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Since the days of the days of Adam and Eve and that little misunderstanding in the Garden of Eden, snakes have copped a bad rap in western culture. To some people they are the personification of evil and the merest glimpse and in extreme cases even the thought of them can cause panic,

AABR Tick Guide 2013 WEB 2

Damage to the delicate membrane of the flying foxes wing (Image: Spencer Shaw) by Spencer Shaw You may have heard all of this before (but for those of you who haven’t) Flying Foxes and barbed wire fences do not play well together. In fact barbed isn’t very nice to the majo

  by Spencer Shaw. When it comes to me espousing the virtues of mulch, I’m sure, that given the name of our business you think it’s a conspiracy. That my hidden agenda is to ensure that you provide more nesting material for my feathered friends so that one day soon my army of Bru

Imagine 350 kids from 27 local schools all working together to celebrate their positive actions for a more sustainable environment. This is what happened at a two day environmental youth event on the Sunshine Coast last week. The Sunshine Coast Kids in Action Conference is hosted by t

With Spencer Shaw Grevillea’s are a mainstay of Native Plant Nurseries. Honey Gem, Sandra Gordon, Robyn Gordon and Bronze Rambler are just a few of the hybrid non-local native Grevillea’s that are present in many people’s gardens. Closer to home on the Sunshine Coast we do actua

by Spencer Shaw September 2013 What is the most under-rated threat to Australia’s native wildlife? Sure, we know about foxes, cats, wild dogs, weeds, habitat fragmentation and even climate change … the list goes on and on, but a serious threat that we don’t consider for the sign

With Spencer Shaw of Brush Turkey Enterprises This time we are going to look at two plants that are small in size but are prize winning when it comes to their flowers – Paper Daisies. This article focuses on two spectacular local Paper Daisies, those being the White Paper Daisy Helich

Myrtle Rust Saga Continues… Back in March’s issue I wrote an article about Myrtle Rust Uredo rangelii, that nasty little fungal pathogen that arrived on the range just over two years ago and wreaked havoc on many of our local rainforest myrtles. We’d just had the longest period

Brush Turkey Enterprises to coordinate local youth event. We are proud to be contracted again by the Sunshine Coast Council to coordinate the Sunshine Coast Kids in Action Conference. This two day environmental youth conference is a fantastic event providing local students an opportun