The Redland City Council and State Government have not adequately considered the serious environmental impacts of the proposed Toondah Harbour PDA development scheme. Koalas The proposed development scheme envisages a road through G.J. Walter Park, right next to a recognized koala movement corridor. Koala numbers in Redland city have declined enormously over the past decade.
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The Redlands City Council web site has information on City Plan 2015 and how to get involved in the consultation in early 2015. Also ask your Councillor for more information and ask why the broader community consultation on the background studies and community aspirations has not commenced. Take a few minutes to view Cr Paul
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In our summer months an estimated 50,000 birds fly thousands of kilometres each year from the northern hemisphere to visit wetlands in and around the Redlands. More than 43 species of shore bird use the area including more than 30 species of migratory wading birds. The largest migratory shorebird seen in the inter-tidal parts of
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In February 2014, at the end of the community consultation process for the Toondah Harbour and Weinam Creek PDA development schemes, the Redland City Council released a very strange document. Its title was “Community Research Report” and the Council claimed that this document provided evidence of community support for the proposed developments. The Community Research Report
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The Scarlet Honey-eater is one of the more colorful inhabitants of the Redlands. These small birds can be found in Henry Ziegenfusz Park every April. They feed for just a few days off the flowers of a creeper that twines through the many sheoaks at the southern end of the Park. Then they are gone.
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