Fish Snapshots completedThe Fish Snap Shot program was well supported this year with the first location being Pony Club Bend, Mitchelton. Considering the recent dreary wet weather, the morning was perfect with the sun shining and the water temperature quite warm.A variety of fish were caught including native species, Purple Spotted Gudgeon (Morgurnda adspersa) and Australian Smelt (Retropinna semoni). Exotic species included the Eastern Gambusia (Gambusia holbrooki). Surveys were also completed at at Kalinga Park, Dawson Parade, Keperra Golf Club (adjacent to Brook Park) and Grinstead Park. A great find was made at Kalinga Park among the bank’s shrubbery (see below) of the freshwater stonefish, Bullrout (Notesthes robusta) . The water quality in all of the areas has been found to be quite good. A final report on the results is being prepared. |
A trio of samplers trawl up a small rapid section of Kedron Brook at the Pony Club Bend Fish Snapshot . Any aquatic life forms are carefully identified and counted and then returned to the safety of the water.
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News... the changing scene
Link to NEWS SECTION, EventsCreek Ranger Forum 2012 Sunday 20 May ‘Co-operatives, Communities and Catchments' This theme follows on from the UN who have recognised 2012 as ‘Year of the Co-operatives’. During the day we will explore ways that communities, corporate entities and council work together co-operatively to deliver biodiversity outcomes for the city. The forum will be fully catered and run from 9 – 4 at a venue TBC. For information contact THECA Forum 2012 – Connections: Spatial, Social and Temporal Links for Biodiversity, Saturday 26 May 2012
Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT), Pullenvale. The Forum will explore the significance of connection issues in restoring and managing biodiversity for the long-term future and sustainability of the SEQ region. Please see attached flyer for details. Link also to registration form.  Hugo Veermat found the identification of aquatic lifeforms fasinating at the Grinstead Park Fish Snapshot (25 March 2012)  Pleasant working conditions for the volunteers at the Pony Club Fish Snapshot on 10 March. Details of the environment and ambient conditions are being recorded of the selected section of the creek that is demarked by a survey line along the right-hand bank. The Kedron Brook Babbler The April newsletter and past issues are available in Downloads. Subscribers, old or new, should confirm their email address with
Copy deadline for our June Babbler is Wednesday, 30 May 2012 by 5 pm. |
Meetings & Greetings Our next Annual, General and Network Meeting - Tuesday, 19 June 2012
This meeting will be at our usual meeting place at Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, 815 Rode Road, McDowall. Finger food and drink at 7 pm for meeting at 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm. Following our short Annual General Meeting, we'll have our usual General and Network meeting. Contact our or our Acting Creek Ranger, or phone 3407 0925 about planning or progress of our projects and activities. 
Some of Australian's leading biodiversity researchers and campaigners are celebrating Wildlife Queensland's 50th anniversary by Talking Wildlife this September. ProjectsBob Cassimaty Park Habitat Enhancement Project Bird Sightings for 2012
There will be a bird observation walk on Sunday 20 May 2012 at 7:30 am at Bob Cassimarty, Thomsett and Arbor Parks. Meet in Bob Cassimarty Picnic Grounds, Samford Road, Ferny Grove, almost opposite the BP Service Station. (UBD Map 137 ref. L1) See the 2011 'News item - Bird observations 2011', for details of the organisation of, and results from, observations from 2011 and links back over past years. See the latest tables of results. The 2012 Program is also available. Please contact by email for further details. Watch this page for possible changes.
Find out about all of our bushcare groups in the Bushcare Groups section together with details of plantings continuing this year.
Link also to Habitat Brisbane where our catchment groups are detailed amongst the Northern groups. Link to the Bushcare homepage on the Morton Bay Regional Council web site to find locations and activity dates for Brook Park, Wahminda Grove, and other MBRC Bushcare sites. Bushcare Group Leaders Bushcare Group Leaders, does your web site page reflect what you and your volunteers would want? Please keep us informed on how you like our site and any wish lists, and changes to be made for the coming year.
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Thumbnails Philip Rowland and Helen Moriarty identifying small aquatic life forms at Mitchelton  Debbie Dolby gets close to the action with her camera (10 March 2012)  Mixture of freshwater prawns and other fish  Debbie Dolby looks closely at a Gudgeon sampled at Pony Club Bend.  Preston Hall mixed fun with education during the Fish Snapshot at Pony Club Bend (10 March 2012)  A Tawny Frogmouth resting on a Pine tree, seen during the bird walk at Grange Forest Park KBCB - WPSQ Brochure See our special Kedron Brook Catchment Branch Brochure (327 KB pdf file) for a summary of our aims and activities. |
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