Category Archives: Wildlife Corridor

Griffith mates advertised it. I love nature and the environment

Posted on 16/10/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon & Larissa Roberts A team of 27 Griffith Mates students and community members! “Ok team, this is the plan. We have thirty plants to go in, logs and mulch to stabilise the banks reducing erosion.” . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Griffith Mates, Mt Gravatt SHS, SOWN | Leave a comment

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

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 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

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 →