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29/10/2026

GOOD NEWS: Four-year legal battle ends in a win for Loggerhead Turtles, thanks to our Wildlife Qld Fraser Coast branch and community! 🐢

Gatakers Landing in Point Vernon sits next to a critical nesting site for the endangered Loggerhead turtle. In 2022, a hotel development was proposed for the site that would have seen artificial lights seriously disrupt turtle breeding and add pressure on migratory shorebirds, gliders and kangaroos.

Despite over 165 community objections, a Commercial Hotel Licence was provisionally granted. Our branch members decided to appeal.

After four years of tribunal hearings, court delays, evidence gathering and waiting, the final decision arrived. The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal confirmed that the Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation did not have the power to provisionally grant a hotel licence without a formal development approval from Council. 🎉

Looking ahead, protecting the site would need the Queensland Government to end the current lease and invest in its restoration. With the “pace of development in Hervey Bay and the Wide Bay generally” being “pretty extreme”, our members will keep a close eye on the area’s wildlife.

Link to the full story in the comments 👇

26/10/2026

Spot it. Snap it. Log it. 📸🦎

That bug on your fence or that plant on your walk could be useful science.

Queensland is home to some of Australia’s richest wildlife. But around 90% of our threatened species aren’t monitored for population trends, so we don’t know whether they’re recovering, stable or quietly disappearing.

That’s where you come in. Our Discover & Protect program gives everyone a way to help fill these gaps, from snapping a photo on your phone to joining BioBlitzes and field surveys.

Register for your free starter guide and start recording on . Verified observations are shared with the Atlas of Living Australia, and we pass relevant records on to the Queensland Government’s WildNet and other trusted partners. That means your sightings can help shape real conservation decisions. 🪲

🔗 Read more via the link in comments.

22/10/2026

Today we’re celebrating the tough-bummed, cube-pooping diggers of the bush… Happy World Wombat Day! 🐾

Let’s shine some light on our Northern Hairy-nosed Wombats, found only in Queensland.

As the largest burrowing marsupials in the world, they spend most of their time underground, sleeping up to 18 hours a day. Their pouch faces backwards, which helps keep dirt out and the joey safe while mum digs.

Life isn’t easy for this critically endangered species. Habitat loss has taken its toll and they breed slowly. Females usually have a single joey once every two years in favourable conditions, followed by an extended period of maternal care.

The good news? Their numbers are on the rise! In the early 1980s only 35 were left, all at Epping Forest National Park. Thanks to decades of dedicated conservation work, there are now an estimated 450 across three Queensland sites. 🤩

📸 1- Bradley J Hunter, 2,3- Tim Bawden (via iNaturalist)

21/10/2026

Us hiding from our problems like… 👇🦔😆

When threatened, echidnas can quickly dig themselves into the ground until only their sharp spines are showing. Honestly, we sometimes wish we could do the same!

Spotted an echidna? Submit your sighting via our website and help us build the baseline data needed to protect echidnas!

📸 3-Belinda O’Shea, 4-Ed Parker, 5-James Kerr

15/10/2026

What’s the best way to protect our waterways for the future?
Turn the next generation into scientists! 🔬

Our Projects Coordinator, Dr Tam, headed out west to support the Dawson Catchment Coordinating Association - DCCA with a waterway health program for students in Theodore and Taroom.

Students assessed riverbank habitat, tested water quality, and identified aquatic macroinvertebrates, giving each waterbug a SIGNAL score based on how sensitive it is to pollution. They also learned about the fish, birds, turtles, platypus and other incredible wildlife of the Dawson River catchment, and how healthy waterways, biodiversity and sustainable land management are all connected.

💧 “Students had a chance to see their local waterways through the eyes of scientists, understand how waterbugs act as living indicators of water quality and connect classroom learning with real-world data collection and environmental stewardship. By building skills in observation, data collection and critical thinking, they’re helping create a community that understands and values its waterways and is better equipped to protect them for people, wildlife and future generations,” says Dr Tam.

This program is proudly supported by the Queensland Government – Engaging Science Grant.

15/10/2026

It’s been a big year! 🎉

A year of delivering impact all across the state. From installing nest boxes for greater gliders to advocating for wildlife and engaging communities through citizen science, workshops and talks.

Our Impact Report for 2025-26 is here! Here are a few highlights:
🦘 15,000+ hectares under targeted predator control for brush-tailed rock-wallaby recovery
💧 250+ eDNA survey sites
🦋 137+ Richmond birdwing vines planted, including little hands helping at Sherwood Community Kindergarten
🔍 159,801 Discover & Protect biodiversity observations
🌱 140 community events and activities
📷 >115,000 camera-trap images of wildlife
📣 75+ formal submissions, ministerial letters, policy interventions and campaigns

Read the full report here: https://wildlifeqld.aflip.in/annualreport26.html

We’re incredibly grateful to all our supporters, members, volunteers and everyone who showed up for wildlife with us this year. We couldn’t have done it without you, thank you! 💚

Photos: 1 – Paul Revie/WQ, 2-5 – Anusha Vidovic/WQ

12/10/2026

We warned you 🦇💛

Come along for a sunset cruise, meet orphaned baby bats and learn about their importance on our Batty Boat Halloween Cruise on October 25.

PS: There will be prizes for the best Halloween costume!

🔗 see our Events for tickets

09/10/2026

Here’s the power of citizen science in 3 examples:

🪲 In 2024, someone noticed three odd weevils and logged them on iNaturalist. Experts flagged it as a population of 41 critically endangered Canterbury knobbled weevils that nobody knew were there.

🐚 In 2023, an image of a clam was posted to iNaturalist and flagged by Biosecurity Queensland. It was Australia’s first confirmed detection of the highly invasive freshwater gold clam.

🌿 In 2024, an image of a w**d was recorded on iNaturalist and later investigated by the Moreton Bay Regional Council. It was determined to be the first record of Siam w**d in Southeast Queensland.

Your sightings matter! Spot something cool, snap a photo, and upload it to iNaturalist. That's all it takes to help protect wildlife.

Join our Discover & Protect program to see how you can contribute data.

🔗 Link in comments.

06/10/2026

Are young people missing from conservation spaces in Queensland? Or just busy?

Hannah, WQ intern and Co-Exist Brisbane Collective Leader, is one of the speakers joining us for our first webinar, bringing a wealth of experience as a young conservationist and a community leader.

“The momentum of youth in conservation is growing. We are seeing more and more youth interested and getting involved with conservation, especially when there is a community aspect. We need to continue to create welcoming spaces and remove barriers to participation to get more youth involved.”

Join us as we talk barriers and burnout, challenge the "missing youth" narrative, explore how organisations can better attract and retain young people, and discover how young people can get started in protecting wildlife.

🗓️ October 22, 12 – 1pm
📍 Online
🔗 Link in comments

23/09/2026

🚨 Cuteness overload alert 🥹 Meet a greater glider joey!

Just months ago, we installed nest boxes with Blackbutt (Qld) Region Wildlife and Habitat. Greater gliders are notoriously picky about where they call home, but within a month they'd moved in. Now there's a little baby too!

Seeing an endangered species not only use these boxes but breed in them is a major step forward for population expansion and population resilience.

Thanks to WIRES National Grants Program for supporting the project!

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