Big bird big mission
Big bird. Big mission. We need your help! Once upon a time, the mighty Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) roamed far and wide across North Queensland. These days they’re a little harder to spot, with only a few isolated populations remaining between Townsville and Cape York. But here’s the exciting part…One of the southernmost populations […]
Protecting brigalow
Hillalong Station grazier Will Fordyce is acutely aware of the two large patches of Brigalow scrub on his 15,000ha property in the Suttor catchment. From an ecological perspective. he knows the brigalow communities house unique and beneficial biodiversity. From a business perspective, he wants to manage grazing in and around those scrubs probably more tightly […]
The beauty of beach scrub
Cool, bare earth underfoot beneath a canopy of lush, green foliage leaving filtered sunlight and no shadows. Colourful tropical fruit is attended by birds, buzzing insects and swarming green ants accompanied by a soft background noise of the sea lapping at the shore, and not very far away. Such a strikingly beautiful scene might be […]