Friends of Stradbroke Island

Friends of Stradbroke Island Issue #76 - April 2017 In this issue  Minjerribah's Wild Places Rehabilitation Obligations Not Being Enforced By State Government Island Conservation Cyclone Side-effects 2017 Glossy Black-Cockatoo Survey Bus Shelter Poetry Nature Notes Have you considered making a donation to support FOSI’s work?  Minjerribah's Wild Places A Nature Guide to North Stradbroke Island, Minjerribah. Book review by Julie Kearney Affectionately known to many as Straddie or Minjerribah, North Stradbroke Island has been a favourite holiday destination for south-east Queenslanders since it first began attracting boating parties to its shores in the nineteenth century. Millenia before this it was regularly visited by Indigenous mainlanders for similar purposes, as well as ritual business with the Quandamooka people. Now, hot off the press in 2017 we have A Nature Guide to North Stradbroke Island, Minjerribah , the first-ever compre...

Friends of Stradbroke Island Newsletter Issue #75 December 2016 In this issue Straddie’s Summer Birds The Moreton Bay Ramsar Site and Toondah Harbour Toondah Harbour plan raises serious questions for the State Government Both Sibelco and Walker Group Paid Nil Income Tax in 2014/15 Tell-tale sign of…? Glossy Black Cockatoo Count Day 2016 Report Moreton Bay Research Station Open Day Island Fox Control Annual Update Pelicans at One Mile Please support FOSI’s ongoing work Straddie’s Summer Birds Oriental Dollarbird – displaying its ‘silver dollar’ wing markings, photo by Chris Walker Stradbroke is expecting many visitors this summer— most will come by ferry or water taxi – but many others will be flying in from international and Australian departure points. But they won’t be landing at the Dunwich airstrip, but touching down in the island’s forest and shores. These are the myriad of birds flying in to spend summer on Minjerribah. Among the early arrival...