Terrain NRM

08/10/2026

Friday Footage: A Terrain staffer taking us to her favourite lookout at the top of Walsh's Pyramid near Gordonvale.

"Wind, crows and fading sounds of the world below."

08/10/2026

Meet Crumpet 🦇💚

Crumpet is an orphaned Spectacled Flying-fox being cared for by wildlife carer Cheryl Hudson. He joined us at today’s media call to help raise awareness of Baby Bat Season — and show off a new ‘bat bassinet’ installed at a Cairns maternity roost to help reunite fallen pups with their mothers.

Over the next few months, maternity roosts around Cairns and across the Wet Tropics will be busy — and noisy — as flying-fox mums give birth and raise their pups.

Spectacled Flying-foxes are an endangered species, so every pup counts.

If you see an injured or abandoned flying-fox, please avoid touching it and call Wildlife Rescue on 4053 4467.

🦇 Find out more about Baby Bat Season:
https://terrain.org.au/baby-bat-season-2/

📸 Photo of mother and baby: Vivvy Hsieh

Tolga Bat Hospital Bats and Trees Society of Cairns Save Our Flying-foxes, Cairns QLD Bat News Connection Wildlife Queensland FNQ/Cairns branch Wildlife Queensland Cairns Regional Council

07/10/2026

Would you like to see what it's like to be on a Board of Directors? Every year we have an 'Emerging Leader' position on our Board and applications are open for this year.

You'll learn about governance of a not-for-profit, gain networks to help in your career, and help us to guide investment and work in biodiversity, soil health, water, sustainable agriculture, climate and more in the amazingly diverse Wet Tropics region.

Emerging Leaders are part of quarterly board meetings (a paid gig) and other events throughout the year.

This is a 12-month mentoring program. Over the years, we've welcomed Emerging Leaders with biodiversity, agriculture, tourism and finance backgrounds.

Find out more here: https://terrain.org.au/emerging-leader-program-2/

And apply here: https://terrain.org.au/about-us/emerging-leader-program/

06/10/2026

Thanks for joining us everyone. We asked you what you value most in the Herbert catchment, what the main issues are and what the most important actions should be to improve the biggest catchment in the Wet Tropics – which extends from the southern Tablelands to Ingham and the coast.

It’ll all help to develop the Catchment Action Plan, but with so much knowledge in the room, at both Ravenshoe and Lucinda, it also meant everyone walked away better informed. That’s thanks to local insights and to conversations about things like the underlying geology and how it influences the soil types, vegetation and how the water flows through this catchment.

We also talked about cropping, grazing, fish life, floods, cultural values, tourism... And heard from landholders, environmental groups, industry, Traditional Owners, researchers, government agencies etc.

The Herbert Catchment Action Plan is being developed by Aquasea Enterprises to guide decision-making and investment, as part of the bigger Herbert Integrated Project (HIP). Thanks also to the DETSI Wetland Team.

The HIP project is funded through the Queensland Government’s $330.5 million Queensland Reef and Catchment Water Quality Program and delivered by Terrain NRM in partnership with Herbert Cane Productivity Services Ltd Ingham, Hinchinbrook Shire Council, CANEGROWERS Herbert River, TropWATER, Queensland Cane Agriculture & Renewables, AgForce North and the Queensland Government's Department of Primary Industries.

Land Queensland Girringun Aboriginal Corporation Tablelands Regional Council, Sustainable Table FNQ BirdLife Australia BirdLife Northern Queensland

06/10/2026

JOIN OUR TEAM and support the daily operations of Finance and Payroll. You'll be processing salaries and wages, accounts payable/receivables transactions and financial reconciliations, and you'll be maintaining business records in financial platforms, and helping with assets and building maintenance.

We have bases in Cairns, Atherton, Innisfail and Tully.

Find out more here: https://terrain.org.au/about-us/employment/

Apply by Wednesday 21 October.

03/10/2026

WEEKEND WATCH: In case you missed it, this is a great ABC Landline segment, for cane farmers and everyone else as well, about 100 years of Canegrowers, including local identities Nancy Marsillio from Euramo, Joe Cini from Innisfail and Tano Caltabianco from Mossman.
It's a 12-minute history of the industry in our region and across Queensland, and a look at the future.

"I still love having a smoko or a cup of tea on the creekbank. A good life? Yes."

CANEGROWERS CANEGROWERS Herbert River Canegrowers Cairns Region Herbert Cane Productivity Services Ltd Ingham Tully Sugar Limited Tully Women in Agriculture Inc.

ABC Rural News provides authoritative coverage of the business and politics of Australian farming, livestock, forestry, agriculture and primary production

01/10/2026

Friday footage: Looking out at the world from Kahlphalim Rock in Walbabalbalim country near Mareeba.

Video: Lucy Friend (One of our Terrain NRM Directors)

30/09/2026

How does Cairns's stormwater affect our waterways? An urban stormwater modelling project is starting in Cairns - and other coastal cities across Queensland.

It's all about reducing water pollution from stormwater runoff and wastewater discharges, and better protecting the Great Barrier Reef.

Australian Wetlands Consulting is leading the Cairns project. We'll be helping them to develop stormwater runoff models and assess erosion risks in priority areas.

It's the first step in the Australian Government's Reefwise Urban Program.

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Cairns Regional Council

29/09/2026

KNOW YOUR AQUATIC WEEDS
Here's a quick way to learn more about Salvinia, water lettuce, water hyacinth, Amazon frogbit and other non-native plants that were introduced through the aquarium or ornamental markets, agriculture or accidental spread.

In the Wet Tropics, they can invade waterways, wetlands and floodplains, forming thick mats and thickets, and taking over ecosystems.

See this new factsheet which covers 12 aquatic weeds, their characteristics, how to spot them on your property and what to do about them:https://terrain.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ter2212_biosecurityfactsheet_aquaticweeds.pdf

10/09/2026

A ride with a view: A Terrain staffer pushed the pedals up to Tucker's Lookout recently for views out over the Kennedy Valley and to Hinchinbrook Island. The spot was named after George William Tucker, a surveyor in the 1930s who spent many months camping and hiking in this area to help plan Kirrama Range Road's route from the coast to the Tablelands.