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CCPP Regenerator Newsletter Autumn Edition Inside this issue The Boondall 20th anniversary ...........1 20 years of caring for Brisbane creeks ..4 20 years of Voluntary Regenerator Conservation Agreements ..........8 BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL’S COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS NEWSLETTER | AUTUMN 2017 EDITION Boondall Wetlands Message from Councillor David McLachlan Chairman, Environment, Parks and Environment Sustainability Committee Centre celebrates Welcome to the second edition of the new Regenerator, a newsletter for 20 years Council’s Community Conservation Partnership programs. Boondall Wetlands Environment Centre celebrated its 20th anniversary in October Firstly, I would like to highlight 2016, with a day of free, fun-filled festivities the fantastic ongoing work of the at the Nudgee Beach foreshore. Along Bushcare Group in Oxley. I also volunteers and partners across with the ‘traditional’ hands-on workshops, welcome 16 new landholders joining Habitat Brisbane, Creek Catchments, guided walks and native animal displays, the Wildlife Conservation Partnership Wildlife Conservation Partnerships the event also featured traditional Program this year. and environment centres. In the Japanese storytelling and kite making 2015-16 financial year, we had Council is working alongside these acknowledging Boondall’s close ties 888 sites under restoration consisting valuable contributions from our with its sister wetland, the Yatsu-Higata of 3062 hectares, with 7000 partners Community Conservation volunteers Tideland in Narashino, Japan. and volunteers contributing over and partners, and has so far acquired The Boondall Wetlands Environment 313,155 hours in conservation 92.5 hectares of natural habitat Centre opened in 1996 and has been a activities, planting 205,787 plants this year as part of the Bushland place for local and international guests to and sourcing over $800 thousand Acquisition Program, supporting visit and learn more about this valuable of funds externally. This had an Brisbane’s vision of 40% natural ecosystem. Over the last 20 years many overall estimated contribution of habitat cover across the city. $11.1 million. Over 112,000 visitors school groups and visitors have attended have passed through our three Council has been a leader in programs at the centre to learn about the environment centres learning about sustainability practices for more wetlands and the animals that live within our environment and sustainability. than 20 years and will continue to them. The centre is located in the largest The new Karawatha Forest Discovery engage and partner with residents wetland reserve in South East Queensland Centre, since opening 12 months and businesses to guide, educate and is an important part of Moreton Bay, ago, has hosted more than 108 and empower the community to recognised internationally under the activities for the public and seen make Brisbane ‘Australia’s Most Ramsar Convention. 47,000 visitors. Sustainable City’. I would like to The centre also provides a focus for thank and congratulate you for volunteers, with a group of dedicated I would also like to welcome two your contributions to help achieve interpretive volunteers leading free guided new Habitat Brisbane groups – our vision for a clean, green and walks most weekends. The Boondall Yeronga Corso Bushcare Group in sustainable city. Yeronga, and Lawson and Kendall Continued on page 2 AUTUMN 2017 EDITION | 1 Continued from page 1 Bushcare Habitat Brisbane group also holds regular working bees to help manage weeds in the reserve. To learn how you can be part of either of these groups visit Council’s website. Council has two other environment centres, at Raven Street Bushland Reserve (Downfall Creek) and Karawatha Forest. Each provides opportunities for visitors to relax and play in a natural setting with family and friends while learning about the unique natural environments. To find out more visit Council’s website at www.brisbane.qld.gov.au and search ‘environment centres’. Fly me to the Moon Some weigh less than a hen’s egg, but over the course of their lifetimes they fly the equivalent of the distance to the Moon. Surviving hail, cyclones, predators, urban development and fatigue, migratory shorebirds such as eastern curlews (Numenius madagascariensis), bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) and red-necked stints (Calidris ruficollis). are the superheroes of the avian world. Migratory shorebirds feed on the food-rich mud flats and roost in the salt marshes and mangroves along the shore. Each spring they fly to Moreton signing of the Narashino Wetlands Bay from as far as Siberia, China, Japan, Affiliation Agreement between Brisbane Mongolia and Alaska. They reside in City Council and the city of Narashino. Boondall Wetlands between September Today this agreement protects significant and March each year, then once again international wetlands and migratory follow the call of summer and return shorebird populations, through research, to the northern hemisphere to breed. conservation, education and