Waterway habitat for wonderful water birds
Where have the Blue-billed ducks gone? When we think water birds, we understandably think Lake and seagulls, pelicans, and so on. We tend not to associate water birds with Munibung Hill,…
Bangalow Palm Creek, is a threatened catchment
Bangalow Palm Creek, is a threatened catchment in Warners Bay that contains a lone bush tucker Quandong tree. An ecosystem includes all the living things (plants, animals and organisms) in…
Not to be dismissed as drains
PICTURE: Munibung Creek is in a bad state at this location downstream from Pendlebury Road, Cardiff. Creeks of our lives - not just channels and drains Whether we acknowledge it…
Water in urban landscapes
Re-imagining water as part of local landscapes. Passive solar house design is more important than ever if we are to achieve climate friendly buildings. But a house rests within a…
Were the now dry creeks at Munibung Hill once fed by springs?
A spring fed wet gully rainforest community still exists at Munibung Hill. Could it be that Munibung Hill was a permanent source of pure drinking water for millennia before Europeans…