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Forest Therapy in mountain gardens
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
Exploring Australia’s Native Plants Qld to WA Day 7
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
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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
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Mangrove Pencils
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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Tree Troff Water for Koalas
Originally posted on Mount Gravatt Environment Group:
By: Michael Fox Artist: Chrys O’Hare Phil checking installation of water trough. When leaf moisture is not high enough, this can lead to dehydration and large-scale mortality events as koalas are forced to…
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Don’t treat it like dirt!
By: Michael Fox Watch the Dirt Guru, Sandra Tuszynska’s, excellent video to learn about the diverse flora and fauna that lives underground in your garden feeding thriving flowers, shrubs and vegetables.
Become a Bee Guardian today for $33
By: Michael Fox “Do you have a registered Pollinator Link® garden?” As a registered Pollinator Link® garden you can become a Bee Guardian and citizen scientist researching ways to repopulate our city gardens with native solitary bees and answer the … Continue reading
Butterflies in your garden
By: Michael Fox Miranda a Fox Gully Bushcare neighbour sent me an exciting photo: a female Jezebel Nymph Mynes geoffroyi laying her eggs on a Native Mulberry Pipturus argenteus. A close up look at her eggs shows an interesting and … Continue reading
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Tagged Butterfly, caterpillar, citrus, Cr Steve Huang, Dainty Swallowtail Papilio anactus, Finger Lime Microcitrus australasica, Jezebel Nymph Mynes geoffroyi, Koala Phascolarctos cinereus, Native Mulberry Pipturus argenteus, Squirrel Gliders Petaurus norfolcensis, wildlife bridge
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Mossies in your birdbath?
Originally posted on Mount Gravatt Environment Group:
Toxorhynchites speciosusand Culex sp. larvae By: Michael Fox Our Koala Drinker research has identified more than birds and Lace Monitors. It is mosquito season so we regularly check the drinkers for mossie larva.…
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Butterflies in your garden
Originally posted on Mount Gravatt Environment Group:
By: Michael Fox Caper White – Belenois java I am very lucky to live beside Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve so butterflies and birds are common in my garden. However, at the moment gardens…
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Hovering Hawk Moths in your garden
By: Michael Fox In 1862 Charles Darwin wrote to a friend at Kew [Gardens] “I have just received such a Box full from Mr Bateman with the astounding Angraecum sesquipedalia [sic] with a nectary a foot long. Good Heavens what … Continue reading
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