Richmond Birdwing Butterfly – conservation, recovery and community action

Richmond Birdwing Butterfly – conservation, recovery and community action

The Richmond Birdwing Butterfly is a truly beautiful butterfly. Listed as threatened by the Qld Government, this Birdwing Butterfly has a renowned presence in the Mt Warning Caldera Region of NE NSW, Australia. The Richmond Birdwing Butterfly is cited as one of the many outstanding evolutionary features of the World Heritage Listed … Continue reading

Macleay’s Swallowtail – a beautiful green and brown butterfly

Macleay’s Swallowtail – a beautiful green and brown butterfly

A number of years back, I was living in the rainforest nearby to Rosebank, between the Nightcap National Park and the Whian Whian State Conservation Area . This area of the Mt Warning Caldera Region is rich in biodiversity, with beautiful NSW State managed conservation (protected) areas. I became acquainted with the … Continue reading

Koala Conservation and Queensland Government Draft SE QLD Regional Plan 2009 to 2031

Phantom Koala and Benoit compare biodiversity with moneybags. They decide that biodiversity fills the world with beautiful things, and moneybagsmakes lots of dangerous empty spaces full of machinery and bare earth

Koala Advocacy was reaching a critical level many years ago in SE Queensland. Draft South East Queensland Koala State Planning Regulatory Provisions at bluecray Environmental Search. I have tried to update this article a number of times. The Qld government appears to keep rearranging itself, its departmental responsibilities and Koala Habitat visions. … Continue reading

Saturn in Libra 2009 to 2012 – a perfect butterfly in the light

Saturn in Libra 2009 to 2012 – a perfect butterfly in the light

Saturn transits into the Astrological sign of Libra on 30th October 2009 at approximately 4.09am (AEDT) at Byron Bay, NE NSW, Australia. If you happen to be on the beach at Byron Bay, you will see Saturn rising in the sky not long after this. Saturn‘s entry into Libra coincides with its … Continue reading

Butterfly Links

Australian Moth Larvae Butterflies – Order Lepidoptera CSIRO Entomology ZipcodeZoo.com – Lepidoptera Search Sydney University Museums – The University of Sydney Loss and/or degradation of NE NSW sites used for hill-topping by butterflies Caterpillars of Australian Butterflies BOIC Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 -at NSW Department of Environment & Climate Change (legislation) … Continue reading

Regional Links

This is the Mt Warning Caldera Regional Links page.  The Mt Warning Caldera Region stretches from North-Eastern New South Wales, across the border, into South- East Queensland. It encompasses 2 main Regional Catchment Authorities, (Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority and SEQ Catchments (a Regional Natural Resource Management Partnership). The Region includes over … Continue reading

Fauna Links

“A preliminary investigation of the distribution of koalas and their potential habitat in the Tweed Shire, and implications for management”  by Judy Faulks  I can no longer find this article/ reference to it on the internet, but you may have more luck by looking for it. I originally found it  at – … Continue reading