by Katie | 8 Aug, 08 | Better Waterways
The nesting season has come to an end for Elsie, the White Throated Snapping Turtle (Elseya albagula). July sees the end to the turtles coming up onto the Burnett River banks to find suitable locations to prepare their chambers and lay their eggs. The following...
by Melinda | 31 Jul, 08 | Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General, Landcare, Weeds and Pests
WHERE: Gympie Civic Centre Fossickers Room WHEN: Wednesday 27 August 2008 TIME: 1.00pm to 4.00pm. Afternoon Tea Provided Project management is a controlled process of initiating, planning, executing and closing down a project. The workshop will explore the stages of...
by Melinda | 31 Jul, 08 | Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General, Landcare
WHERE: Kingaroy CWA Hall WHEN: Tuesday 26 August 2008 TIME: 9.30am to 12.30pm. Morning Tea Provided Change needs to be managed and conducted in appropriate sequence of steps to arrive at the desired outcome. Many organisations embark on implementing a new...
by Katie | 9 Jul, 08 | Better Waterways, General
“For the word has passed around, the rain has fallen down, and has softened up the banks of the mighty Burnett ground. From far and wide the girls will glide, along the waters edge in search of a spot to lay their mighty eggs.” It’ s all happening...
by Katie | 26 Jun, 08 | Better Waterways
June 18th saw a bus of interested community members hop aboard for a tour organised by Robert Doyle and Andrew O’Farrell from Growcom. In total 16 people attended,these people came from a cross section of the community with representatives from Department of...
by Melinda | 24 Jun, 08 | Better Bush, Better Waterways, General
There was movement on the river bank for the word had passed around, that the White Throat Snapping Turtle was laying her eggs! Yes, this rare turtle (Latin name, Elseya albagula) was identified only a few years ago by the committed efforts of the staff at the...
by dean | 2 Jun, 08 | Better Waterways
In Integrated Catchment Management you get an insight to a whole stack of processes and activities you might not normally encounter. The issue of biopass is one such issue. The Burnett Mary Biopass Development Strategy considers all of the impediments to fish and...
by Katie | 21 May, 08 | Better Waterways
Friday May 9th was the day of the Catchement to Coast tour, kindly organised by Ocean Watch and Tide to Table. The people attending the tour covered all aspects of the catchment from farmers and organisation in the catchment systems through to commerical...
by dean | 2 Feb, 08 | Better Waterways
Happy World Wetland Day! Did you know 37 years ago today, in a small resort town in Iran an international group met to develop a convention for the conservation and management of wetlands? The town, Ramsar is located on the Caspian Sea and the convention which the...
by Katie | 30 Nov, 07 | Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General
There is a rumour around that Burnett graziers do it better than anywhere else in Australia. By “do it better” we mean do more to improve catchment health and productivity with their funding than landholders elsewhere. At least that’s what...
