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The tracking of 'Judith'

23/9/2014

The Tracking of Judith - Photo by Vandhana

'The tracking of Judith' profiles a young female cassowary establishing its territory in the fragmented landscape of its essential habitat at Mission Beach.

It was made possible by the community sharing information which is being used to help protect the cassowary in our region. It helps identify individual cassowaries, their movement in the landscape, where they cross roads etc.

Check out 'Judith's story and lots of other information about the cassowaries and the identification project.

Thank you everyone for your contributions that make this project possible. More here.

The Great Barrier Reef: an obituary

30/3/2014

Compulsory viewing.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is gathering in Japan to explore the effect of climate change on the natural world. For the Great Barrier Reef, the situation is stark - emissions must be cut radically, and quickly, if it is to survive

This must see presentation by Oliver Milman, Christian Bennett and Mike Bowers of The Guardian.

Ugly rock wall planned for the Perry Harvey Jetty

21/2/2014

Other places have the Big Banana, the Big Pineapple etc - why shouldn't Mission Beach have THE BIG TURD?

See Boat Bay campaign blog

View DSDIP's wave modelling and visual interpretation of the rock wall

A passionate community history

4/12/2013

Today I had the great pleasure to meet Iain McCalman, acclaimed historian and author of recently published 'The Reef, a Passionate History'.

Friends of Ninney Rise (FoNR) members, Tony O'Malley (Terrain), Peter Rowles (C4) and myself representing (CCA) were invited to meet Iain who was in town as a guest of Mission Beach Tourism (also a member of FoNR) to discuss the Turning of the Tide project.

Queensland heritage listed Ninney Rise, John Busst's home, was bequeathed to the Qld government on the understanding it would be conserved as National Park, but it was never gazetted.

Road crossing trials field trip

20/11/2013

On Friday (15 Nov) Mission Beach Cassowaries (MBC ) attended part of a Cassowary road crossing trials field trip to discuss potential solutions to reduce cassowary deaths at locations where regular road deaths have been documented.

Present were representatives of CCRC, JCU, WTMA, Terrain and MBC.

National Parks under threat

20/10/2013

Little Ramsay Bay - Hinchinbrook Island. Photo Mission Beach Charters

To the residents of the Cassowary Coast region, tourists and all those who value Queensland's biodiversity,

Join us in opposing the Newman Government's predation of National Parks and the rush to convert priceless wildlife reserves into lifeless cash.

Mission Beach Cassowary update

13/9/2013

Bingil Bay Garners Beach - Joov and Cyril

Cyril (left) Joov (right)

'Joov' and 'Cyril'(ina) have got together as a cassowary couple this season. It is a big story because 'Cyril' is a four year old female who, it seems, has replaced a very aged bird, 'Barbara', well known to the Bingil Bay/Garners Beach community.
'Barbara' is one of Mrs Freda Jorrisen's birds. That means she is almost 50 years old.

'Barbara' has been the mate of 'Joov' for the last three years and Joov, this year, as an 8 year old, has for the first time successfully raised a chick. (Larry)

News from Coquette Point

18/11/2012

At 5.30am on Wednesday I walked out of my mangrove hideaway and went up the range to join a gathering crowd for the viewing.

Hello from sunny Coquette Point,

The suspense leading up to the solar eclipse on the 14/11/12 could have been written by Alfred Hitchcock. Dark clouds gathered on the days before the event and the weather gurus held very little hope that we, on the far northern coast, would have clear skies to see the sun. Thousands left the coast and travelled hundreds of miles inland to find clear skies. However, that was no excuse for us to miss out on a neighbourhood get together and breakfast-party.

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Living on the edge can be dangerous

16/11/2012

WATCH OUT: Russell Constable took this picture of a little tern’s nest and eggs on Cowley Beach. Little tern pairs make their nest scrapes in the sand quite close to each other, often in dunes or just above the tideline.

WILDWATCH: by ANNE WILKINSON

I was delighted when I walked into Tully library the other day to find an excellent flyer displayed near the door for anyone to pick up.

Called “Protecting the little terns of the Cassowary Coast” it has been produced jointly by CCRC, the Federal Government, the Queensland Government and Reef Guardian Council. Apart from being an interesting document in its own right, it gives a fascinating glimpse into the lives of these tiny, endangered seabirds. Reading it, one can almost smell the sea and the beach.

News from Coquette Point

25/7/2012

Female litoria jungguy

Hello from Jungguy country,

Coastal wetlands are some of the most threatened habitats on the planet. The Melaleuca leucadendren swamps of Coquette Point are included in the World Heritage Wet Tropics and extended from the mouth of the Johnstone River to the Moresby Range, an area three kilometres long by ½ kilometre wide.

This swamp is a major fish spawning habitat and consists of large deep lagoons and shallow swamps of melaleuca, pandanus and tidal mangrove: this is the Johnstone River’s ‘everglades’.

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The tracking of 'Judith'

The Great Barrier Reef: an obituary

Ugly rock wall planned for the Perry Harvey Jetty

A passionate community history

Road crossing trials field trip

National Parks under threat

Mission Beach Cassowary update

News from Coquette Point

Living on the edge can be dangerous

News from Coquette Point

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