Flora 4 Fauna Eco Tours

15/11/2024

Exciting Times - Flora 4 Fauna - Australia's New Website Launch:

A big thank you to the team at Excite Media! 👏

After much anticipation, dedication, and hard work, our Flora 4 Fauna - Australia website is now live, and we couldn’t be happier with the results! 🥳

A big shout-out to the talented team at Excite Media for bringing our vision to life. 🙏

Their professionalism and expertise shine through every page, helping us showcase our mission and passion for reconnecting people with Australia’s native flora and fauna. 🌳🐨

* Although you can view the site on your mobile phone, for the full experience, check it out on your laptop or desktop! 💻

Explore our new site and discover what we’re all about at:

www.flora4fauna.org 💚

We specialise in Australian native plants, offering education, plant sales, and tailored services to foster biodiversity and reconnect communities with nature.

28/09/2024

Bushfood Talk, Tasting & Native Plant Sale -
This Sunday, 29th of September, 2024:

Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM.

Location: Southern Downs Industry Education Association, 163 Palmerin Street, Warwick, QLD, 4370.

Join us for an enlivening day celebrating the richly diverse natural world of Native Australian Bushfoods!

Hosted by SDIA & Flora 4 Fauna – Australia, this event features a captivating talk followed by a bushfood tasting and native plant sale. 🪴

Event Highlights:

• Expert Talk: Gain insights from Kemp Killerby, founder of Flora 4 Fauna, as he explores the ecological significance and benefits of native Australian bushfoods.

• Tasting Experience: Delight your palate with samples of traditional bushfoods and discover their unique flavors.

• Native Plant Sale: Browse a selection of native and endemic plants, including rare finds such as:

• Finger Limes

• Midyim Berry

• Riberry Lillypilly

• Burdekin Plum

• Plum Pines and many more...

All plants are priced at $5 or $10 (cash only).

Why Attend?

• Learn how to identify and utilise various Australian bushfood plants.

• Enhance your garden with these unique species that support local wildlife.

• Connect with fellow nature enthusiasts and expand your bushfood knowledge.

Plan your visit with Google Maps or Whereis.com

Don't Miss Out!

Click "Going" on our Facebook event page and register your attendance here:

https://events.humanitix.com/bushfood-talk-tastings-and-plant-sale

For more details about this event, go to:

https://facebook.com/events/s/bushfoods-of-southern-qld-talk/475092635417050/

We look forward to seeing you there!

Flora 4 Fauna – Australia:

https://www.facebook.com/Flora4FaunaQLD

Join us and make a difference! 🐝🐦🦋

05/09/2024

Upcoming Events – September 2024:

To help the public learn more about, taste and purchase their own unique native Australian bushfoods, medicinal plants, fauna attractors and utility trees, the following events have been planned for September 2024.

Sunday, 8th of September 2024 - Native Australian Fire-Retardant Plants – Talk & Plant Sale - Perseverance, QLD, 4352:

Join us for an exploration into the remarkable world of native Australian fire-retardant plants! In the face of increasing bushfire threats, understanding the unique properties of our native flora is essential. Learn how these incredible plants can be integrated into urban landscaping and broader conservation efforts to mitigate fire risks!

Read more about this event here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1207527210412384

Sunday, 15th of September 2024 - Free Walk & Talk - Bushfoods & Biodiversity of SEQ - Maroochy, 4558, QLD:

Join us for a captivating exploration of South-East Queensland's native Australian bushfoods and biodiversity at our Free Walk & Talk. Discover the rich tapestry of native edible plants that have thrived on the Australian continent for millennia.

From traditional uses to their contemporary significance as traditional food sources, medicinal plants, fauna attractors, and utility trees, this event promises to unveil their fascinating stories and help you decide which plants are best for your own garden and culinary needs.

Read more about this event here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/995175675382819/

Sunday, 22nd of September 2024 - Native Plant Sale – Warwick, 4340, QLD:

Flora 4 Fauna - Australia will be hosting a Native Plant Sale at our Wilga Wellness Centre, 1a William Street, Warwick, QLD. The sale will start at 9am and finish at 12 noon!

We will have a wide range of native Australian bushfoods, medicinal plants, fauna attractors and utility trees available for sale priced between $5 -$10 each. There will be dozens of great native plant species up for grabs!

