Blogbook
Navigating stormy seas we aim to alert you to weather conditions (especially those involving the heating of our planet) and significant incidents especially those related to our local community. We are very interested to hear your stories and ideas. Please let us know by emailing editor@WhitsundayConservation.org.au and include your name, suburb and phone number.
Coral & Coal do Not Mix
Election Promises Will Destroy the Reef! You know that an election is drawing near when politicians start making promises that they can’t keep or, at best, shouldn’t
Life on a Sea Star
Comb sea stars, Astropecten sp., are common in our sandy inshore areas. Sea stars have no bones for their muscles to work against: instead they are pretty
Common Sense & Climate Change
After reading the recent IPCC report, I felt of dismay, anger and a tiny bit of hope. The report made it very clear that the rate of
Reef Listed in Danger
The recent UNESCO draft decision to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” seems to have caused much shock and consternation amongst our politicians. Why? As
Uniquely Airlie or just another Polluted High Rise Eyesore?
Airlie Beach and Coastal Waters are Choking The corals are dying and coastal waters suffer from diminishing visibility due to soil run-off, exacerbated by over-spraying of herbicides.
Climate Changes Road Colours but Leaders stay black on Coal
UPDATE 28 Apr 2021 – QLD ENVIRONMENT DEPT SAYS NO! ORIGINAL STORY THE COLOUR OF THE ROADS MAY CHANGE BUT LEADERS STILL DENY FOSSIL FUELS = GLOBAL
Death by Dirt
As I went for a walk in our beautiful Bicentennial Park the other day, I was extremely disappointed to see that both sides of the creek were
Marine Debris
What Rubbish… Who would have thought marine debris could be so interesting? Or that one of our past serial offenders is none other than the Bureau of
Freedom Flight – Blink & You’ll Miss It!
Infra-red cameras are located around the flight aviary and caught the moment the first flying fox flew to freedom. Watch for the two eyes reflected in the light
Emergency 1000km Bat Convoy Hits the Road
When a tree was felled on a private property near Moranbah, some 200km west of Mackay in December 2020, a colony of microbats, including babies – known
The Sea Turtle’s Struggle
Sea turtles have successfully cruised the world’s oceans for 65 million years, since the time of the dinosaurs. That’s why it’s hard to believe these animals could
Runoff Damages Environment & Tourism
The cumulative impact of repeated incidents like this is damaging our inshore environment, hampering inshore coral and seagrass recovery from TC Debbie and harming our tourism industry.
Anyone for Drupella
Drupella snail anyone? No I am not talking about a culinary delight but a persistent little pink critter, a tiny pink snail lurking on our reef, about