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25.01.2022 BLSR were on K’gari today filming with Nigel, Nicko & Buzz from the Fishing Show, showcasing the work that our team do to care for country

23.01.2022 BAC are currently advertising for Butchulla ready for work traineeships in the following areas: 4 x Cert 1 Conservation and Land Management 2 x Cert 1 in Busin...ess Come join our expanding team and help us care for K’gari To apply please fill out below EOI and send to our office. Galangoor nyin

22.01.2022 This weeks Junior Ranger lesson topic was Wongari (Dingo) safety. With assistance from QPWS Ranger Jenna, Students learnt about the characteristics, life cycle, diet and behaviour of the Wongari. The culture connection of the Wongari to the Butchulla people and our responsibility to protect them. Students also participated in a activity were they role played different situations that one may encounter on K’gari and demonstrated the Wongari safe behaviour they learnt in there lesson.

22.01.2022 BLSR have been assisted QLD Fisheries in fish surveys on K’gari, here is a video of Ranger Myles and the fisheries team explaining the work they are completing

21.01.2022 This weeks Junior Ranger lesson topic was Cultural Heritage UPSS student attended a field trip to the Hervey Bay Botanical Gardens Urangan. BLS Rangers Myles, Blayde, Chantel and Tilly & BAC Cultural Heritage Office Dustyn Currie facilitated 3 rotational practical activities. 1. Artefact & Cultural Heritage... Rangers showcases cultural artefacts explaining why they are important, how they were made and their uses. They demonstrated how cultural heritage can be tangible and intangible and the importance of cultural heritage to Aboriginal people. 2. Song & Dance (Butchulla Language) Rangers taught students how to perform Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes in Butchulla language and played a game of Butchulla fruit salad using Butchulla body parts. 3. Scar Tree Recording & Cultural Heritage Rangers took students to a number of scar trees in the gardens, explains what scar trees are and the difference range of types of scar trees. They explains what these scar trees were used for, why they are important and how rangers work to record and protect these trees. Rangers demonstrates the process of cultural heritage recording and assisted students to filling out a Butchulla cultural heritage recording form and use the GPS

20.01.2022 Great news for the Fraser Coast

20.01.2022 BAC are currently looking for a Skilling Queenslanders for work team supervisor. This position will be responsible to supporting our 8 Butchulla ready for work trainees throughout their studies. Please share or apply if want to join our expanding team at the BAC

20.01.2022 Galangoor djali, Call out to any Butchulla women interested in in attending BAC's first healing and empowerment camp MUNDAI YEERAN MARIGURIM - Strong Beautiful... Women. Spend 6 days on K'gari with elders, cultural guides and Butchulla leaders learning about our history, and resilience through practicing culture. Spots are limited so please send in an EOI ASAP. Please find more details below. Edit: this opportunity is exclusive to Butchulla women. Due to the extremely limited positions only individuals can apply (no children, or partners etc.)

18.01.2022 This week we also say farewell to BAC Cultural Liaison Officer/ Former BLSR Coordinator Conway Burns. Conway played a major role in the development and set up of the BLSR program in 2018. He mentored and supported our BLS Rangers through there first 12 months of employment and continues to provide guidance in his role as Cultural Liaison Officer with BAC. Conways commitment, dedication, hard work and willingness to share his knowledge, contributed to laying the foundation of... our BLSR program and Conway has achieve great things for his community. Conway will be missed by BLSR and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours. I am sure we haven’t heard the last from Conway Burns and we will cross paths again. Good luck

16.01.2022 Ranger Myles on his bush mic surveying for Myrtle Rust in the field on K’gari

16.01.2022 BLSR in partnership with Dr Geoff Pegg & Dr Louise Shuey (DAF) facilitated a 2 day Bio Security 101 workshop (focus on Myrtle Rust) in Hervey Bay this week. Participants included neighbouring Traditional Owner groups, community members and Elders, FCRC, FINIA, Noosa Landcare and QPWS. By participating in this training BLSR hope to increase awareness and eyes out in the field to detect biosecurity threats, increase the effectiveness of report biosecurity activity and prevent further impacts or damage to country. BLSR would like to thank Dr Geoff and Dr Louise for there time and facilitation of the workshop, Sue Sargent (FINIA) for her assistance in the grant application and the FCRC for funding and support this workshop. Galangoor Nyin (thank you)

15.01.2022 Over the last few days BLSR, QILSR, DAF & DES have been out in the field conducting Myrtle Rust surveys on the southern end of K’gari. Surveys were completed around Dilli Village, Hook Point & Jabiru Swamp (where the wild fire came through late last year). During our surveys we have found significant amounts of Myrtle Rust in these areas, mostly in the Melaleuca quinquenervia plants and as a results have set up 5 monitoring sites flagging and assessing 50 trees at each site. As part of our work to care for country and our goal for a healthy country. BLSR will continue monitoring these site to assess any further impacts or changes and work in partnership with DAF to reduce the spread of the infection.

