N4C Norman Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee

17/06/2026

Congratulations to Brad and his team at Cracknell’s Gully bushcare on their achievements improving the condition of this special patch of eucalypt woodland!

Thanks also to Cr Steve Griffiths for his invaluable support of the Cracknell’s Gully group. N4C is thrilled to be able to assist with tools and other resources.

15/06/2026

Wonderful to walk through Weller Rd Park with the Extraordinary Kookaburra bushcare group leader! EK the white kookaburra made an appearance and we checked out the 2025 revegetation project.

This park has a lot of native vegetation that the group is defending from w**ds. Check out the photos of the local plants thriving.

Working bees first Sunday of the month, 3 to 5pm.

Proudly supported by Brisbane City Council.

13/06/2026

What a great effort today from our Rome St bushcare crew! Following the removal of some w**d trees at the downstream end of the site, a messy pile of mulch was waiting to be spread.

We had sprayed the front edge of the planting area so it was ready for its annual mulch top up. It was a warmer than expected day but we got a lot done. The rest will be finished off next Saturday 20th.

Soon we will plan the species to replace the exotic trees, remove the remainder of the w**ds and have a small planting.

This project is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council.

05/06/2026

Here's an excellent post from Land for Wildlife about a w**d that threatens some of our bushland, Syngonium or arrowhead vine.

18/05/2026

Happy National Volunteer Week and thank you to all N4C volunteers!

You are helping your local environment in many ways:
- propagating local native plants
- creating and maintaining habitat for wildlife
- improving the health of our creek banks
- removing rubbish from our waterways
- keeping track of all this for our funding bodies
- making compost
- organising community education and engagement activities

If you would like to try volunteering, check out our website at www.norman-creek-catchment.org.au or email us at [email protected]

17/05/2026

Weeding was the order of the day this morning for our Nature positive project, and the wonderful volunteers at Roseglen St were up to the challenge!

We got out the little w**ds that were growing inside the tree guards (850 of them), w**ded around 350 Lomandras, collected a large bag of rubbish and put in 45 extra plants. Contractors will soon deal with the little grass seedlings coming up between the trees.

Big thanks to the team from Co-Exist, who turned up to look after the trees they had put in in April. Weeding may not seem as exciting as planting, but every time you w**d a tree is just as important as the day you planted it!

The excellent N4C team pitched in too, and provided guidance where needed.

This project is funded by the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust under the Urban Rivers and Catchments Program, with the support of Brisbane Catchments Network and Norman Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee.

16/05/2026

Thanks to everyone who helped collect rubbish today at Heath Park on Norman Creek! Brisbane Catchments Network funded the activity for N4C under their litter prevention grant. A great initiative and it's always good to get out on the water and see the creek from a fresh angle.

Thanks Ocean Crusaders for your tireless efforts getting rubbish out of our waterways!

15/05/2026

The butterfly of the month at Brisbane's Big Butterfly Count for May is the Yellow Migrant. Look out for it at your local bushcare site! Those caterpillars are not all bad.
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Butterfly of the Month - May 2026
Yellow Migrant (Catopsilia gorgophone)
This lovely butterfly belongs to the family Pieridae (Whites and Yellows). Males and females have a wingspan of 56mm.
Superficially, several members of the Pieridae are similar and prone to be confused. However, there are differences which make the identification a little easier. Unlike the Lemon Migrant (C. pomona) as well as the White Migrant (C. pyranthe), the Yellow Migrant’s upper wing side shows contrasting colours in fore and hindwing. The forewing is white or cream, while the hindwing is yellow. C. pomona and C. pyranthe repeat their colours on both wings. When compared with C. scylla, the hindwing of this butterfly exhibits a distinct orange yellow colour in comparison to the yellow tone of C. gorgophone.
The forewing's apex is lined black. This line turns into a series of spots on the outer wing edge (termen). The male shows dull s*x scales near the base and parallel the margin between base and apex of the hindwing.
The female distinguishes itself by exhibiting a band below the outer margin which is made up by a line of interrupted spots. A pronounced black spot appears in the cell (a larger area in the middle of the wing which is usually free of veins). The base colour of the female’s forewing on the upper side is cream.
The underside of both genders shows faint reddish-brown markings which can vary in looks. The spots in the cell of the male are not as pronounced as the ones in the female’s. While the contrasting colours of fore and hindwing (upper side) usually provide the butterfly identification, the female, when in the occasional pale form, may resemble C. pomona’s own paler form. The rounder wing shape of C. gorgophone will then help with identification.
C. gorgophone's antennae are brown with pink scales.
Tiny elongated eggs with vertical ribs start the life cycle and are laid singly on leaves of larval host plants. Green larvae follow, showing a white/yellow band along the length of the larval body, as shown in the image. Small blue spots are located above it. The subsequent pupa is light green and marked with a yellow rigde between head and cremaster (hooked tip of the abdomen).
The following native larval host plants are used in South East Queensland: Brush senna (Senna acclinis), Blunt-leaved Senna (Senna gaudichaudii), Golden senna (Senna sulphurea), Singapore Shower (Senna surattensis), We recommend their planting.
While the Yellow Migrant occurs throughout the year, warmer months will bring more abundance.
Images: KW – Ken Walker, CC BY- NC 4.0; RM – Robert (Bob) Miller, Bob’s Butterflies; SA – Sylvia Alexander; TB – Todd Burrows; WJ – Wesley Jenkinson

11/05/2026

How lucky I was this morning to run into Nellie the rat patrol dog and her handler Bob! She goes around the southside patrolling for rats, including at the N4C composting hub. BCC also takes some measures to mitigate the risks from rat baits, by using first generation rodenticides and putting them in stations that are not easily accessible by other animals. Nellie doesn't get to eat the rats either; she gets treats!

You can find out more about rats and other invasive species at https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/environment-and-water/wildlife-and-conservation/invasive-species

Steph

10/05/2026

Great working bee yesterday at Rome St! We shifted our attention to vine w**ds, which are becoming more evident and would be very destructive if left to grow àll over the canopy.

Meanwhile we found some young Clerodendrums that had self sown from plants we put in. And our recent planting of native grasses was doing well.

We heard superb fairy wren, white browed scrubwren, rufous whistler and brown honeyeater.

Proudly supported by Brisbane City Council.