“When we moved into this house it was a typical, small, dark, fibro hot box. Major planning and renovations 10 years later and it’s so much more comfortable to live in,” says Kayleen. Their 1950s low set home has four bedrooms, two en suites and a bathroom and a large lounge and dining area.
What can live in either salt water or fresh, is home to baby fish and sharks, breathes through upside down roots and produces a natural insect repellent?
The year eight Reef Guardian students from Northern Beaches State High School learned the answer yesterday during a presentation on mangroves.
NQ Dry Tropics’ Land and Sea Coordinator, Leah Saltner, said that mangrove forests were the equivalent of the local Bunnings hardware store for early Indigenous Australians.
Do you have a low power bill or a wonderful vegetable garden? Would you like to show others how it’s done? If so NQ Dry Tropics would love to hear from you.
The call is out to sustainable homeowners to open their house to the Townsville public to share their ideas and experiences as part of this year’s Sustainable House Day on Sunday September 12.
Hundreds of people attended last year’s Sustainable House Day.
Funding available for Bowling Green Bay neighbours
Landholders near the Bowling Green Bay wetland south of Townsville, may be eligible for funding to remove weeds and improve land management practices to enhance wetland health.
Removal of weeds such as hymenachne, rubber vine, prickly acacia, water hyacinth and salvinia will be targeted as part of the project.
Installation of protective fencing, feral animal control and revegetation may also be funded through the program.
Many of the beaches in our region are nesting sites for sea turtles.
The Strand, Magnetic Island, AIMS beach, Wunjunga and Queens Beach in Bowen are just a few of the beaches visited by turtles between October and March each year.
NQ Dry Tropics has been working with the Sea Turtle Foundation, Gudjuda Traditional Owners, Queens Beach Action Group and Digital Dimensions to help protect sea turtles.
Many of the beaches in our region are nesting sites for sea turtles.
