Author Archives: Mt Gravatt Environment Group

About Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Mt Gravatt Environment Group is restoring a unique piece of Australain native bushland only ten minutes from Brisbane CBD.

Help expand Mount Gravatt Outlook Reserve

Posted on 05/02/2024 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox This sale of the William”s family farm is a unique opportunity to increase the wildlife habitat of Mt Gravatt Outlook Reserve by 11% providing greater security for our growing population of Koalas and other wildlife. Professor Carla … Continue reading →

Posted in Wildlife Corridor, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve | Tagged Koala Phascolarctos cinereus, Pollinator Link, William Farm sale | Leave a comment

Wildflower Walk Thriving

Posted on 12/11/2023 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox June, a stunning winter morning, and the Ausco Modular Team joined us to create a Wildflower Walk in the Mt Gravatt Showgrounds. Four months on and the plants are thriving. Rainforest Senna Senna acclinis is not only in … Continue reading →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Showgrounds | Tagged Ausco Modular, Cats' Whiskers Orthosiphon aristatus, Rainforest Senna Senna acclinis, Swamp Paperbarks Melaleuca quinquenervia, Swamp She-oaksCasuarina glauca, Wildfower Walk | 2 Comments

Ausco Modular Team returns to Showgrounds

Posted on 25/08/2023 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox The Ausco Modular Team loved the event in June when we planted the first stage of the new Wildflower Walk and Pollinator Link habitat to build a wildlife corridor connecting Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve. This week we … Continue reading →

Posted in Showgrounds Precinct, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Ausco Modular, Mt Gravatt Showgrounds, Rhinoceros Beetle larvae Xylotrupes gideon, Swamp Paperbarks Melaleuca quinquenervia, Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides, wildflower walk | Leave a comment

Creating a Wildflower Walk

Posted on 03/07/2023 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox It’s a stunning winter morning, everyone has huge smiles. An amazing community team have come together to create a Wildflower Walk. This is the first step in restoring local native species to create a Pollinator Link habitat … Continue reading →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Showgrounds Precinct | Tagged Ausco Modular, Fox Gully Bushcare, Jenny Winckworth, Mt Gravatt Showgrounds, Wildfower Walk | 1 Comment

Join the Ausco Modular team creating a Wildflower Walk at Mt Gravatt Showgrounds

Posted on 14/06/2023 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Originally posted on Mount Gravatt Environment Group:
To celebrate World Environment Day, the Ausco team will partner with Mt Gravatt Environment Group and the Showgrounds Trust to plant a Wildflower Walk. The Wildflower Walk will be the first step in restoring…

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Forest Therapy in mountain gardens

Posted on 12/02/2023 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox A beautiful sunny day on Tambourine Mountain and friends Laurie and Kate, join me to experience Forest Therapy in the tranquil setting of Tamborine Botanic Gardens. Our generous and well organised guide, Danielle Drew, briefed us under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Danielle Drew, f Tamborine Botanic Gardens, Forest Therapy, Japanese forest bathing, phytoncides | Leave a comment

Exploring Australia’s Native Plants Qld to WA Day 7

Posted on 29/09/2022 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Day 7 25 Aug 2022 Muttaburra to Winton 1,948km covered. Leaving Muttaburra you pass a number of interesting sculptures some created as part of the 2014 Sculpture Festival. . . . Rhythm of Life by Milynda Rogers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australian Age of Dinosaurs, Banjo Patterson, Brolgas Grus rubicunda, Diamatinasaurus matildae, Dinosaur Stampede National Monument, Grevillea wickhamii Holly-leaved Grevillea, Muttaburra Sculpture Festival, Prince of Wales Feathers, Ptilotus polystachyus Longtails, Snake Creek Karoola Station, The Jump Up, Waltzing Matilda, winton | Leave a comment

Exploring Australia’s Native Plants Qld to WA Day 6

Posted on 24/09/2022 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Michael Fox Days 6 24 Aug 2022 Bimblebox Nature Reserve to Muttaburra 1,745km covered. Wednesday morning we leave Bimblebox headed for Jerico planning to follow the Lake Dunn Sculpture Trail. . . Not long on the road we strike a … Continue reading →

Posted in Exploring Australia native plants | Tagged Aramac, Calytrix microcoma Turkey Bush, Chrysocephalum apiculum - Yellow Buttons, Corymbia terminalis - Western Bloodwood, Grevillea pteridifolia Fern-leaf Grevillea, Lake Dunn Sculpture Trail, Muttaburrasaurus, Muttaburrasaurus Interpretation Centre, Ptilotus exaltatus Pink Mulla Mulla, Sesuvium portulacastrum - Portulaca | Leave a comment

Exploring Australia’s Native Plants Qld to WA

Posted on 14/09/2022 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Michael Fox Days 4-5 22-23 Aug 2022 Kerand to Bimblebox Nature Reserve 1,458km covered. . Bimblebox is a special place which for years has been under threat from Mr Black and Yellow’s (Clive Palmer) Waratah Coal who would like to … Continue reading →

Posted in Exploring Australia native plants | Tagged Alan Savory, Art Camp, Austracantha minax - Jewel Spider, Bimblebox Nature Reserve, Calotis cuneata Mountain Burr-daisy, Clive Palmer, Corymbia dallachiana Ghost Gum, Hakea lorea Bulloak, Pomatostomus temporalis Grey-crowned Babbler, Pterocaulon redolens Fruit Salad Bush, regenerative agriculture, Scaevola ramosissima Purple Fan-flower, Stylidium eglandulosum Wooly-stemmed Trigger Plant, Taeniopygia bichenovii Double-barred Finch, Waratah Coal | Leave a comment

Mangrove Pencils

Posted on 31/08/2022 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Originally posted on Queensland Stories:
At the Cod Hole, where Eudlo Creek joins the Maroochy River, I watched the soldier crabs. Scuttling across the mudflats in their hundreds, dressed in smart blue-grey uniforms, the little round crabs would feel the…

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