In February this year, about 70 landholders from the Ipswich region descended on Ivory Rock’s Convention Centre to meet each other and discuss conservation. At the end of the day, … Continue reading Supporting Conservation with Ipswich Landholders
What a successful BioBlitz weekend we had when 150 people descended onto Deborah Stenzel’s Land for Wildlife property at Black Rock in early March this year. Twelve surveys were conducted … Continue reading Black Rock BioBlitz
About ten years ago, a neighbour to the Holcim Quarry in Kurwongbah approached the management of the quarry to ask if there was a possibility of doing some weed management … Continue reading Industrial Landcare in Action
In 1975, my wife and I bought a ten acre block of land at Bald Knob. It, and a number of nearby properties, had been sub-divided and cleared of vine … Continue reading Reflections on Nearly 50 Years of Bush Regeneration
We decided to buy land in Queensland during a trip here in 2013. At that time, we were living in The Netherlands as partly retired professionals who were sick of … Continue reading Leaving the Rat Race Behind
When moving onto a bush block away from suburbia I always thought it would be easy to pick up bush restoration techniques and knowledge as I go. But the actual … Continue reading Brush-cutter vs. Coleus
Like many lovers of the Australian bush, when I moved on to my 2.5 hectare property in December 1998, I tried to eradicate anything that wasn’t native. “Away with the … Continue reading Fishbone Fern: a pioneer species?
On south-eastern slopes of Clear Mountain is a forest of various eucalypts and Brushbox (Lophostemon confertus). The understorey is dominated by Grass Trees (Xanthorrhea latifolia), some of which have trunks, … Continue reading Clear Mountain Changes Hands
Almost thirty years ago, Craignish landholder Darrell Searle planted a mixed timber plot on his land where his father had previously grown sugar. The plot was on scrub soil, depleted … Continue reading Fraser Coast Walk and Talk
The graft point of the ‘Franklin Tree’ in 2008 prior to the suspected lighting strike, showing a healthy crown of Rusty Gum merging with the Pink Bloodwood branch. Photo by … Continue reading Franklin Tree: The Angophora that changes genus half way up