminder about the importance of responsible pet ownership and the impact cats have on our native wildlife. This footage was sent to us by Luke... from Queensland and shows the toll of a roaming domestic cat on a native snake. The following day, the snake was located deceased and the cat was recorded roaming in the subsequent nights. Sadly, the event captured here is not an anomaly according to leading scientists, each day more than 3.1 million mammals, 1 million birds and 1.7 million reptiles like this snake are killed by cats across Australia. Pet cats alone are estimated to kill 83 million native reptiles each year. Conservation is everyone’s business and you can do your part by being a responsible cat owner and practicing cat containment 24/7. Responsible cat ownership also means safer cats by keeping our cats happy and safe indoors. For tips and tricks on how to best look after your cat indoors, visit the Safe Cat, Safe Wildlife website: http://www.safecat.org.au/ Thank you to Luke for sending us this footage.

14.01.2022 And we encourage everyone to follow Karawatha Forest Protection Society Inc and suppoer their petition (which many of you have already). https://www.change.org/p/brisbane-city-council-keep-karawat

13.01.2022 Upcycling, reducing the production of new material (often very environmentally-intensive), keeping pre-loved/surplus fabric out of landfill and contributing to the Bulimba Creek Environment Fund.

13.01.2022 Did you know? Many butterflies use hill tops to find their mating partners. Mt Coot-thas summit area (near the lookout) is a known rendezvous area for hill-top...ping butterflies. The depicted Common brown ringlet is among them. Where else in Brisbane may we find hill-topping butterflies in search of a partner? Lots to learn. Why not join BCN and your local catchment group in Brisbanes Big Butterfly Count, and learn about our lepidoptera at the same time. Photo: Sylvia Alexander See more

13.01.2022 Today I had a great morning teaching 2 classes of 10yr olds about mangroves from Northgate State School. At Nudgee Beach for the Bush Neighbours Program by Brisbane City Council.

12.01.2022 Recently, our Brisbane City Council Catchment Officer and Qld University of Technology (QUT) worked together to bring Students from QUT to one of WaCC's catchme...nt sites in Owen Stanley Place Park, Centenary Village Darra. The students did an excellent job of clearing weeds from around all the plants local residents planted in October last year. The photos speak for themself. See more

12.01.2022 If you're free this Wednesday morning, we'd love you to join us and Powerlink Queensland for this planting.

12.01.2022 The nightly fun continues with an Echidna and another Squirrel glider sighting (three in the last three visits). The distribution of the Squirrel glider observa...tions is starting to show us that Squirrel gliders are likely found throughout Toohey Forest. The pictures are not great because we like to limit the disturbance of the animal. If we visit the forest at night regularly, we will start rotating through different sections of the forest to alleviate any stress on animals that live in one particular section of the forest.

12.01.2022 So many reasons to love insects and biodiversity. But this is a great article for anyone who needs any convincing!

12.01.2022 Potential aplenty

11.01.2022 Help the platypus by signing the petition to upgrade their conservation status! We need to ensure they get priority protection!

11.01.2022 "Dr Anita Cosgrove of Queenslands Wilderness Society agrees that developers still have too many exemptions, but said the new strategy was "a significant improvement" on the draft."

11.01.2022 Check out that determination! A little willy wagtail looks for afternoon tea on a soccer field in The Gap. : Tasman Hayes Photography

11.01.2022 Brisbanes Big Butterfly Count now has a Facebook page! Follow it and be sure to get in on the fun of the count and related activities. Thanks to funding from the Brisbane City Councils Environment Grant.

10.01.2022 Featuring comments from N4C Norman Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee's President Stephanie Ford.