community Species such as the red-necked stint may awareness. make the 25,000 kilometre round trip between Alaska and Moreton Bay up to Lord Mayor Graham Quirk reaffirmed 15 times during their lives. Traveling such Brisbane’s commitment to this remarkable distances requires plenty of relationship by re-signing the Affiliation energy and the birds rely on wetlands Agreement together with the Mayor of along the way to rest and refuel. Narashino at Boondall Wetlands on 13 February 2017. The Yatsu-Higata Tideland in Narashino, Japan provides both important breeding Like their winged counterparts, Australian habitat and a vital stopover for these and Japanese professionals and global navigators on their way south. volunteers from Boondall and Yatsu- The importance of the relationship Higata take part in an annual pilgrimage between Boondall and Yatsu-Higata that consolidates and strengthens this was acknowledged in 1998, with the longstanding international relationship. 2 | COMMUNITY CARE FOR BUSHLANDS, WETLANDS AND WATERWAYS Bearing witness: Weed profile – Coral berry capturing Brisbane’s nature with words I’m drawn to country between wetlands and sea sand over limestone, like the shore where I left my other skin before I became estuarine… Threshold Country by Annamaria Wheldon Nature writing is an opportunity to impart emotion, and creatively record our experience of nature and landscape. To bear witness to what is, so that future generations know what was. Annamaria Photo: Dick Colbert Wheldon’s Threshold Country captures the essence of a place and provides a well (Ardisia crenata) thick carpet of seedlings makes it a Coral berry is of inspiration, hope and purpose. a small upright evergreen shrub potential threat and a weed to keep that is native to South-East Asia, an eye out for. Nature Writing Competition growing up to two metres high, with glossy dark green leaves. Its Control methods Considering the importance of recording landscapes and connecting people to alternately arranged leaves are • Seedlings and younger plants relatively thick and have finely places, you are invited to submit your own can be hand-removed. All parts insights or reflections on ‘The Nature of toothed (crenate) margins. The of the plant including the leaves, plant has fragrant flowers, white Brisbane’ to our first ever Nature Writing fruit and roots should be bagged Competition. to deep pink in colour, which are and disposed of into general usually covered in numerous minute waste to prevent seed dispersal Entries will be judged by a panel black spots. Its showy bright red by birds and reshooting of the including local author Dr Inga Simpson berries hang down in clusters, plant from a plant fragment. (Mr Wigg; Nest; and Where the Trees appear from winter to spring and ). The winner will have their piece • Larger shrubs may require Were can remain on the plant for months. published in a future edition of The treatment with herbicide. This species reproduces by seed Regenerator and will win a book pack of Although no herbicides are and can be spread by humans (i.e. nature-related texts, with the opportunity specifically registered for the in dumped garden waste), birds to attend a nature writing workshop with control of coral berry in Australia, which consume the attractive fruit, Dr Inga Simpson. Five runners up will Vigilant Gel is registered for and by water movement. receive a selected nature text and also the control of woody weeds in have the opportunity to attend the nature Also known as Christmas berry Australia. Woody environmental writing workshop. and coral ardisia, coral berry has weeds may also be controlled become naturalised in the coastal in Queensland with some Entries should be submitted as an essay districts of eastern Queensland, herbicides as outlined in or prose piece on the theme The Nature north-eastern New South Wales and APVMA off-label Permit 11463 at of Brisbane, with a maximum of 1000 in the Sydney area. It is an emerging http://permits.apvma.gov.au/ words. The competition opens 1 May weed in tropical, subtropical and PER11463.PDF 2017 and closes on 30 June 2017. For warmer temperate regions. It prefers For information on this species terms and conditions and information rich, well-drained soil in partially visit Council’s online weed ID tool on how to submit your entry email shaded positions such as in closed at weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au [email protected] forests, near forest margins and along waterways. Coral berry is of particular concern as its seeds can germinate in low light conditions, unlike many weed species that favour disturbed areas open to sunlight. Its capacity to grow under dense forest canopy and to form a AUTUMN 2017 EDITION | 3 20 years of caring for Brisbane’s creeks Brisbane is a city built on water. Bisected by the Brisbane River and bound by Moreton Bay, Brisbane contains 38 creek catchments and 630 kilometres of waterways. Brisbane residents recognise the environmental and aesthetic values of their local creeks and have joined together in their local communities to protect and restore them.
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