EcoRadio

Category: Bushcare

Each week, 4ZZZ’s EcoRadio provides a roundup of the BushCare events in the Brisbane region. If you would like to add your BushCare or LandCare event to this list, please add a comment on the page below and we will add it to the list.

  • Bushcare Round up – 16/07/22

    Bushcare Round up – 16/07/22

    banksia integrifolia
    Banksia flower in full bloom

    Saturday

    08:00-10:00 – Bushcare Working bee – Ian Page Park, 61 Cloverbrook Place, Carina

    15:00-17:00 – Yeronga Bushcare July Working Bee – The Corso (intersection of Brisbane Corso & Otaki Rd)

    Sunday

    08:00-10:00 – Bushcare Working Bee – Whites Hill Reserve

    08:00-10:00 – Community bushcare bee – Yimbun Park – corner of Malbon and Monthar st, eight mile plains

    08:00-10:30 – Harman’s Reserve working bee – 34 Wood Street Manly

    09:00-11:00 – Wittonga Park Bushcare  Working Bee – Wittonga Park, The Gap

    13:00-17:00 – Growing Forward Garden Working Bee and Potluck – Raymond Park, on the corner of Baines St and Wellington Rd in Kangaroo Point.

    14:30-16:30 – Bushcare and Beer – Oxley Creek Common with a free beer provided at Helios Brewery

  • Bushcare Round-Up 30th April – 1st May

    Bushcare Round-Up 30th April – 1st May

    Landcare

    Not actually Brisbane! – Flood damage on the Dumaresq

    Saturday – 30th

    14:00-17:00 – Bushcare Working Bee – End of Sunshine Ave, Tarragindi

    Sunday – 1st

    07:30-09:30 – BUSHCARE AT LITTLE GUBBERLEY CREEK – Katunga Street Park Site, Kenmore

    08:00 – Crosby Road Bushcare working bee – Crosby Rd Park, Bartley’s Hill Reservoir in Hamilton

    08:30-10:30 – Bennetts Bush Defenders Working Bee  – Bennett’s Bushland Park, Norman Park

    08:30-10:30 – Platypus Park working bee – Platypus Park, Banksia Drive, Mount Crosby

    09:00-12:00 – Mt Coot-tha Bushcare – Sir Samuel Griffith Dve Mt Cootha

    09:00-11:00 – Bushcare on Taringa Parade (Moore Park) – Shelter Shed opp. no 35 Taringa Parade, Indooroopilly

    Ocean Crusader Clean-up teams

    The ocean crusaders will take volunteers out in boats or canoes to clean up the river and mangrove flats, but people must get free tickets and RSVP, links below.

    Saturday

    08:00-13:00 – Cabbage Tree Creek – Hardcore Cleaning Team · 65 Sinbad St,Shorncliffe https://www.facebook.com/events/925764308151478/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D]%7D

    Sunday

    08:00-11:00 – Caboolture River Paddle Against Plastic by Healthy Land & Water – Burpengary Boat Ramp

    https://www.facebook.com/events/360291222398165/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D]%7D

  • Bushcare Roundup – March 11-13 2022

    Bushcare Roundup – March 11-13 2022

    Rally to save Ferny Forest, FRIDAY FROM 16:00-18:00 – Pioneer Park, Caloundra St, Landsborough

    David Whitfield in the field
    David Whitfield in the field


    Friday 11th March


    08:30-11:00 – Mackenzie Bushcare Group Working Bee – Mt Petrie Road Park, Mackenzie

    Saturday 12th March

    15:30-17:30 – Lagonda Park Bushcare Working Bee – Lagonda Park, Fairfield

    Sunday 13th March

    08:30-10:30 – Bushcare working bee – Eugene Street Reserve, Eugene Street Bellbird Park

  • Week starting Saturday 4th Dec

    Week starting Saturday 4th Dec

    Arnwood Place Bushcare at work
    The Arnwood Place Bushcare group at a recent working bee

    Saturday 04/12/21

    08:00-10:00 Lugg st bushcare Working Bee – Lugg St, Bardon

    08:30-11:00 – Mackenzie Bushcare Group Working Bee – Mt Petrie Road Reserve, Mackenzie

