The EDO (Environmental Defenders Office) has created a Major Projects Toolkit for the people of NSW, Australia. The Toolkit can be found at the EDO website. It is easy to read and understand. “The toolkit comprises a step by step guide to the Part 3A process with information on opportunities for public … Continue reading
Weed Management in Australia is a high energy industry. It is based on mowing, slashing, burning, mulching, spraying, grazing. Whilst prevention is the obvious first step in weed management, Australia’s horticultural and agricultural industries have offered little help. These industries are responsible for many plant species being used, sold, distributed and promoted … Continue reading
I have just been to visit the beautiful Beechmont Plateau, in the Gold Coast Hinterland, SE Qld, Australia. Adjoining this Plateau is the Lamington Plateau, host to the Lamington National Park , Gondwana Heritage Rainforests and all things wonderful. These biodiverse rainforests with an ancient heritage extend along the border of NE … Continue reading
Our Children’s Future, when it comes to environmental vandalism is not only OUR concern, but Their concern. The Greens have given out their Bad Developer Awards recently. The Tweed Shire Council and the NSW Department of Planning have received dishonourable awards for the worst Government Department and the worst Council. Perhaps you … Continue reading
Endangered ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY : Coastal Cypress Pine Forest (Callitris columellaris Forest). This ecological community was once widespread along the coast of Australia in various forms. It is threatened and very much at risk(*see below) and is listed by the NSW Government. The LEDA development (Leda Group owned by Bob Ell) at Kings … Continue reading
It is mid spring, and after a little rain, the animals are all on the move in Upper Burringbar, NE NSW, Australia. Here is a collage of photos – some of the animals that share my home environment with me. Some are to be very respected, like the eastern brown snake (bottom … Continue reading
Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis), is a beautiful yellow flowering herbaceous weed that has spread throughout NE NSW and SE Qld (and also elsewhere in Australia) due to poor land management. It is a health risk to stock and native animals and can invade poorly managed lands easily with its profuse production of wind … Continue reading
“Phantom Koala” (PK) has been travelling about the Mt Warning Caldera Region in SE Qld & NE NSW, Australia. He became a “HERO” after journeying to find his mother, who was trapped in the Kings Forest Area of the Tweed Coast. During his “lifetime”, Koala numbers have diminished dramatically along the central … Continue reading