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Queensland Trust for Nature We own land in Daintree rainforest, an island in southern GBR, and a cattle property in SEQ. We protect, restore, and connect people to nature.

Biodiversity is our Business.🌿We protect and restore nature, and connect people, on land we look after and in partnership with landholders throughout Queensland. At Queensland Trust for Nature (QTFN), biodiversity is our business. QTFN is an independent non-for-profit trust and charity. We protect nature through our Revolving Fund. Here’s how it works: we acquire land and protect it (with a legally binding conservation agreement), then resell it to increase the privately owned protected area in Queensland. We then reinvest the funds from the sale in strategic land acquisition and biodiversity projects. We also manage land: a lot in the Daintree rainforest, an island in the southern Great Barrier Reef, and a cattle property in South East Queensland. We restore habitat and partner with private landholders, including for koalas in South East Queensland. We capitalize on our long-term holdings and use environmental markets, education and research to demonstrate the importance and value of biodiversity and productive landscapes. Since its implementation in 2004, QTFN’s Revolving Fund has successfully protected more than 111,800 hectares. QTFN focuses on ecologically significant spaces, species, and wildlife corridors across Queensland for maximum impact. Quote this Scheme ID C10903835 when donating your Containers for Change to Queensland Trust for Nature.

750 koala-preferred tree seedlings were planted last week on Jenifer's property in Cootharaba at Dangerbridge Nature Ref...
16/10/2026

750 koala-preferred tree seedlings were planted last week on Jenifer's property in Cootharaba at Dangerbridge Nature Refuge. We supplied the seedlings through our Free Trees Program, part of QTFN's KHRPP.

Hosted by Noosa and District Landcare , the community planting brought together Noosa’s Roving Restorers, Landcare trainees, and community members to support koala habitat restoration. It was great to see these groups come together to deliver on-ground restoration.

This event also contributes to QTFN’s ongoing community research, developed with Griffith University and The University of Queensland , helping us better understand community participation in koala conservation.

The KHRPP is funded by the Queensland Government and implemented by QTFN.

13/10/2026

It's koala breeding times, and you know what that means...
Here’s 3 easy things to do to help.
🚗Slow down and look out on the roads. In South East Queensland, over half of wild koala deaths were caused by car strike.
📲Call your local wildlife rescue organisation if you see injured, sick, or deceased wildlife for their advice. You can report any koala sightings you have to QWildlife
and iNaturalist as well.
🐾Make sure to have your pets on a leash or fenced in, and have a way for koalas to get out of your yard.

💪These are by no means the only things we can do!

We can help protect habitat, plant koala food trees to create more wildlife corridors, talk to our community about collective actions we can take, and join in citizen science activities to help record their populations.

13/10/2026

Scattered through grazing and cropping landscapes, stand trees that are often overlooked and simply called ‘paddock trees’. Standing alone, they can seem insignificant. But paddock trees can provide food, shelter and habitat for wildlife, and for koalas specifically, they can be an important source of food and can help connect larger patches of habitat across […]

Bogong moths are back!Healthy populations of Bogong moths are being sighted across south-east Australia from southeast ...
29/09/2026

Bogong moths are back!

Healthy populations of Bogong moths are being sighted across south-east Australia from southeast Queensland down to Victoria; it can be more than a 1,000 km migration. Some have even been observed in Tasmania and New Zealand! This is a promising sight after years of population decline.

The moths are endangered and their migration is an exciting event, so spread the word not to harm them. They are migratory, so will only stay in areas for a short time before moving on.

What can I do to help?
Close your blinds and turn your lights off (limiting light pollution on their route)
Upload any observations to moth tracker or iNaturalist
Celebrate this year's Bogong moth population recovery and the amazing phenomena!
https://mothtracker.swifft.net.au/

📸Donald Hobern from Moth tracker website
📸Associate Professor Kate Umbers (hand for scale) from ABC news
📸Lyn Tamworth from Zoos Victoria website

Huge Congratulations to the mighty Brisbane Lions. 🏆🦁QTFN is incredibly proud to be the Community Partner of the 2026 A...
27/09/2026

Huge Congratulations to the mighty Brisbane Lions. 🏆🦁

QTFN is incredibly proud to be the Community Partner of the 2026 AFL Premiers, the Brisbane Lions!

What a season, what a team, and what a way to bring the premiership home to Queensland!

🏆🦁🏆🦁🏆🦁


Look at that lighting!📍Aroona
24/09/2026

Look at that lighting!

📍Aroona

22/09/2026

Wait what's that? It's a microbat!

📍Aroona

Wildlife Wednesday

What patterns and colours do the invertebrates around your place have?🐞🕷Once you start looking you'll keep finding more ...
20/09/2026

What patterns and colours do the invertebrates around your place have?🐞🕷

Once you start looking you'll keep finding more (hopefully)! Whether it's an insect you see everyday or an invertebrate you've never seen before, join in and upload your observations to iNaturalist.org .

Chagi and Nicola went for a quick wander at KC last year, while setting up camera traps, and these are just some of the ones we spotted.

📍 Koala Crossing

🐾We are calling it Fabulous Phascogale Friday🐾🌿 Small and rarely seen, the Brush-tailed Phascogale is an important part ...
18/09/2026

🐾We are calling it Fabulous Phascogale Friday🐾

🌿 Small and rarely seen, the Brush-tailed Phascogale is an important part of Queensland’s woodland ecosystems. With its distinctive black brush-like tail, this little marsupial is an agile climber and is found in open forests and woodlands.
Brush-tailed Phascogales are active at night, preying on insects and small vertebrates. They sleep in nests made of fur, feathers and sticks during the day. 🌿

Zoom in on our camera trap photo to see this phascogale with a mouthful of nesting material.

How great would it be to have a map of all the species you share your big backyard with? 🗺We use iNaturalist to keep tra...
17/09/2026

How great would it be to have a map of all the species you share your big backyard with? 🗺

We use iNaturalist to keep track of some of the species that call our properties home. 🌿

This biodiversity month, try looking for the biodiversity in your local area or favourite park and log it on iNaturalist (especially if you're not sure what it is).

By doing this, you'll make the data publicly available and be able to confirm what you're looking at. There’s such diversity of invertebrate species!

You can find our property project links on our iNaturalist account

Whether it’s wallabies at Aroona, gliders at Koala Crossing, or corals at Avoid Island, you can find it on our iNaturalist property projects.🤠🐨🏝️

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