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These wonderful photographs were taken by JCU researcher Dr Isabel Beasley while observing a herd of 20 dugongs, some with newborn calves, feeding in Hinchinbrook’s Missionary Bay. The dugongs appeared while Dr Beasley and rangers from the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation were conducting an annual … Continue reading
It was the Palmer River gold-rush in the 1870s that led to the ‘opening up’ of Cape York first to gold-seekers and then to the pastoralists who established large cattle stations and began the dispossession of the Peninsula’s indigenous peoples. … Continue reading
For the third consecutive year we enjoyed a wonderful afternoon discovering life between the tides with expert marine biologist Dr John Collins who, after nearly 50 years digging around our shorelines, probably knows this habitat even better than the back … Continue reading
Algae Crustaceans (cont’d) ?Jania sp. Atergatus floridus – type of mud crab Udotea flabellum Squilla sp. (order Stomatopoda) Halimeda opuntia Echinoderms Caulerpa taxifola Arachnoides placenta – sand dollar Angiosperms brittle star (order Ophiuroidea) Halodule uninervis sea grass Gastropods Halophila ovalis sea … Continue reading
WHAT’S COMING UP? Koels and coucals are calling, curlews and plovers have fluffy chicks scampering around them on the river bank and elsewhere, black flying-fox pups will soon be peeping out from under their mothers’ wings and last night it … Continue reading
August’s monthly excursion took us back to Paradise Lagoon, which we visited just over two years ago (see report here) and further upstream. A much smaller group than last month, we met at the Paluma Range turn-off and drove in convoy past … Continue reading
On 18th August the following disturbing account was posted by Innisfail’s Yvonne Cunningham on her facebook page and has also appeared on the community FB page, Innisfail News and Views. Cassowary Ruthie was well known to Yvonne and other residents of … Continue reading
Spring greetings to all our members and friends – it may not be officially spring yet but apart from the odd day or two we really seem to have skipped winter entirely this year. Sadly this is probably not something … Continue reading
What a crowd! 26 bodies, including children, made the most of a stunningly blue and gold day on Magnetic Island last month. There were so many of us disembarking from the ferry that I worried we might not all get … Continue reading
WHAT’S COMING UP? SUNDAY 24th JULY: MAGNETIC ISLAND FIELD TRIP – butterflies, lagoon, koalas anyone? If you are not one of those lucky people actually living on the island, make sure you are at the ferry terminal in plenty of time … Continue reading