Friends of Stradbroke Island

Recent Research Recent reasearch from Griffith University indicates that the freshwater shrimp Caridina indistincta and a sympatric freshwater fish Rhadinocentrus ornatus , found only on the East coast of North Stradbroke Island, have genetic heritage dating from the Pleistocene era (~ 100-300 thousand years ago). Interestingly, this coincides with most estimates of the age of the dunal landscapes and indicates just how ancient and unique the island is. Holiday House Letting Code Continuing complaints from residents at Point Lookout about noisy behaviour from neighboring holiday tenants have caused the Redland Council to consider regulation of letting in residential areas. At the moment the Voluntary Code of Practice applying to agents is mostly effective but partying tenants in some houses, let by one agent, have frequently come to the attention of police. At the last round table discussion called by Mayor Melva Hobson residents, including FOSI representatives, voiced their concerns....

Donations please! Our recent activities to help save Straddie from mining have siphoned away money from our bank account. Despite some very generous donations and provision of some services free-of-charge from our supportive members, we still need some more money for the campaign. So if you can donate a little bit of money (or a big bit!!) please make out a cheque to FOSI or make an EFT transfer to the FOSI account. Gorge walk update Congratulations to Redlands City Council on its recent upgrade of the North Gorge Walk – a big improvement!   Date saver – AGM FOSI’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 3 April at 2.00 pm at the home of Edith and Duncan McPhee, 14 Booran Street, Point Lookout. Members are urged to attend and to consider offering themselves for election to the Executive and the Committee. Meeting notices and nomination forms have been mailed to members.. Turtle TV stars Straddie turtles featured on a television current affairs program last month. ...

Illegal camping People have been flouting the ban on camping on Deadman's and Frenchman's beaches and other areas of beach and reserve on the island. Pig sty... rubbish left by campers on Deadman's Beach.  Campfire on Frenchman's Beach during a total fire ban.  While we understand the appeal of camping in these lovely places, the sheer number of island visitors means the environment does not have the chance to recover from the damage done by campers. Illegal campers leave rubbish, human waste and toilet paper, trample vegetation and destroy trees. There is ample space for camping in island campgrounds. Therefore, we urge the council to be vigilant in discouraging these campers and others to report them to island rangers on 1300 551 253. Emergency Local emergency services are concerned that the lack of house numbers on island properties could one day lead to a tragedy. The police, ambulance and emergency services have asked residents to display their street numb...