Read more about this event here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/936536448080771/

Sunday, 29th of September 2024 - Bushfoods of Southern QLD - Talk, Tasting & Native Plant Sale – Warwick, 4370, QLD:

SDIEA have partnered with Flora 4 Fauna - Australia to bring a bushfood workshop, tasting & plant sale to Warwick, 4370, QLD. Join us for an exciting and educational event all about the incredible native bushfoods of Southern Queensland! We will dive into the fascinating world of native Australian bushfoods.

Discover the plants that have sustained and enriched our environment for countless eons and learn how they benefit us and our native wildlife. Experience the unique flavours of traditional bushfoods. Taste the fruits from the very plants that have played a crucial role in our local ecosystem.

Read more about this event here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/475092635417050

All interested parties are welcome to attend!

To keep up to date with more Flora 4 Fauna - Australia upcoming events, go to the events section of our page:

https://www.facebook.com/Flora4FaunaQLD

18/08/2024

Upcoming Events - August 2024:

To help the public learn more about and purchase their own unique native Australian bushfoods, medicinal plants, fauna attractors and utility trees, the following events have been planned for August 2024.

Native Plant Sale - Sunday 25th August 2024:

Flora 4 Fauna - Australia will be hosting a Native Plant Sale at our Redtail Hill - Bushfood and Biodiversity Project at 16 Wilkinson Place, Grantham, 4347, QLD on Sunday, the 25th of August 2024.

The sale will start at 9am and finish at 12 noon!

We will have a wide range of native Australian bushfoods, medicinal plants, fauna attractors, and utility trees available for sale priced between $5 - $10 each.

Read more here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/279916981746048/

Bushfood & Biodiversity Project - Open Planting & Maintenance Day (Bioblitz) – Saturday 31.08.2024:

Join us for our Bushfood & Biodiversity Project's - Open Planting & Maintenance Day (Bioblitz) on Saturday, August 31st, 2024!

Flora 4 Fauna - Australia invites you to our Redtail Hill - Bushfood & Biodiversity Project at 16 Wilkinson Place Grantham, 4347, QLD, for a hands-on planting and maintenance day!

Discover the practical aspects of cultivating native Australian bushfood and bush medicine plants, essential for securing valuable natural resources and habitat for native wildlife.

By participating, you'll help preserve endangered flora while learning more about our diverse ecosystem.

Read more here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/474978805155439/

All interested parties are welcome to attend!

To keep up to date with more Flora 4 Fauna - Australia upcoming events, go to the events section of our page:

https://www.facebook.com/Flora4FaunaQLD

25/06/2024

Did Australia's extinct giant kangaroos hop or stride? Fossils suggest they walked on two legs:

For millions of years, a whole bunch of other roo types roamed the continent and neighbouring lands before dying out.

They included giants, such as Procoptodon goliah, which disappeared around 40,000 years ago.

This huge stubby-faced species tipped the scales at 240 kilograms — that's two-and-a-half times the weight of the heftiest contemporary red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) — and stood 2 metres tall.

But were those burly beasts nimble hoppers, like their modern counterparts?

Thanks to ancient fossils and modern technology, scientists are piecing together a picture of how the now-extinct marsupials moved and lived.

And, perhaps, why they died! 🤔

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Scientists are piecing together a picture of how Australia's extinct giant kangaroos moved.

25/06/2024

A groundbreaking discovery: how we found remnants of Earth’s primordial crust near Perth, WA:

To come to grips with the time scale, imagine the history of our planet was a year long. Earth formed from swirling dust 12 months ago.

Any handful of sand you pick up around Perth will contain a grain or two from about ten months ago. Most of Australia’s gold formed seven months ago, and land plants arrived only one month ago.

Two weeks ago, dinosaurs showed up. All of humanity has come in the past 30 minutes. And you? Soberingly, on this scale, your life would last about half a second! 😳

Read more:

Life depends on Earth’s ancient continental crust – but there are only a few places where remnants of it can still be seen today.

17/06/2024

‘If the land is sick, so are we’: Australian First Nations spirituality explained:

More than two-thirds of young Australians are experiencing eco-anxiety, while almost half of Australians believe our country is in “decline”. First Nations spiritualities may have some answers!

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At this moment of eco-anxiety, First Nations spiritualities, with their emphasis on balance and responsibility, may help us better live in harmony with all things.

