When we bought our large bush block in the 1980s in the foothills of Toowoomba’s escarpment, the bush around us appeared to be an indistinct blur of green. As 20-somethings, … Continue reading From Green Blur to Valued Diversity
During autumn and winter this year, a series of fire management workshops were delivered by Victor Steffensen and Leeton Lee from Firesticks Alliance on four Land for Wildlife properties and … Continue reading Indigenous Fire Management Training in the Lockyer
In 2015, a small group of landholders in the western Lockyer met to discuss their concerns about the condition of their local conservation park, Dwyers Scrub. The park protects a … Continue reading Caring for the Lockyer Uplands
I live on Yuggera/Ugarapul country in the Lockyer Valley. In April 2019 I hosted a Traditional Cultural Burning Workshop at my Land for Wildlife property in Grantham. This workshop was … Continue reading Indigenous Cultural Burning
Above: Students worked with professional storyteller, Daryll Bellingham to create a story about their part of their catchment. After the devastating 2011 oods in the Lockyer Valley, many primary school … Continue reading Creative Recovery Project (Splashing About in our Catchment) in the Lockyer
The nocturnal Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a master of disguise. This disguise and camouflage is assembled through a combination of stretched bodies, flattened and coloured feathers, narrowing their eyelids … Continue reading Tawny Frogmouths: A Master of Disguise
Thirty-nine years ago my husband and I bought a property in the upperLockyer Valley with the aim of raising our three sons on land that would engage and inspire them. … Continue reading Property Profile: Magnificent View and Dramatic Cliffs at Flagstone