10.01.2022 The Pheasant Coucal is back

09.01.2022 Koala Applied Research Grants for South East Queensland are now open. Grants of up to $100,000 are now available for organisations that are working on research... into #koala habitat protection and restoration, threat mitigation and community partnerships to support the long-term conservation of koalas in SEQ. The funding can go towards expenses related to salaries and wages, capital works, equipment and supplies, catering, fuel and administration costs. To find out more about the grants visit http://ow.ly/aNOA50Bd2Io. Applications close 28 September. If you know any organisations who may be eligible tag them below #qldenvironment

09.01.2022 Come and plant with us! Join us for a fun-filled community planting on Sunday morning. This is for the entire family. Lots of trees, shrubs and groundcovers nee...d a home. To thank you there will be a raffle where you can win one of three bee hotels for your garden, there will be refreshments and luscious cake. A display depicting local butterflies and information about them, and Wildlife Rangers Wildlife Encounters will bring living animals along, all endemic to Brisbane. If you want to know more, please check out http://cwcn.org.au//Community_planting_T.Pde_2021-03-28_fi The Taringa Parade Bushcare Group is grateful for the support of BCC's Habitat Brisbane Program and the Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network. The wildlife in Moore Park will benefit from our community planting. See more

08.01.2022 Some glimpses near Kalinga Park of the high water resulting from recent rains.

08.01.2022 And a long-term BCN Committee member too! Much deserved recognition.

07.01.2022 We think the best pets are wild and free. This is the same Green tree frog (Ranoidea carulea) we have rescued from a local dog. It looks grateful.

07.01.2022 Another successful wildlife movement solution! Great to see the variety of critters in this snapshot.

07.01.2022 Lovely neighbours on the first and second floor.

07.01.2022 "It's fundamentally open green space in a constrained city that once it's gone, we will never get it back," one resident said.

06.01.2022 I dont think a description is needed here.

06.01.2022 We hope to have all the Brisbane catchment represented at this event. Come and find out about this exciting new project and related activities! Made possible thanks to the Brisbane City Council Environment Grant. https://www.facebook.com/events/619150238794479

05.01.2022 Today is Threatened Species day in Australia. DYK - Australia has one critically endangered mangrove? Bruguiera hainesii (pictured) aka Hainess Orange Mangrove.... Until 2016, this species was not known to occur in Australia, but a keen mangrove enthusiast citizen scientist discovered a local population in Cairns- there are only ~50 known individuals in Australia. Like many mangroves, this species is threatened by climate change and urban development. Lets all work together to keep this mangrove and all of Australias mangroves from disappearing. . . . . . #ecosystems #threatenedspecies #savingspecies #criticallyendangered #endangeredspecies #marinelife #ocean #marineconservation #protectourmangroves #mangrove #nature #conservation #mangroves #climatechange #mangrove #bruguiera #wetlands #cairns #wildoz #biodiversity See more

05.01.2022 "Most of nature has no chance if its to survive in just 20 per cent of the world." - Professor James Watson, UQs School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Wildlife Conservation Society.

05.01.2022 More butterfly survey fun as part of Brisbane's Big Butterfly Count.

05.01.2022 Are you seeing birds defending or guarding tree hollows? We see Sulphur-crested Cockatoos often at ‘their’ hollow through the year. You can report this beh...aviour to one of our other projects, Cockatoo Wingtag - Big City Birds, using the Big City Birds app across Australia: https://www.spotteron.com/bigcitybirds Thanks John M. for sharing from Queensland

04.01.2022 Thanks to everyone in the community who is standing up for our nature reserves and the fauna and flora within them. Deadline to have your say on the Draft Brisbane Off-Road Cycling Strategy is 28th February.

