Category Archives: Wildlife Corridor

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 http://youtu.be/5jrmm7gjZGE 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 … 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

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

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 →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Showgrounds Precinct, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged B4C Native Plant Nursery, Common Crow butterflies, Grass Trees Xanthorrhoea johnsonii, Long-tailed Pea-blue, Men's Shed, Mt Gravatt Girl Guides, Oval Woodland Cockroach, Pollinator Link, Ringtail Possum, Running Postman Kennedia rubicunda, Waxflower Vine Hoya australis, World Environment Day | 2 Comments

White Chocolate Finger Lime Cheesecake – that’s my type of bushtucker!

Posted on 01/05/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By Michael Fox I am always learning something new about our extraordinary local environment. Until recently I had never heard of Finger Lime Citrus australasica or any of the other native citrus. I discovered these fascinating plants when researching species … Continue reading →

Posted in Bush Tucker, Bushcare Articles, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Bush Tucker, Butterflies, Finger Lime Citrus australasica, Native citrus, Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus, Pollinator Link, Queensland Nut Macadamia integrifolia | 4 Comments

Bringing butterflies to your garden

Posted on 20/12/2011 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

n Living on the edge of Mt Gravatt Reserve we often have butterflies visiting our yard. Today I videoed this Cabbage White Pieris rapae feeding on the Thyme flowers in our rose garden. Michael Braby in Butterflies of Australia describes … Continue reading →