Welcome… Meet the Friends of Brisbane Ranges and learn about what we do.
Friends of Brisbane Ranges aims to learn about the environment, ecology, flora, fauna, and history of the Brisbane Ranges National Park and Steiglitz Historic Park.
Group members meet regularly to learn more about the diverse ecology of the Park through citizen science activities and hands-on conservation work. And for members, this is an enjoyable and involving way to appreciate the natural beauty of the park while protecting the Park’s environmental values.
In 2022, the Friends of Brisbane Ranges will celebrate its 40 year anniversary. We look forward to providing news and events on this new website to recognise this important milestone.
You will see the material for this website changing as it is being uploaded and posted, so if you can't find specific Friends of Brisbane Ranges subjects or stories, please let us know.
We hope you enjoy this newly launched website and learn a bit more about the unique assemblage of animals, fungi and plants calling the Brisbane Ranges home. To get involved, keep up with social media, join in an activity and become a member too.
We hope to see you soon.
We acknowledge that we are working on the land of the Wathaurong/Wada Wurrung people, and pay our respects to their elders past, present and future. We also pay our respects to all Aboriginal people currently living on this Country.
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The next activity on Sun Dec 10th will be the final one for this year. We do not have any planned activities in January, so will resume in February.
Meet at: The depot at Anakie at 10-10:30 AM
We will hold a planning meeting in the tea room to organise next year's activities. We expect a rep from Parks Vic to give us some info on what activities they are planning, so we can organise any support work around them.
Besides the usual monthly activities, there are some larger projects that could be discussed.
Stuff for the Wettenhall eDNA project
Working with the rangers to decide on another region to install some more nest boxes (we have nearly 40), then working on getting them up. Also replacing any current ones that have fallen down or apart.
Setting up a working group to look at producing a new edition of the wildflower book. All photos will have to be obtained again. There are a lot of scientific name changes to be updated. It would also be good to include any Wadawurrung names.
The Geelong Field Nats have raised the idea of renewing the interpretation signs on the Ted Errey circuit. Most are faded (some to illegibility) and at least a couple are irrelevant following the 2006 fire (mistletoe and Banksias referred to no longer there). We expect a small working group will be organised to discuss sign content and wording.
After the meeting, we will head out somewhere for lunch and a nice walk in the park.
Bring all the usual suitable clothing, water, lunch etc, plus stuff for morning tea. Bring something to share if you wish. Plenty of ideas and enthusiasm for next year's activities would be fantastic.
If you can't make it on the day but would like to suggest any activities for next year, please let us know.
Our group has been successful with a Wettenhall small environment grant application.
The project name is "Investigating the housing shortage for Brush Tailed Phascogales and other threatened species" We aim To utilise the latest eDNA screening technology to test soil samples beneath installed nest boxes and natural tree hollows for the presence of threatened species.
Wettenhall Environment Trust
Sharing to BotanyandEcology fb page. Excellent.
We’re one of the 70+ nature groups and eminent individuals representing over 300,000 people that have signed an open letter to Victoria's new Premier Jacinta Allan
Why?
It’s time to legislate the promised new national parks, phase out destructive native forest logging and finally protect the wildlife and natural wonders of the central west.
Add your name www.vnpa.org.au/centralwest-openletter/
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