12.01.2022 Twenty-eight grants of up to $25,000 each are available for initiatives that promote, preserve and revitalise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages an...d dialects. Applications for the Indigenous Languages Grants Program close Tuesday 6 October 2020. The grant program is co-funded by the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and the Department of Education. To apply, go to: www.datsip.qld.gov.au/ilg

10.01.2022 This weeks Junior Ranger lesson topic was World Heritage. Student learnt about the many different environmental habitats and special features of K’gari. They also learnt about the cultural significance and cultural stories of some of these special places and why K’gari is world heritage listed. They learnt the different between the lakes on K’gari (Barrage, Window and Perched) and participated in a science experiment making there own perched lake and a mapping activity identifying the location of these special places on a map of K’gari

10.01.2022 Last week’s Junior Ranger topic was Cultural Place. Student attended a field trip to Dayman Point and participated in 3 rotations. 1. Beach walk and cultural history talk 2. Language game and spear making & 3. Coloured sands activity

09.01.2022 Great opportunity to join a great team

08.01.2022 This week, we farewell our BLSR Senior Ranger Corey Currie. Corey has been with BLSR since establishment in 2018, has been a huge asset to our team, working tirelessly for his people, country and community. Corey will be missed by us all. We wish Corey all the best in his future endeavours and we look forward to working with him in his new role with QPWS mainland Corey Currie

04.01.2022 MYRTLE RUST, WHAT IS IT? #AustropucciniaPsidii (#MyrtleRust) is a rust fungus native to South America. It was detected on this continent in 2010. MYRTLE RUST, WHY DOES IT MATTER? Myrtle rust threatens the health of our country, the habitats of our fauna & many of our edible, medicinal & culturally significant flora. The fungus attacks plants of the Myrtaceae family, including eucalyptus, paperbark, bottle brush, tea tree, lily pilly, midyim berry & myrtle species. MYRTLE RUST..., WHAT DOES IT DO? While mature growth is resistant to the fungus, new growth, flowers & fruit are susceptible. Infections are most severe on seedlings & regeneration emerging after a disturbance. Myrtle rust can cause symptoms such as red-purple leaf spots, leaf deformity, blighting, dieback & tree death. Such symptoms are not exclusive to myrtle rust. To accurately identify myrtle rust, the sign (golden-yellow pustules) must be present on young leaves &/or stems. Old myrtle rust may become white. MYRTLE RUST, WHAT CAN WE DO? Protecting our precious country, flora & fauna is a shared responsibility: Promote environmental biosecurity awareness & action in our commUNITY Engage, Educate & Empower Prevent the establishment & dispersal of myrtle rust Stop the Spread Come Clean, Go Clean Wash all potential carriers of myrtle rust spores (hats, clothing, backpacks, shoes, etc.) before & after going on country Recognise & Report Search for symptoms (effect) first, then signs (cause) Signs are not always present or visible to the naked eye Monitor trees that display symptoms & report signs if they appear Photograph symptoms & signs & record the location & date discovered Report to https://www.daf.qld.gov.au//pl/report-myrtle-rust-sighting If myrtle rust is detected on Butchulla country (K’gari & the adjacent mainland from around Double Island Point in the south to the mouth of the Burrum River in the north & west to Bauple Mountain), please email the photographs, location & date discovered to our Biosecurity Officer (Matilda/Tilly Davis) at [email protected] For more information visit: https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/management/programs/myrtle-rust #BeautifulButchullaCountry

02.01.2022 BLSR and our visitors Rhett Butler (QILSR), Dr Geoff Pegg (DAF), Dr Louise Shuey (DAF) and Alana Hazel (DES World Heritage) had the opportunity to participate in the Central Station smoking ceremony and welcome, delivered by the BAC as part of the Central Station Redevelopment project

02.01.2022 This weeks Junior Ranger lesson was Gira (fire) students learnt about the benefits of fire, how aboriginal people used fire to manage country and the landscape, the difference between a controlled burn, wild fire and a cool burn and the benefits of a cool burns to country. BLSR and the local Rural Fire Brigade delivered a practical activity, showcasing the work that both organisation do on country, their safety equipment and how they work in partnership in the field. The student also had the opportunity to learn how to use the fire hose and equipment correctly