14/06/2024

We dated a sacred Aboriginal women’s site used for birthing ceremonies and discovered 7,000 years of tool making:

By dating these artefacts, we have traced a 7,000-year history of continuous stone tool production by Aboriginal women – including objects traditionally associated with men. We are also the first team to ever date a sacred Aboriginal women’s area!

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Our research at the site – which was traditionally restricted to women – has also uncovered tools previously only associated with male crafters.

13/06/2024

New species of flying pterosaur reptile discovered in outback Queensland fossil dig:

Soaring above the dinosaurs, flying reptiles described as "demonic pelicans" once navigated their way above a vast inland sea covering central Australia.

The 100-million-year-old fossilised remains of one such creature have been identified as a new species of pterosaur, powerful flying predators with wingspans of up to 12 metres!

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Fossilised remains thought to be 100 million years old have been identified as a new species of pterosaur, a powerful flying predator with a wingspan of up to 12 metres.

08/06/2024

Baobab trees all come from Madagascar – new study reveals that their seeds and seedlings floated to mainland Africa and all the way to Australia:

There are eight species of baobab in the world, and they have a surprising distribution. Six are found in Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean; one is found on the continent of Africa; and the last is far away in Australia.

Baobabs are a remarkable keystone species capable of supporting a wide diversity of animals for food and shelter. They can reach huge dimensions (depending on the species) in both height and diameter. The largest species can tower above the understorey vegetation!

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New research has found that the world’s baobab trees all evolved on Madagascar 21 million years ago. Sometime in the last 12 million years, they floated on piles of debris to Australia and Africa.

05/06/2024

Traditional owners angry after Beetaloo gas company Empire Energy fails to report stone tools find:

Traditional owners have been left dismayed after Beetaloo gas company Empire Energy failed to report ancient Indigenous stone tools found on an exploration site, as required by heritage regulations.

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Traditional owners have been left dismayed after Beetaloo gas company Empire Energy failed to report ancient Indigenous stone tools found on an exploration site, as required by heritage regulations.

03/06/2024

Ancient geese stood 3 metres tall and weighed as much as a cow:

A rare fossil skull provides strong evidence that the Dromornithidae, an extinct group of Australian flightless birds, were related to geese and ducks!

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A rare fossil skull provides strong evidence that the Dromornithidae, an extinct group of Australian flightless birds, were related to geese and ducks

02/06/2024

Early Australian Indigenous people were organised, complex and sophisticated:

Historian Lynette Russell recounts amusingly the image taught to her as a young student of a pregnant woman floating on a log 65,000 years ago which led to humans settling in northern Australia and spreading over the entire continent.

In contrast, modern methods suggest an organised movement of people would have been necessary with hundreds, even thousands of people needed to settle and establish a community in the new land!

Listen to more:

Lynette Russell and Ian J McNiven have written about innovation of first nations people in Australia in book seven of the First Knowledges series of books.

01/06/2024

Recent fossil discoveries in central Queensland help scientists study climate change, species survival:

While it is impossible to travel back in time, 300,000-year-old fossils paint a prehistoric picture of giant koalas, thylacines, tree kangaroos, and even marsupial lions that lived cohesively.

"Looking back into this fossil record gives us an interesting glimpse of a weird and wonderful world that's extinct," Dr Hocknull said.

"One in particular, I find probably the cutest of all, is a gigantic ringtail possum that gets to about the size of a bulldog"!

Read more:

The fossils of prehistoric megafauna, which have been perfectly preserved for hundreds of thousands of years, give scientists an insight into how climate change affects species.

26/05/2024

Fossil trove reveals three new species of ancient egg-laying mammals:

A set of Australian fossils offers a rare glimpse of the ancient relatives of platypuses and echidnas that lived alongside the dinosaurs 100 million years ago!

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A set of Australian fossils offers a rare glimpse of the ancient relatives of platypuses and echidnas that lived alongside the dinosaurs 100 million years ago

24/05/2024

Connecting sky country and astronomy:

Emerging First Nations astrophysicists, Krystal de Napoli and Karlie Noon, explore the connections between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental and cultural practices and the behaviour of the stars, and what must be done to preserve this knowledge into the future. ✨️

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Emerging First Nations astrophysicists, Krystal de Napoli and Karlie Noon, explore the connections between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental and cultural practices and the behaviour of the stars, and what must be done to preserve this knowledge into the future. Guests: Krystal de N...

18/05/2024

The history of Indigenous Australians began at least 65,000 years ago when humans first populated the Australian continental landmasses.

Watch more:

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