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.

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 →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi, Blue Banded Bee - Amegilla cingulata, Hon. Ian Walker, King Parrot Alisterus scapularis | 2 Comments

Apiaries in ART

Posted on 21/02/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Originally posted on earthstonestation:
Beauty of Bee Hives. Through the ages artists painting scenes of rural life give reference to the association of humans and honey bees. Apiaries and domestic bee keeping can be traced back to the time of…

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Feed the birds – ABC Counterpoint interview with Darryl Jones

Posted on 18/02/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I just listened to a fascinating Radio National Counterpoint interview with Associate Professor Darryl Jones, Deputy Director of the Environmental Futures Centre at Griffith University. The question – “To feed or not feed native birds.” Key points: … Continue reading →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve | Tagged bird feeding, bird song, Darryl Jones, Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus, Radio National Counterpoint, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus, water for birds | Leave a comment

Water for the Birds

Posted on 21/01/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By Sandra Tuszynska The ideal situation for any creature, is to live in a safe home, protected from predators, the wind, the sun and the rain, and to have an abundant supply of water and food near their home. Water … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birdbath, double-barred finches, King Parrot, red-backed fairy wrens, satin flycatcher, water, white-throated honey eater | 1 Comment

Summer storms to the rescue

Posted on 12/01/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Sheamus O’Connor The Pollinator Link garden Mount Gravatt State High School welcomed the cool change that came with the enormous and fierce storm that hit South-East Queensland this week. Heavy rain came with it, which the plants and animals … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Black She-Oaks Allocasuarina torulosa, Brisbae Wattle Acacia fimbriata, Brisbane Wattle Acacia fimbriata, invertebrates, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS, mulch, Scented-top Grass Capillipedium spicigerum | Leave a comment

Christmas in Fox Gully

Posted on 27/12/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Originally posted on Mount Gravatt Environment Group:
By: Jude Fox Kookaburra feeding chicks On Christmas Day we noticed Kookaburras making regular visits to a nest box installed for Boobook Owls. Observing from the bush track, we watched as a parent…

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged nest box, shelter | 1 Comment

Three Easy Steps to vibrant backyards

Posted on 29/09/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Our new Pollinator Link flyer is now available and printed copies will be available. For copies of the flyer email Pollinator Link Project Manager: Sandra Tuszynska – pollinatorlink@gmail.com You are free to print, copy or distribute this … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged butteflies, Butterfly, King Parrot, Native bees, Pale-headed Rosella, Pollinator Link, Sandra Tuszynska, Urban wildlife corridors | Leave a comment

2013 Community Gully Day

Posted on 20/08/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Originally posted on Mount Gravatt Environment Group:
November 2011 By: Michael Fox 2011 Our first Community Gully Day, two years ago, saw the removal of six cubic metres of rubbish, poisonous Yellow Oleander Thevetia peruviana and Madeira Vine Anredera cordifolia,…

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Gift of logs and mulch for high school site

Posted on 13/07/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Dale at Climb n Grind is a generous supporter of our restoration work including the Pollinator Link project at Mt Gravatt State High School. Project Leader, Sheamus O’Connor, sent these photos of the latest planting with mulch … Continue reading →