03.01.2022 Weeds of the Wetlands Ground asparagus fern (Asparagus aethiopicus)... As you walk on the track through the wetlands at Boondall, you might see balls of dead vegetation up off the ground, stashed in crooks of trees. These are not the messy nests of one of our wetland birds, rather evidence that a Bush care volunteer has been in the vicinity and that ball is a mass of weeds, pulled out and up to dry and die. One of the weeds that our volunteers work hard to rid the wetland of is ground asparagus fern (Asparagus aethiopicus). Native to Africa, and once a popular garden plant, this plant has sprawling arching stems with small 'leaves' (not true leaves), short spines, produces white or pinkish flowers and produces berries that turn bright red and are a big hit with the birds, who are instrumental in helping its spread. It has creeping underground stems and tubers, which make its complete removal difficult, and hard yakka. Ground asparagus fern (Asparagus aethiopicus 'Sprengeri') is a significant environmental weed in Queensland as it survives well in coastal environments and can become the dominant land cover which reduces flora and fauna diversity. Even if you have this plant safe in a basket at home, consider replacing it with a less invasive option, as the birds spread the seeds far and wide. You can find out more about this and other weedy Asparagus ferns here: https://www.daf.qld.gov.au//pdf_file/0007/187504/asparagus Or check out the BCC weedidentificationtool: https://weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ If you would like to become a Bush carer and help rid your local area of some of the weeds that have invaded our native bush and wetlands, check out this link: https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au//habitat-brisbane-communit Image Credit: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia - Asparagus aethiopicus habit2, CC BY 2.0,

03.01.2022 At the end of August we were pleased to have 22 people help to get 240 plants into the ground at Nearra St Deagon. BCN received funding from the Federal Governments Communities Environment Program (CEP) for this. Mike from B4C is pictured here running through the plan for the day (and using B4Cs Covid Safe event plan). ... A new NCN (Northern Catchment Network) has been established in the north east of Brisbane around Cabbage Tree Creek which flows into Moreton Bay. This was the new groups first community planting event.

03.01.2022 Brisbane's Big Butterfly Count continues into 2021!

01.01.2022 Brisbane's Big Butterfly Count is back on! Organised by the Brisbane Catchment Network every year, this is a fun but invaluable effort to build a longterm b...aseline of butterfly species, numbers and distribution across the city. The next counts in the west are at Moore Park, Indooroopilly, on Friday, at the Tarcoola Track, St Lucia, on Monday and Merri Merri Park, Chapel Hill, on Jan 26 (weather permitting). All start at 9am. No equipment needed and a scientist will be on hand to brief you. Takes about two hours. Details on the Big Count at: https://brisbanecatchments.org.au/brisbanes-big-butterfly-/ See more

01.01.2022 Im working on a concept for a YouTube documentary on the Brisbane River from the source in the Bunya Mountains to the Port of Brisbane. Do you want to be pa...rt of it? The series will cover the waterway itself, homesteads, farms, villages, dams and gold fields. We will investigate the natural environment and its changes, land use, engineering landmarks, local history and in particular the oral histories of the people that live, work and recreate along the 400 Km path. The project will rely on strong community engagement and interaction along the way. The first 100Km or so will be by foot, then kayak. One episode per month is a reasonable goal, involving two days of fieldwork and a couple of days of post-production and coordination for the next leg. All in all, a part-time project probably spanning 12 months. Episodes will be released as and when they are completed, as we work our way down from the range to the bay. I need a fellow traveller for this journey so if youre looking for a project with lots of walking, kayaking and community interaction let me know. Prerequisites are relentless curiosity, love of nature and history, community spirit, ideally some camera/production experience and gritty determination. And good walking shoes We would also need support from: - Historians and historical associations specialising in the districts immediately surrounding the Brisbane River and the Cooyar Creek branch. For the first half of the series this would include (but not be limited to); Bunya Mountains, Cooyar, Kooralgin, Gilla, Teelah, Avoca Vale, Linville, Moore, Harlin, Cressbrook and Wivenoe. - Community members with oral histories of these districts, particularly seniors, and families that have lived there (ideally within walking distance of the waterway) for a long time. - Im very keen to involve members of the aboriginal community. - Mad-keen individuals or associations of fishermen, boaters, walkers, kayakers, hunters and anyone else using the river for recreation. - Biologists/ecologists/geologists etc with specialist knowledge of the river and the Brisbane Valley - A person with access to RPData, who can help identify land owners that will be asked for permission to access. - Any other help on offer. What do you think does this sound interesting, and can we make it happen? Magnus (House Histories) email: [email protected]