Nature

Grant furthers local Landcare’s weed-tackling work

THE destruction of creekbank weeds by Boonah and District Landcare will be more effective and more efficient following a $10,000 grant twin to purchase tools and protective equipment.

Wendy Creighton

06 Nov 2024

Nature

Scrub Diamonds - Our own little stinker

YOU may have read about the world’s largest flower, the Giant Voodoo Lily. It’s found only on the island of Sumatra and goes by the scientific name of Amorphophallus titanum. Another one of its common names, the Corpse Flower, gives a hint that there’s more to its fame than flower size.

Wendy Creighton

17 Jul 2024

Nature

Call to make the blue gum our flagship tree

A CONSULTATION meeting about the fate of the ancient blue gum beside Cainbable Creek Road was held late on Tuesday afternoon.

Wendy Creighton

08 May 2024

Nature

Chance discovery a real beauty

THE discovery of a “red and black beauty” with “long white hairs” at Binna Burra has startled entomologists.

Staff Writers

27 Mar 2024

Business

Where have all the Christmas Beetles gone?

CHRISTMAS Beetles have long heralded the beginning of the festive season.

Rob Mellett

13 Dec 2023

Nature

The Beauty of Life - The Harlequin Nymph

A TINY beetle-thingo scurried across her palm. “What’s this?” said she, “it was crawling on the washing!” “Oh, easy,” said he, clueless, but one has to say something, “That’s the Giant Green-Red-and-Blue -Washing-Louse, otherwise known as a Stink Bug. They’re quite common on some people.”

Aub Podlich

06 Dec 2023

Rural Review

Dancer pivots from stage to pastures, trades tutu for Akubra

IF YOU’VE never met a grazier with a Bachelor Degree in Creative Industries majoring in dance, well … meet Alison Russell.

Lara Hart

01 Nov 2023

Fassifern Guardian

Planting trees so future generations can enjoy shade

TWELVE tuckeroo trees, six on either side of George Street, have been planted at Kalbar thanks to funding from a Federal Government Queen’s Jubilee Program.

Lara Hart

18 Oct 2023

Nature

Injured koalas turned away by RSPCA

THE RSPCA’s Wacol facility has had to shut its doors on injured koalas as the organisation struggles to cope with an influx in injured wildlife in what it refers to as “trauma season”.

Brian Bennion

27 Sep 2023

Nature

Legends of the blood moon

LAST Tuesday night the world experienced a lunar eclipse known as a blood moon.

Lara Hart

16 Nov 2022

Nature

Wildlife critically endangered after floods and fire

MORE species are nearing extinction in the region following the loss of almost 1300ha of native vegetation cover in the past seven years.

Brian Bennion

06 Jul 2022

Fassifern Guardian

Honeybee keeps world fed, but time is running out

THERE was a time when picnics involved ‘shooing’ lots of little buzzing honeybees away from opened soda tins or sweetened drinks. They were bothersome and most people had experienced the sting after accidently coming into contact with the little...

Lara Hart

25 May 2022

Nature

New frog sings first song in public

IF you hear dulcet tones reverberating through the bushland at night, you could be listening to a private concert by south-east Queensland’s newest Knowles family member. Despite having no relationship to international songstress, Beyonce Knowles...

Lara Hart

19 May 2022

Council

Council reviews flying fox management

COUNCIL is reviewing the effectiveness of its methods to manage flying fox roosts in problem sites.

Brian Bennion

06 Apr 2022

Nature

Council wins funds to manage flying fox roosts at Canungra and Beaudesert

THE Scenic Rim Regional Council has received a $20,000 grant to manage flying fox roosts in Canungra and Beaudesert.

Staff Writers

02 Mar 2022

Nature

Georgina piebald frog a ‘ribbiting’ discovery

A RARE species of frog or a common frog, uncommonly coloured?

Wendy Creighton

02 Mar 2022

Nature

The Beauty of Life - Splendid

AS SUMMER advanced after early rains in December last year, for a couple of weeks

Aub Podlich

02 Mar 2022

Nature

An ‘avalanche’ of manmade threats: two thirds of Australia has lost unique wildlife

A new study has researchers fearing for the future of Australian wildlife if things don’t change.

Ivy Mullins

09 Feb 2022

Nature

‘Bigger than my chihuahua’: monster Cane Toads among almost 9,000 busted

Ten “mature women” have led the charge as a great Cane Toad bust went gangbusters in the Scenic Rim last week.

Joe Hinchliffe

02 Feb 2022