The annual return of Eastern curlews, Bar-tailed godwits and various other migratory shorebirds will be celebrated at Welcome Back Shorebirds 2025 to be held on Sunday 12 October from 8:00am to 12:00 midday at G.J. Walter Park in Cleveland. What’s happening at Welcome Back Shorebirds 2025 ? Bluesy End of Town Bluesy End of Town
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Ancient koala trees trees are at risk if Redland City Council constructs a 2.5 metres wide concrete path right next to them at Luke Street Thornlands says Lynn Roberts, President of the Eprapah Creek Catchment Landcare Association Inc. Lynn has initiated a petition to Redland City Council asking it to stop construction of the path
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Ormiston College is seeking approval for expansion plans which will involve clearing hundreds of koala habitat trees. Instead of making a development application to Redland City Council, Ormiston College has applied to the State Government for a Ministerial Infrastructure Designation. As explained below, this development pathway offers a number of benefits to developers including no
Eprapah Creek is a story of survival. Despite what we have done to it over the last hundred years or so, it is still beautiful in parts, with natural vegetation and water tumbling over sandstone rocks that look as if they have been designed by a landscape artist. The creek still maintains amazing plant diversity
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The LNP State Government has declared a Priority Development Area (PDA) over 890 hectares of land in Southern Thornlands south of Boundary Road – from Mount Cotton Road in the west to Springacre Road in the east. Over the next 20 years this PDA will be have about 8,000 new homes, new shopping centres, parkland
World Wetlands Day 2025 was celebrated on Sunday 2nd February with a community event ‘Breakfast with the Birds’ in G.J. Walter Park where people can enjoy views over the Ramsar wetlands next to Toondah Harbour. World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally on 2 February each year because this is the anniversary of when the international
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Celebrate World Wetlands Day with a free Breakfast with the Birds on Sunday, 2 February 2025, from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM at G.J. Walter Park, Cleveland, overlooking the Ramsar-listed Toondah wetlands. While enjoying a free sausage sizzle with a cuppa, you will be able to view migratory shorebirds foraging for prawns, crabs and shellfish
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An online petition signed by 170 people, calling for reinstatement of the Coolnwynpin boardwalk in Capalaba, was presented to Redland City Council at its general meeting today. Councillors resolved: “That the petition is of an operational nature and be received and referred to the Chief ExecutiveOfficer for consideration”. Before the petition was presented, Principal Petitioner
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The publication last week of the Federal Environment Department’s strong advice to its Minister, Tanya Plibersek, on the controversial Toondah Harbour proposal, reveals the Minister had no alternative but to reject the scheme proposed by Walker Group/Corporation (Walker). She announced her proposed rejection on 9 April, but the public was not told the full story.
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My name is Ngareta and I live and work in Capalaba. I want to talk about Coolnwynpin Creek Boardwalk which is also known as the Dan Street Boardwalk. These photos are from Monday the 27th May. Along with the boardwalk, there are a group of Wood ducks, Great egret and Little pied cormorant. Two days
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