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January 2015

Scentless Rosewood

Scentless Rosewood

So many of our amazing local rainforest plants are poorly served by their common names, such is the tree we are talking about in this article, Synoum glandulosum subsp. glandulosum … Continue reading Scentless Rosewood

Property Profile: To Restoration, with Love

Property Profile: To Restoration, with Love

Above: Barbed Wire Vine (Smilax australis) in flower. What joy forest life here brings to inspire this little bush restorer! Whether it be the sense of magic that fireflies bring … Continue reading Property Profile: To Restoration, with Love

Grass Trees: A seasonal lolly shop

Grass Trees: A seasonal lolly shop

Header: A Squirrel Glider photographed at 1.15am using the Reconyx HC600 motion-sensor camera. At a recent Land for Wildlife event, Keith McCosh, Land for Wildlife Officer from Scenic Rim, showed … Continue reading Grass Trees: A seasonal lolly shop

Ticks: The unwanted wildlife

Ticks: The unwanted wildlife

Header: Australian Paralysis Tick. Photo by Robert Whyte. No one likes getting bitten by wildlife. Whether it be a spider, ant, tick or snake – rarely do we invite their … Continue reading Ticks: The unwanted wildlife

A Deadly Recipe: Flying-foxes, extreme heat and climate change

A Deadly Recipe: Flying-foxes, extreme heat and climate change

Above: Photo by Joe Navin. Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 with minor changes). Flying-foxes are essential to many Australian ecosystems. They have a unique role in exchanging pollen across large distances … Continue reading A Deadly Recipe: Flying-foxes, extreme heat and climate change

Property Profile: Education is the Key at Whiteside

Property Profile: Education is the Key at Whiteside

I first met Eric and Trish Humphreys at a dam management workshop not long after I started working at Moreton Bay Regional Council. I was impressed with their level of … Continue reading Property Profile: Education is the Key at Whiteside

Phascogales caught on Film

Phascogales caught on Film

A jet-black bushy brush tail almost as wide and long as the body was half the animal. The body was grey. With tail it appeared to measure roughly 40 cm. … Continue reading Phascogales caught on Film

Red Goshawks in SEQ: A summer spent searching for Australia’s rarest bird of prey

Red Goshawks in SEQ: A summer spent searching for Australia’s rarest bird of prey

Header: A magnificent Red Goshawk in flight. Photo by James Watson. Above: The author camping during his Red Goshawk surveys. With its enormous taloned feet, rufous- striped body, powerful hooked … Continue reading Red Goshawks in SEQ: A summer spent searching for Australia’s rarest bird of prey

The Australian Water Rat: A little known aquatic predator

The Australian Water Rat: A little known aquatic predator

I grew up in wheat and sheep country where there were very few native mammals around. Maybe that’s why as a kid I took great pleasure in regularly standing on … Continue reading The Australian Water Rat: A little known aquatic predator

Out with the mowers, in with the Grass Owls

Out with the mowers, in with the Grass Owls

These images of an Eastern Grass Owl were captured on a Maleny Land for Wildlife property. Irene Keton, the owner of the property protected her ten hectare rainforest remnant 13 … Continue reading Out with the mowers, in with the Grass Owls

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