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.

Create a butterfly Puddling Station

Posted on 29/09/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox The weather is warming up, the butterflies are waking up and looking for mates. Butterflies, like all animals, need water. At breeding time, male Blue Triangle butterflies – Graphium sarpedon, and other swallowtail butterflies will be looking … Continue reading →

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Bush experience for city family

Posted on 29/09/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Originally posted on Mount Gravatt Environment Group:
Southern Star – 24 September 2014 By: Michael Fox Marshal Kloske and I met the Wood at Mt Gravatt Summit the morning they were there to meet the Southern Star photographer and we…

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Mmmm … beautiful winter day and fresh baked cake

Posted on 16/06/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon Our Sunday working bee on the Pollinator Link Garden at Mt Gravatt SHS went well. New parents and kids joined us! It is such a pleasure to watch city kids getting in touch with nature, getting their … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis, Brush Box Lophostemon confertus, Grey Gums Eucalyptus bitturbinata, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, Scrambling Lily Geitonoplesium cymosum, Wombat Berry Eustrephus latifolius | Leave a comment

Majestic Park Cubs planting for butterflies

Posted on 15/06/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon Thirty Cubs for a night planting: They are getting their World Environment Badge by doing many things and one is learning about and building a Pollinator Link Garden around their Den in Coorparoo. The Cubs all planted … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Butterfly, Earthling Enterprises, Helen Schwencke, Majestic Park Cubs, World Environment Badge | Leave a comment

Laurie steps up as Mountain leader

Posted on 13/06/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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By: Michael Fox As part of the continuing development of Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Laurie Deacon has taken on the role of President. I will continue to work closely with Laurie, continuing as…

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Wildflower Season Blooms in Pollinator Link garden

Posted on 10/06/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Sheamus O’Connor The Pollinator Link Garden at Mount Gravatt SHS is beginning to display the vibrant colours of Australian wildflowers. We had a very undesirable storm season this year, hardly receiving much rain at all when we needed it … Continue reading →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Early Black Wattle Acacia leiocalyx, Leaf-Cutter Bee Megachile sp., Mt Gravatt SHS, Native Raspberry bush Rubus probus, Running Postman Kennedia rubicunda, Squirrel Gliders Petaurus norfolcensis | 1 Comment

Butterflies invade St Joachim’s

Posted on 09/06/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon NEWS Flash: “Butterflies have invaded St Joachim’s Catholic Primary School in Holland Park.” Millie, Alessia, Emily and Sophie want people to use their backyards and schoolyards to help save threatened wildlife species like the Richmond Birdwing butterfly … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Butterfly Garden, Richmond Birdwing butterfly Ornithoptera richmondia, St Joachim's Catholic Primary School | Leave a comment

ACU students promote bushcare to teachers

Posted on 27/05/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon Our ACU student teacher friends have used their bushcare experience to produce an excellent brochure to promote bushcare to other teachers. Jade Davison, James Paterson and Nathan Hall … sharing a vision of a sustainable future with … Continue reading →

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ACU student teachers brave rain for planting

Posted on 24/04/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon The forecast was rain. Cyclone Ita had just crossed the coast in north Queensland and the outlook looked bleak in Brisbane. Do we cancel our monthly working bee? We did have the Bushcare in the end with … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Australian Catholic University ACU, Creeping Beard Grass Oplismenus aemulus, Living Mulch, Orange-streaked Ringlet Hypocysta irius, Pademelon Grass Oplismenus imbecillis, White-brand Grass-skipper Toxidia rietmanni | 3 Comments

Pollinator Links spread to Queensland Parliament

Posted on 28/03/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox “It is not often that members rise in this House to speak about butterflies … ” local member and Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, the Hon. Ian Walker, introducing his Parliamentary Adjournment Speech … Continue reading →