The cute and colourful animals that are threatened around Brisbane are often widely publicised, but the lesser known plants don’t receive much fanfare, and they are just as important. This … Continue reading Threatened Plants of Brisbane

The cute and colourful animals that are threatened around Brisbane are often widely publicised, but the lesser known plants don’t receive much fanfare, and they are just as important. This … Continue reading Threatened Plants of Brisbane
It is the humblest of people who usually surprise and impress me the most. Land for Wildlife member, Sharon White, who is a dear friend and ‘almost a neighbour’ on … Continue reading Caring for Australian Wildlife
First, I am going to indulge in a bit of reminiscing… I’m twelve years old and on a day walk in the rainforest of Lamington National Park with my Dad … Continue reading The Nature of Names
We purchased our property at Hunchy on the Sunshine Coast in 1990 but did not move here from interstate until 1997. Like typical absentee owner properties, the weeds grew and … Continue reading Ecology, Community & Restoration
If we’re smart, we never stop learning. It seems that with every new hobby, sport or interest we take up, we are reminded of how little we actually know about … Continue reading A Labour of Love
Meterological forecasts suggest that we are probably heading into a wet (La Niña) summer, so I wanted to raise the profile of an often-overlooked ecosystem, ephemeral wetlands. These are wetlands … Continue reading Ephemeral Wetlands – Just add water
I decided to go in search of a frog that I had never before seen. Green-thighed Frogs (Litoria brevipalmata) are a strange species. They are treefrogs that spend much of … Continue reading In Search of the Green-thighed Frog
Since buying our property, one of our key wildlife objectives was to get a permanent population of pademelons back onto our place. We assumed they were here before European settlement … Continue reading The Return of Pademelons thanks to Fox Control
Seventeen years ago we purchased 11 acres on the Sunshine Coast. The land included four acres of critically endangered rainforest with London Creek winding through it, creating depressions and water … Continue reading Dealing with the Unexpected while Restoring Rainforest
Weeds can be treated in any growth stage, yet the most resource effective and environmentally efficient time to treat or remove weeds is at the seedling stage. Requiring less energy … Continue reading Seedlings vs Weedlings