At our second working bee for the year, we started to clear the first patch for the July Tree Day plantings. This patch has three mature trees in a line, marking the western boundary: a tallowood (Eucalyptus microcorys), a swamp box (Lophostemon suaveolens) and an old wattle. The triangle has …
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Adjacent to the site we are preparing for the Tree Day events is a very weedy patch, dominated by Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum), but also containing some Cats Claw (Macfadyena unguis-cati). Running through this area is a line of healthy eucalypts (Moreton Bay Ash, Grey Gum, Forest Red Gum). It …
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We have started to plan for two Tree Day events this year, in late July. Like last year, there will be a school planting during the week and a community event on the Sunday (31st) after our normal working bee. Two patches of scrub have been selected: on either side …
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A rain event on the evening of Wednesday 3rd February, 2016 dropped a fair amount of rain in the Mt. Gravatt region. Since Ekibin Creek (East Branch) has a catchment covering the north-west corner of the mountain, quite a bit of water flowed into the creek. It is estimated that …
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In November, 2015 we placed a wooden nest box about 7 metres high on the trunk of a Grey Gum. This tree was chosen as there were scratches consistent with a glider possum on the trunk. On Sunday January 31, 2016 the box was inspected using a camera pointed down …
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This image of a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) was taken on the night of 10th January, 2016 at 12:14am. The camera is triggered by the koala’s infrared signature as he (and it probably is a male, according to Dr. Lilia Bernede from Griffith University) climbed down the tree next …
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The Wonga Vine (Pandoria pandorana) is just starting to flower now, in mid-January. There are at least two good places to see this native vine growing: near the footpath at the Gaza Road entry; and more centrally, near the 2014 Schools Tree Day planting.
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