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by Spencer Shaw It’s not been the biggest of stories in the media over the last year or so, what with Covid, Scandal and Celebrity, so although you may have missed it, this is a story that has quite significant implications for the Sunshine Coast hinterland.  In a few media reports yo

A Critique of the Eight Hour Day ‘Onsite’ for Bush Regenerators in Local Government Natural Areas Contracts SE QLD by Spencer Shaw Over the last 20 year in SE QLD, the various Local Councils have been the major drivers of Ecological Restoration through the acquisition of natural areas

By Spencer Shaw Last year was be the 10th anniversary of Myrtle Rust being brought into Australia. Note that I say “brought into” Australia, as the terminology usually used is “arrived” or “was first detected”. The latter could be taken as inferring that Myrtle Rust arrived in Austral

by Spencer Shaw with contributions from Bree Jashin and Tina Raveneau It was only a few years ago, that as a professional bush regenerator, I thought that non-herbicide based weed control was pretty much a fringe activity, and that the only way we could undertake weed control in bush

Blitz, Nuke, Annihilate, Smash, Devastate, Destroy and of course War are just a few of the words that have been adopted in our approach to weed management.  Herbicide names are by default war like terms and include Wipeout, Arsenal,  Roundup, Weedmaster, Gloricide, Brush Killer, Slash

When it comes to their use in plantings and even in the wider landscape, Eucalypts cop a lot of bad press. As usual its often down to poor decisions and management on our behalf. The litany of complaints against the Eucalypt are numerous and include (but are not limited to the followi

by Spencer Shaw This one of the outstanding shrubs of our region that should be in every garden – ok that would get a bit boring! However outside of the botany community too few people know about this beautiful little shrub. In appearance it resembles some of the small shrubby g

By Spencer Shaw, April, 2014 When it comes to thinking about planting Native Plants we tend to only think about the trees such as Gum tree or Fig Trees, and that can be a sticking point with regards planting natives, because not everyone has room for them (in fact I’d strongly recomme

Brush Turkey had a packed education space last week with 28 people taking part in the Orchids of the Sunshine Coast and Hinterland workshop. The workshop was presented by Australasian Native Orchid Society enthusiasts David James, Graham Corbin and Roger Finn. They shared their consid

YOU MAY not know this, but when not writing plays, Shakespeare himself was a dedicated bush regenerator, and that his most famous phrase was in fact inspired by the title of this article, a statement he was often heard to utter when approaching a new site he was working on, maybe̷