On November 9 and 10, FIDO members attended the K’gari conference at the Fraser Coast campus of the University of the Sunshine Coast. At this two-day event, our own Peter Shooter presented a session on the Pandanus restoration programme that FIDO has been running with Isaac Neisler and his team. The conference hosted a number Continue reading
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From the President December 2023
From Zela Bisset FIDO President This is a quick update on things I have done since becoming president of FIDO, which are related to preserving the natural environment and learning more about it. The first group of photos is of a wildflower walk I attended with Glen, my husband, run by the Fraser Coast branch Continue reading
FIDO Update Newsletter – November 2023
What’s going on with FIDO at the moment? I know we’ve been a bit lax with the communication so I am trying to put something quickly together that helps everyone get an overview of various aspects of FIDO’s work. The short trip group from Maryborough had just come back this afternoon on the barge. I Continue reading
The Towards 2050 K’gari Research Symposium – Registrations Close 19 November
A USC-led symposium is aiming to develop a research strategy to help ‘future-proof’ K’gari, the world’s largest sand island, over the next three decades. The Towards 2050 K’gari Research Symposium will bring together the island’s traditional custodians, the Butchulla People, researchers, students, environmental groups and other stakeholders at USC’s Fraser Coast campus on Friday 26 November. Continue reading
How Fares the Vision for the Great Sandy – Sixteen Years On?
By Geoff Mosley. Review completed on 31st December 2020. Conservation is surely one of the most unselfish of human behaviours. What is being protected for the future is often a heritage from the past, in some cases a result of past conservation efforts that have the potential to inspire others. What better reason can there Continue reading
MOONBI 139
The FIDO publishing team have finished compiling and editing MOONBI 139 which is available now. Download MOONBI 139 The importance of MOONBI Excerpt Fraser Island Bulldog (chapter 2), a memoir by John Sinclair At the time of the formation of FIDO when mining leases were being opposed in the Mining Warden’s court, (Christmas New Year Continue reading
The John Sinclair Memorial Lecture 2020
Dr John Sinclair AO, founder of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) died on 3rd February 2019. FIDO is honoring the outstanding contribution John made to conservation generally, and Fraser Island (K’gari) in particular, by establishing the John Sinclair Memorial Lecture. This pioneering conservationist spent decades fighting first sand mining and then logging on K’gari Continue reading
Save the date – The Inaugural John Sinclair Memorial Lecture Saturday 7th March 2020
Dr John Sinclair AO, founder of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) died on 3rd February 2019. FIDO is honoring the outstanding contribution John made to conservation generally, and Fraser Island (K’Gari) in particular, by establishing the John Sinclair Memorial Lecture. This pioneering conservationist spent decades fighting first sand mining and then logging on K’Gari Continue reading
2020 Cooloola BioBlitz on 20, 21 and 22 March 2020
Full details on the Cooloola BioBlitz Website. Download the flyer The team have an exciting lineup of expert Team Leaders across a broad range of plants, animals, insects and fungi and even a Bryophytes (moss etc) expert coming for the first time. We also have a wonderful program with a range of presenters for the evening Continue reading
Ten Basic Conservation Campaigning Rules
A few simple tips from John Sinclair Originally written in 1975 but the basic tips are just as valid in the 21stCentury 1) When in Doubt, Ask Questions: If you are not satisfied with something but you are not yet in a position to say something about it in an informed way, ask questions. This Continue reading