Wolston and Centenary Catchments (WaCC) group organised a successful Clean Up Australia Day initiative on Saturday, 6th March 2011.

The focus of the clean up was the riparian bushland corridor and along the BullockheadCreek corridor bordering the Sumner Park industrial estate.

Rocks Riverside Park received a green boost on Thursday 21 July 2011 when 25 volunteers from AMP Capital volunteered their time with a native planting.  This corporate event is part of National Tree Day which is celebrated on 31 July.  It was coordinated by WaCC.

The volunteers stemmed from Sydney, Gold Coast, Bundaberg and Brisbane and by day’s end had planted about 250 native grasses, shrubs and trees.  Among the species planted were Grevillia, Bottlebrush (Melaleuca), Lilly Pilly (Syzygium), Kangaroo grass (Themada), Grey Myrtle (Backhousia) and Westringia. 
 
Brett Malcolm from the Wolston and Centenary Catchments (WaCC) was thrilled with the extra helping hands as it complements a frog pond directly below the planting site. 

“Today’s project provides a platform for WaCC and AMP Capital to work together to increase frog biodiversity within our precious catchment”, said Mr Malcolm. 

As well as increasing habitat for frogs and other native animals, the planting will also provide valuable shade, act as a carbon sink and improve water quality in the Brisbane River.

For more information contact the WaCC Creek Ranger on 0400 711 321 or visit the website: www.wacc.org.au .

Brisbane City Council is redeveloping the WaterSmart Strategy and is due to release the final Strategy later this year.

In the meantime, you can view information about the Strategy development process and the draft Strategy by clicking on the image at left.


For an outline of the draft Strategy, check the one pager, WaterSmart Strategy - At a Glance.

Over twenty people attended this workshop held in conjunction with the Qld Frog Society.

A dozen people, undaunted by the threat of rain, attended this walk along the scenic Coucal Trail at Pullen Reach, Brisbane River in Westlake.

Walkers had the opportunity to hear the echoing calls of the Pheasant Coucal, after which the trail was named by young people engaged in the Green Corps project to upgrade the path in 1999.

Sean Marler has recently been appointed by the Brisbane City Council as the new Creek Catchment Ranger for the Wolston and Centenary Catchments.  Sean moved to Queensland from the Northern Territory in 1998 and has a Bachelor of Environmental Science (Conservation Biology and Ecology).  Sean has a keen interest in environmental sustainability and is very excited about having the opportunity to work with the local community to improve catchment management outcomes.  

Sean can be contacted via mobile 0400 711 321 and email:
sean.marler@brisbane.qld.gov.au  

A full house attended this workshop led by Platypus experts from WPSQ (Wildlife Preservation Society of Qld).

Further to last month's walk along the upper reaches on Jindalee Creek, Henrik led us on a follow-up walk in the middle reaches of the creek. Here Jindalee Creek flows through the Edenbrooke lakes from Edenbrooke Drive and Oldfield Road.
 

Some twenty people attended the WaCC Walk on Saturday afternoon, 8th May 2010 led by Henrik Maier.  The purpose of the walk was to enjoy the beautiful park and bushland along the upper reaches of Jindalee Creek between Ashridge Rd, Darra, and the Edenbrooke lake.  The group also inspected the areas which suffered sediment damage to bushland adjacent to CSR site during construction of the adjacent industrial subdivision. We ran out of time to complete the walk to the Edenbrooke lake. It was resolved to defer that to a future visit to check the status of the creek and algae issues there.                 

WaCC Walk group at Jindalee Creek, downstream of Monier Rd.