Freshwater jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbii: Thoto by Kai squires via Atlas of Living Australia. Licensed under CC-BY 4.0. By Brendan RossIf you are a regular beachgoer, you might expect to see jellyfish washed up after a strong onshore wind, but would you expect to...
Macrobrachium Australiense: This Australian freshwater prawn. Photo by Marilyn Connell via Atlas of Living Australia. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. By Brendan RossAfter dark, when the last dog-walkers leave the park, a quiet workforce takes over our creeks. If you shine a...
By Brendan RossWe’re excited to share that the creek survey results are in! Back in October 2024, The Gap Sustainability Initiative, in collaboration with Save Our Waterways Now (SOWN), carried out a series of cutting-edge environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys in Enoggera...
The current fight to Save Victoria Park has brought to the forefront of our minds how fragile the protection for our natural assets actually is. In The Gap, we are very lucky to be able to enjoy a relatively natural environment. We heard from a recent resident that...
This week we submitted our response to the Moreton Water plan public consultation. We raised five main points: 1. Concerns about the right to extract from Enoggera Creek 2. Environmental management downstream from SEQwater-managed reservoirs 3. Management of...
The Queensland government is inviting comments on its South East regional plan. Its a 192 pages document, which takes a lot to read and understand. Over the next decades population growth is expected to be quite high and infrastructure needs to hold pace. In other...
Threatened species need more protection, but often actions are undertaken too late or in a way that are not far reaching enough, or create further stress on vulnerable populations of plants or animals. You will have read about grasslands being bulldozed over,...
Those of us who cycle for commuting, to school work or recreation clearly notice that cycling is becoming more popular. E-bikes make it feasible to easily tackle Brisbane's famous hills and allow everyone regardless of age and fitness level to get around on the...
Every few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports on the state of the global climate outlook. This year's report is the most comprehensive and was compiled by a global group of scientists, so that all areas of the world were represented. The...