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Lot 66 Buy Back

22/5/2014

 
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Over 60 members of the community were present at the  unveiling of a sign to celebrate the protection of a crucial lot in an important habitat corridor that connects two World Heritage Areas in the heart Mission Beach.

A buy back of Lot 66 was made possible by decades of community commitment and partnerships focused on saving the cassowary and their special environment at the popular seaside tourist destination. 


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The Great Barrier Reef: an obituary

30/3/2014

 
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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?
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See Boat Bay campaign blog
View DSDIP's wave modelling and visual interpretation of the rock wall

A passionate community history

4/12/2013

 
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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.

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National Parks under threat

20/10/2013

 
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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.



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A moveable feast right on our doorstep

6/7/2012

 
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by ANNE WILKINSON

Adventure unlimited – this delightful aspect of life is ready and waiting for everyone here in the north.

It doesn’t have to be daring or hard to achieve. Almost anything, a gentle walk on the beach or in the forest, for example, can turn into a journey of discovery.

It is the same with wetlands. Wetlands in so many ways represent a stream of lifeblood in the wild world because so many creatures need them and congregate in them. Australia, the driest continent on earth, is privileged to have some of its best wetlands.

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Different Drum from Mission Beach

27/6/2012

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As we all know, the environment of the Cassowary Coast is very special but it is also very fragile. It is a cyclone adapted environment, but development, tourism and two severe cyclones in only 5 years have taken their toll and participating in the plant outs has shown me how fragile such an environment is.

A healthy foreshore vegetation is key to stable sand dunes, the most effective barrier against erosion.
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Community pride in re vegetation projects
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Kerstin Pilz (centre) and The United Nations of Tree Planters: 5 German backpackers, 2 Dutch boys, 5 Aussies, 2 brand new MB residents, 2 very 'old' locals, 1 recently established local, 55 plants at foreshore in front of Village Green. Great effort! Thanks to all the new volunteers!

Congratulations to all who have been involved in the many plant outs along the foreshores of our beaches.  It is an acknowledgement of how intrinsic the value of the natural environment is to our community, lifestyle and well being at Mission Beach.

Hundreds of volunteers have spent countless hours over many months planting thousands of native trees and shrubs to help repair the damage to our dunal system as a result of cyclone Yasi. 

The Cassowary Coast community as a whole deserves  acknowledgement for the exceptional effort that is being made. 

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News from Coquette point

18/6/2012

 
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Black Bean seeds
Hello from Coquette Point,

Another week of perfect weather, hot dry days, clear cool nights, what wonderful conditions for growing food.  In the vegetable garden lettuce and cabbage are forming hearts and tomatoes are swelling.  In the orchard the harvest of citrus has been particularly good with trees laden with sweet, juicy mandarins, lemonades, oranges and more, all providing a good dose of vitamin C to chase away winter colds. In the rainforest the seeds of the black bean trees are falling to the ground.

Aboriginal rainforest people made flour from the seeds but only after a long process of leaching the alkaloid from the poisonous seed. The flour was made into bread, hearty and warming on cold nights.  What good timing when nature delivered an abundance of these meaty seeds at the onset of the winter months.

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Crested Terns are birds to watch

8/6/2012

 
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ON THE BEACH: A family of crested terns takes a break from fishing in this picture by Yvonne Cunningham.
WILDWATCH:  by  ANNE WILKINSON.

Wandering the Cassowary Coast beaches, bird watching is always a pleasure. It is a family rule always to carry a light pair of binoculars and, for me, a sketchbook.

There are so many different kinds of birds for which the beach and the sea are focuses.

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Different Drum from Mission Beach

17/9/2011

 
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Photo taken by Jeff Larson in January this year
Very sad that yet another cassowary was killed on Mission Beach roads on 13 Sept.  QPWS records show it was at a location where there has been multiple deaths. 

The cassowary (left) photographed  in January this year fits the description of the dead bird which had been observed recently in the area. 

I am waiting  for QPWS to confirm if this is the bird.

There has been a very high number of recorded cassowary deaths along the South Mission Beach Road which is well sign posted as a cassowary conservation area with a speed limit of 80 kph. 


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    Friends of Ninney Rise
    Ninney Rise
    - the inspiring
     conservation history of Mission Beach

    Lot 66
    a Mission Beach buyback success story
     


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    Russell Constable's blog is packed full of information about Ella Bay and region

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