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.

Blue Banded Bee and Crane Fly up close

Posted on 24/03/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Macro-photography allows us to see insects in a completely new way. Why a Blue Banded Bee? Macro-photography shows the vivid blue bands that give this special native bee its name. Australia has over 1,500 native bees most … Continue reading →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve | Tagged Alan Moore photography, Blue Banded Bee - Amegilla cingulata, Buzz pollination, halteres, macro-photography, Orange Crane Fly Tipula sp., Photography Workshop | Leave a comment

BCC Invasive Species & Wildlife Management

Posted on 04/02/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I attended an interesting meeting last week with Victor Kaniuk, Principal Program Officer for BCC Invasive Species & Wildlife Management. Hosted by Wayne Cameron, B4C Catchment Manager, the meeting explored the potential alignment between the new Brisbane … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged B4C Bulimba Creek Catchement Coordinating Committee, BCC Environment Parks and Sustainability Committee, BCC Invasive Species Management Plan, Brisbane Catchments Network BCN, Brisbane Community Biodiversity Strategy, Common Myna, Cr Matthew Burke, Victor Kaniuk, Wayne Cameron | Leave a comment

Mt Gravatt students build Pollinator Link for wildlife

Posted on 17/12/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Sheamus O’Connor “Give me a turn at planting!” One of the students from Mount Gravatt State High School protested down at Site 1 of the Mt Gravatt Environment Group Pollinator Link Project. Over the past two weeks, progress has … Continue reading →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Glindemann Creek, Grey Ironbarks Eucalyptus siderophloia, Guinea Grass Panicum maximum, Holland Park, Laurie Deacon, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS, Pollinator Link, Scented Top Grasses Capillipedium spicigerum, Sheamus O'Connor | Leave a comment

Living Bridges – Reconciliation Ecology in Forests of India

Posted on 12/12/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I am currently reading an excellent book on Reconciliation Ecology by Michael Rosenzweig. So it was a wonderful gift when Brett Dugdale, Rover Street Bushcare, sent me a link to the video on the amazing living bridges … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Brett Dugdale, Cherrapunjee India, High Line New York, Meghalaya, Michael Rosenzweig, Mt Kosciuszko, reconciliation ecology, Shillong | 1 Comment

Solar pump keeps birds and frogs happy

Posted on 28/11/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox In our Queensland heat how do you keep a backyard birdbath full of water and free of mosquitoes? Circulating water from a frog pond to the bird bath is one solution. We installed a Reefe Solar Pump … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged B4C Bulimba Creek Catchement Coordinating Committee, birdbath, frog pond, Irrigation & Pump Shop in Capalaba, Reefe Solar Pump | Leave a comment

Micro-habitat Pollinator Link Garden B4C Sustainability Centre

Posted on 04/11/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox An enthusiastic team completed the micro-habitat Pollinator Link garden at the B4C Sustainability Centre – a little piece of bush that can be created in a suburban backyard. The garden is a key link between Belmont Hills … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Arrow-leafed Violet Viola betonicifolia, B4C Bulimba Creek Catchement Coordinating Committee, Barbed Wire Grass Cymbopogon refractus, Eastern Drawf Tree Frog Litoria fallax, Kangaroo grass, Laced Fritillary Argyreus hyperbius, Leaf cutter bees, pardalote, Pollinator Link, resin bees, Stingless sugar bag bees, Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii, ustralian Leafwing Doleschallia bisaltide | 1 Comment

Micro-habitat Pollinator Link Workshop

Posted on 20/10/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I will be leading two Pollinator Link Workshops at the B4C (Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee) Sustainability Centre, cnr. Wright Street & Old Cleveland Road, Carindale. Workshop Dates: Wednesday 31 October and Saturday 3 November Join me … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged B4C Bulimba Creek Catchement Coordinating Committee, Green Tree Frog, Micro-habitat, Sustainability Centre | 3 Comments

Pollinator Link at Mt Gravatt Library

Posted on 20/10/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Pollinator Links: wildlife corridors for urban spaces, was launched in September at our local Mt Gravatt Library. As part of the launch butterflies and birds was the theme for the regular Children’s storytime. Mt Gravatt Environment Group … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Showgrounds Precinct, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged bees, Birds, Bulimba Creek, Butterflies, Edd Cross, Mt Gravatt Girl Guides, Mt Gravatt Library, Pollinator Link | Leave a comment

Pollinator Links launched at BCC Habitat Brisbane Citywide Meeting

Posted on 05/09/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox The Pollinator Link concept was well received at the BCC Habitat Brisbane Citywide Meeting this week. This was an important test of feasibility as the audience included experienced BCC Habitat Offices with university qualifications in environmental science, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Bushcare Articles, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link | Tagged Birds, Bob the Beeman, butterflies and bees, Pollinator Link, Urban wildlife corridors, Wellers Hill | Leave a comment

World Environment Day – Girl Guides Pollinator Link Garden

Posted on 08/06/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By Michael Fox Sue Jones and I joined Mt Gravatt Girl Guides for World Environment Day last Tuesday night, to plant our first Pollinator Link garden. (Pollinator Link is a trademark of Mt Gravatt Environment Group) Guide Leader, Lizi Dyrsdale, approached … Continue reading →