July 20, 2013February 11, 2022Blogs Motorized traffic severely impacts beach birds A recent scientific study undertaken on Fraser Island found that motorized traffic is the prime agent of disturbance to birds […] Read more
July 20, 2013April 15, 2024Blogs Winter seabirds arriving at Straddie Australian Gannets, Bruce Martin. On a wet and windy Sunday in June, Colin Reid and three fellow seabird aficionados […] Read more
July 20, 2013February 11, 2022Blogs Letter to Editor Straddie Island News Winter 2013 issue Local Koala, photographed by Lee Curtis Friends of Stradbroke Island disagrees with Bill Giles’ assertions in his letter in Easter […] Read more
July 20, 2013February 11, 2022Blogs Fox Free Stradbroke Island? A concerted effort to stop the ongoing spread of foxes on North Stradbroke Island must be a priority, if native […] Read more
July 20, 2013February 11, 2022Blogs Dugongs in Moreton Bay A shy creature, distantly related to the elephant, which communicates by chirps, whistles and barks – the dugong may be […] Read more
March 18, 2013February 15, 2022Blogs Australia Day storms brings seabirds onshore Above: Immature White-tailed Tropic Bird, Cylinder Headland. Cyclone Oswald battered North Stradbroke Island over the Australia Day weekend knocking over […] Read more
March 18, 2013February 15, 2022Blogs The 2013 Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival Date claimer 26 to 28 July Artistic Director Rachel Smith returns from her music making in snowy climes to sunny […] Read more
March 18, 2013February 15, 2022Blogs NSI Field Guide Update FOSI Secretary Angela McLeod and her cousin Penny recording notes for the Point Lookout walk from Adder Rock to Main […] Read more
March 18, 2013February 15, 2022Blogs ‘Hollow Promises’ The following article by Sue Ellen Carew, FOSI President was published in the Stradbroke Island News – Summer 2012 Sand […] Read more