    14:00-17:00 – Moorhen Flats Freecs Working Bee – 106 A Deshon St, Woolloongabba

    15:00-17:30 – Working Bee Arnwood Place Bushcare Group – Bank of Sandy Creek beside bikeway, Annerley

    Sunday 05/12/21

    08:00-10:30 – Friends of Tallebudgera Creek Conservation Park – Car Park opposite 114 Tallebudgera Drive, Palm Beach

    08:00-10:00 – Bushcare at Berrinba Wetlands – Wayne Goss Dr, Browns Plains

    08:00-10:00 – Platypus Park working bee – Platypus Park, Banksia Drive, Mount Crosby

    08:30 – Ardes Lomandra Street Bushcare Group Working Bee   – 20 Kirkdale Rd, Chapel Hill

    08:30-10:30 – Bennetts Bush Defenders Working Bee – Bennett’s Bushland Park, Norman Park

    WEDNESDAY, 8 DECEMBER 

     07:30-09:30  CreekWatch Working Bee at Success St Park – Success St Park, Acacia Ridge (corner of Beatty Road and Success St)

  • Landcare groups adapt to climate change

    Landcare groups adapt to climate change

    The long held principle of bush regeneration is that “local is best.” The idea is that restoring the plant communities that existed in an area before the European invasion is the best way to “return” to a stable, natural environment and re-establish biodiversity to support animals and other plants endemic to the area.

    That may no longer be the best rule to work by, according to plant ecologist and researcher, Dr John Dwyer.

    Dr John Dwyer, in the field.

    He describes his research thus: “In general, I use Australian plant communities, both human-impacted and natural, to provide empirical tests of ecological theory. I am particularly interested in the processes that maintain species diversity and ecosystem function, and how these processes may be altered by human activity and ongoing climate change. I am also interested in natural regrowth vegetation and how it can be used to sequester carbon and enhance biodiversity in fragmented landscapes. Overall, I aim to advance ecological knowledge and inform better management of our unique ecosystems and landscapes.”

    Dr John appeared on EcoRadio with #yourLifeYourPlanet author, Geoff Ebbs, to discuss the implications of climate change on local bush regeneration. He described the multiple impacts of disruption from changes in land use and climate change on plant communities and the ecologies which depend on them.

    “Isolated populations are not as resilient and find it more difficult to adapt and migrate,” he explained. He also pointed out that they are less able to cope with existing diseases and the new diseases that might appear due to human activity and the migration of species in response to a warming climate.

    Listen to the full interview on our SoundCloud site.

    https://soundcloud.com/thegeneratornews/plant-communities-and-climate-change?si=1902d334e01340df99fe58986582fde5


    Geoff Ebbs and Dr John talk through the issues

    Related

  • Week ending 21st November 2021

    Week ending 21st November 2021

    Friday 19-11

    08:30-11:00 Mackenzie Bushcare Group Working Bee – Mt Petrie Road Reserve, Mackenzie

    Saturday 20-11

    06:30-08:30 Weeding the creek – Pennywort Creek Bushcare Group, Pratten st Corinda

    08:00-10:00 – Stellar Carrington Habitat Group Working Bee – Ian Page Park, 61 Cloverbrook Place, Carina

    15:00-17:30 – bushcare Working Bee – Arnwood Place – off Ekibin rd Annerley

    Sunday 21-11

    07:30-10:00 – Harman’s Reserve working bee – Wood St, Manly

    08:00-10:00 Community bushcare working bee – Yimbun Park – the end of Malbon st, sunnybank

    08:00-10:00 – Bushcare Working Bee at Balmoral! – Myuna Street Park

    08:00 Horace Window Reserve Working Bee – at the end of Hild st in Sherwood.

    08:30 – Final Bushcare Working Bee 2021 – Rafting Ground Park, off moggill road, kenmore

    08:30-10:30 Bushcare Working bee at Eugene Street Reserve – Eugene Street Bellbird Park

    09:30-11:30 Creekbank Planting – Kev Hooper Park Inala

    15:00-16:30 – Bushcare and Beer – Oxley Creek Common – Rocklea – Helios Yeerongpilly