Island life
It’s mine! I got it first!. . . a pair of Kookaburras plays tug of war with a large caterpillar. […]
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Seen around the shore
A Kiwi visitor… this gannet was found on Deadman’s Beach, it carried a leg band (below) from White Island, off […]
Read moreNative plants for Stradbroke Island gardens
Stradbroke gardens In this edition we have seen the difference 10 years of bush care can make and some weeds […]
Read moreThe problem with weeds: bushland intruders
Many hardy garden plants that grow well in island conditions can easily become weeds. They invade the bush and muscle […]
Read moreBushcare anniversary: still making a difference 10 years on
Every friend of Stradbroke Island cherishes its bushland. Pandanus and pigface, casuarinas and crinum lilies — these and a host […]
Read moreOil spill update: Straddie fisheries safe
Stradbroke Island fisheries are healthy and oil and toxin free following the devasting oil spill off Moreton Island. In March […]
Read moreResults of the 2009 AGM
The meeting on Easter Saturday was well attended. New committee electedPresident – Sue Ellen Carew Vice-President – Jani Haenke Secretary […]
Read moreSeen around the island
Hideway… A Nankeen Night Heron shelters in a Zulu fig tree on Samarinda Way. Bella Vista… Dead trees reveal a […]
Read moreFOSI President’s Report (mid 2009)
In the last year the global economic crisis together with new scientific predictions of the rapid escalation of global warming […]
Read moreLatest island news in brief
New owner for CRL Stradbroke silica sand miner Unimin Australia, subsidiary of a Belgian-based private mining company, is the new […]
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