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The Gap Sustainability Initiative wants to build a “sustainable and resilient community” through knowledge sharing for individual and community action around the topics of waste, water, energy, carbon footprint, and environment.

27/10/2026

We are very much looking forward to our November seminar, which will be the last one for the year 2026. This special event will be held in collaboration with 2026 organised by People For Nature.
We are very excited that our gust speaker for the evening will be Gayle Dallastone from the Shady Lanes Project. What are your questions about verge gardens that you would like to have answered? Please post your questions in the comments or send us an email to [email protected].

23/10/2026

Street tree care this morning was quick and rewarding. We had eight volunteers including three young persons, which meant that we were done and dusted by quarter past 8. Quirk street trees are now cared for, please have a look when you drive past and see the difference. We are now looking for our next street - best would be a street that does not have major traffic as we often have school aged children helping out. Also best if the trees are still relatively small as the street tree care is most beneficial for them. On the photos taken today you can see the process. We start with loosening the grass and weeds around the trunk, remove them, and then provide fresh mulch allowing the tree to breathe, obtain water and grow. The mulch layer also protects it from damage by mowers, which happens too often as you can see on one of the trees. Please comment to let us know your suggestions for streets to care for.

23/10/2026

We will have a very busy weekend with street tree care on the Saturday morning and bunnings Keperra Barbecue on Sunday 25th October. We are very grateful that so many volunteers commonly come forward and spent some time serving sausages and talking to people (especially Mark is an amazing advocate explaining patiently our projects to so many people). We usually put in 2 hour shifts or so and that makes the day go very quickly for everyone. The money raised helps us to support our three main projects and community activities. Pls email us on [email protected] if you can take on an afternoon 1-3 shift, which we still ne to fill. Many thanks.

22/10/2026

We had a fabulous seminar on Tuesday evening learning all about Blueys in The Gap from A/Prof Richard Noske. There was standing room only, with so many people wanting to know more about the birds of The Gap. Fabulous insights were shared about the very specific nesting habits (often in palm trees, sometimes more than one nest side by side, sometimes two females sitting on the eggs, sometimes a group of birds feeding the young), eggs, breeding cycles and feeding habits of the Blue Faced Honeyeaters. A big discussion also emerged with regards to the threat to all birds from roaming cats. What are your thoughts of ways to keep cats safely indoors? Is it feasible and can it be reinforced?
Thank you Richard for this very insightful seminar.

21/10/2026

Join us this Saturday, 24th October, as we continue our fun mornings conducting street tree TLC. We will be revisiting one of the street which we had last visited one year ago. The trees look very healthy, which was so great to see, and it will be easier than usual to remove the grass and spread the mulch with the recent rain soaking the ground (it will likely be muddy though so come prepared). We can have a good catch up and a few laughs, and the time goes by really quickly. We will start the working bee from 7.30 am and finish in about an hour, in case you would like to join us, email us at [email protected].

20/10/2026

Reminder about our seminar tonight. This seminar is for all bird lovers in The Gap who wish to learn more about the number, type and species of birds in The Gap. Please spread the word about this free community seminar presented by Professor Richard Noske, biologist and expert in all things birds. There are so many people who enjoy The Gap's birdlife, so the topic of how to make The Gap a better habitat for birds certainly will be popular. Please come along and bring a friend.

19/10/2026

Reminder about our seminar tomorrow evening, 20th October, The Gap State High School Library. This seminar is for all bird lovers in The Gap who wish to learn more about the number, type and species of birds in The Gap. Please spread the word about this free community seminar presented by Professor Richard Noske, biologist and expert in all things birds. There are so many people who enjoy The Gap's birdlife, so the topic of how to make The Gap a better habitat for birds certainly will be popular. Please come along and bring a friend.

18/10/2026

Reminder about our seminar this Tuesday evening 7pm The Gap State High School in the library. This seminar is for all bird lovers in The Gap who wish to learn more about the number, type and species of birds in The Gap. Please spread the word about this free community seminar presented by Professor Richard Noske, biologist and expert in all things birds. Richard is a past president of Birdlife Queensland and has written three books and 15 book chapters! There are so many people who enjoy The Gap's birdlife, so the topic of how to make The Gap a better habitat for birds certainly will be very popular. Please come along and bring a friend.

18/10/2026

Reminder about our seminar coming up this Tuesday evening. This seminar is for all bird lovers in The Gap who wish to learn more about the number, type and species of birds in The Gap. Please spread the word about this free community seminar presented by Professor Richard Noske, biologist and expert in all things birds. There are so many people who enjoy The Gap's birdlife, so the topic of how to make The Gap a better habitat for birds certainly will be popular. Please come along and bring a friend.

16/10/2026

Did you see the recent video by Save Our Waterways Now about the Azure Kingfisher at Enoggera Creek? Are you always observing the birds around your yard? Or did you even form a close friendship with the winged residents in your garden and get presented with the next generation each year by the proud magpie parents for example? Are you posting your sightings on iNaturalist? Then you are definitely a bird lover, and should come along to our next seminar, Tuesday the 20th October at The Gap State High School. Please spread the word about this free community seminar. There are so many people who enjoy The Gap's birdlife, so the topic of how to make The Gap a better habitat for birds certainly will be popular. Please come along and bring a friend.

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The Gap
The Gap, QLD
4061

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https://www.thegapsustainability.org/

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