Little Friarbird
Among the benefits of having more birds in your yard is pest and weed control, flower pollination, environmental / wildlife conservation, increasing the attractiveness of your property, education and enjoyment.
The Southside Sustainability Centre at Carindale has its monthly open day this Saturday and it includes a presentation on this topic from author and fauna expert David Barnes. Continue reading »
A reminder that the KFC (Kindness for Chickens) Project, based in Carindale can help with hosting / minding chickens and other birds. If you need to relocate them from flooded areas. Please contact the KFC Project at any time on ph/sms 0432 414 266.
The KFC Project houses chickens if necessary, plus has a strong network of people who may take chickens etc in your area.
Today they are looking into the housing of chickens in Windsor where some chickens have sadly already died in flood water.
From left to right: Glenn Millar, Marjory Godfrey, Kevin Rudd MP, John Godfrey
Camp Hill’s John Godfrey received a Griffith Australia Day Award last week at a ceremony hosted by the Member for Griffith Kevin Rudd and held at Lourdes Hill College at Hawthorne.
He was nominated by Glenn Millar, the founder and host of the Carindale & Eastern Suburbs Community Forum.
Glenn Millar says John has tirelessly supported both his community forum and many other local groups and associations.
“He has become our local history guru, giving many detailed and fascinating speeches to our group on local history, geography and topography, enthralling locals with his knowledge,” Glenn said.
“I agree with Kevin Rudd, that these awards are more relevant and important than the official Australia Day Awards, because they recognise genuine locals who have given many years of commitment and time to local charities and community groups, who go unrecognised by our communities,” he said.
This is not a short post, but I really felt that it was important to document some of John’s interesting and community-focused background for other locals to appreciate. Continue reading »
The creek has been quickly rising today around Bulimba Creek in Carindale.
Bulimba Creek Bikeway off Settlers Court, Carindale. #bigwet #qldfloods twitter.com/kimbodee/statu…
— Kimberley (@kimbodee) January 27, 2013
Local Councillor for Chandler Adrian Schrinner provided this photo of Bulimba Creek rising at the Winstanley St Bridge.
There are no major flood threats in Carindale at this stage. This region is lucky in being relatively very well positioned during Brisbane floods. We’ve been posting local traffic information on our homepage.
Send your local photos to info@carindaleconnect.com.au
Susan McKinnon of Carindale
A Carindale resident is achieving great things both in her garden and in app development with positive implications for the environment, health, food security and children’s education.
Susan McKinnon, a teacher at Seven Hills State School, and finalist in the Acer Team Unlimited competition, wants everyone to become a gardener for a better future. See how you can vote for Susan, the only Queensland finalist, via the link at the bottom of this article.
Susan even moved to Seven Hills State School so she could work with Food Connect’s Adopt-a-Farmer program there to teach the next generation of gardeners. The school featured on ABC Gardening Australia in September 2012.
She’s been using these school holidays to develop a smartphone App for children. The game for 6-12 year-olds will be available to play on mobile devices to encourage the growing, cooking and enjoyment of your own backyard food. Continue reading »
The following article has been reproduced with permission from The Conversation. We’d love to know what residents of Carindale, Carina and surrounds think about the topic.
By Lee-Ann Wilson, Queensland University of Technology
We all know that children learn by example. I know if I swear in front of my four year old I’m going to hear that word again soon, probably right in front of my mother-in-law, a school teacher, or a priest.
But even as adults, it turns out that we remain more like more like kids in the playground than we like to admit. Continue reading »
Carindale Rotary are looking for helpers to join them for their Adopt A Road clean-up project along Creek Road on Sunday 20th January.
They are meeting at 7:30am at the Belmont Bowls Club. The clean-up is expected to take no more than 2 hours.
In 2011 the Rotary Club of Carindale ‘adopted’ the section of Creek Road running through Carina, Carina Heights and Carindale as part of the Adopt a Road program.
Councillor Adrian Schrinner said the Carindale Rotary Club has shown outstanding commitment to this program and with volunteer efforts have made a real difference to the cleanliness of our local roadway.
Mt Gravatt State High School in metropolitan Brisbane has been named the Keep Australia Beautiful 2012 “Greenest and Healthiest School” in Queensland.
Keep Australia Beautiful Queensland Chief Executive Officer, Rick Burnett said Mt.Gravatt State High School was the outstanding school in most categories for 2012.
“It has successfully addressed litter, waste management, water and energy issues and has developed excellent partnerships to support and complement the educational programs,” Burnett said. Continue reading »