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Great news and info on the past year and dates for 2012. May this be a great year for FEDERATION WALK. Best Wishes Committee of Friends of Friends of Federation Walk info@federationwalk.org  Newsletter Summer edition 2011.pdfKeep Federation Walk Beautiful by planting more trees! Join us for another regular planting activity by the sea! Sunday 28th August. Meet at the carpark opposite the Sea World roundabout. Activity followed by a lovely morning tea provided by the 'Friends of Federation Walk'. Please remember to wear closed toe footwear, sun protective clothing, a hat and bring a water bottle 11 (1a) Preparing the Wetting Agents.jpgGENERAL MEETING 10am Tuesday 3rd May 2011 Southport Surf Life Saving Club, Bathing Pavilion, Macarthur Parade, Main Beach AGENDA As part of the application for Friends of Federation Walk to become a Deductable Gift Recipient, Members must adopt a new Constitution Motion: That Members adopt the Friends of Federation Walk Own Rules Susan Wright Secretary Own Rules Friends of Federation Walk 2011.pdfFederation Walk Coastal Reserve will again host a Clean Up activity on-site this coming Sunday to support Clean Up Australia Day. The Clean Up will run from 7-10am on Sunday 6th March including a scrumptious morning tea for all volunteers involved. Come and assist with rubbish removal from this lovely coastal site and take the time to work with other dedicated volunteers as we audit our rubbish collection and sort recyclables. The data collected is then forwarded back to Gold Coast City Council, Gecko and Clean Up Australia to assist in waste management and awareness raising. Please remember to wear closed toe footwear, sun protective clothing and a hat and bring a water bottle! Come and be part of the change you want to see in the world! The wet season we have had this year has seen an incredible growth of vegetation -this growth has seen a high incidence of branches potentially impeding pathways along Federation Walk. Due to this growth GCCC has engaged the services of tree contractors to undertake pruning works along the central, top and east-west access pathways at Federation Walk. These works will occur over the next 6 wks so don't be alarmed if you see tree works underway. These works are focussing on maintaining clear pathways and trees that aren't providing any safety hazards will be retained for ecological, structural and habitat values. Brushcutting and spraying of the pathways will then be undertaken so the pathway width is maintained at 2.5 m. Other works include the replacement of the east-west fence on the northern end of the reserve running parallel to the seawall. This fencing will clearly define the northern boundary of Federation Walk and provide a much needed facelift. Thanks to the National Green Jobs Program for their fantastic efforts in site maintenance and revegetation works. The team has planted approximetly 1200 stems to date and is foccusing on weed management of previous revegetation sites. The team are also studying to attain their Conservation and Land Management Cert 2. Keep up the good works guys! For any further information please don't hesistate to contact me via the following. Jodie Clifford - jclifford@godlcoast.qld.gov.au OR 56673615 NEW to Friends, OUR Leaflet for DISPLAY! Many have asked for information on the Federation Walk Coastal Reserve, we have got the best people together to showcase an area we as volunteers are most proud of. Please pass the leaflet to friends and visitors who appreciate a natural meander at The Spit, one of the many diverse areas that the Gold Coast has to offer. Federation Walk Brochure_Flyer_2010.pdfCouncil is encouraging residents to provide feedback on the Statement of Proposal for the new planning scheme, http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/. As part of the Public Consultation we made our Submission and responded by the extended due date, 24th December 2010 (yes Christmas Eve). It is important that Friends of Federation Walk continue to pursue their Aims and Objectives to "Maintain Federation Walk as a natural Public Open Space for the benefit of the Community" and clear any anomalies in the current Planning Scheme. Reference is made to the Southern Broadwater Local Area Plan in our Submission: i.e. As indicated on Council website: http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard2.aspx?pid=1648 “In 1997 Council, in conjunction with State Government, began work to produce an integrated and coordinated land use and management plan for the Gold Coast Harbour, commonly referred to as the southern Broadwater. In 2002/3 the Gold Coast City Council compiled a Community Committee to "note" Reports of the Gold Coast City Council Harbour Vision 2020”. Vision 2020 Representatives were from a wide scope of people from various Industry and Community bodies. Councillors from Division 2, Division 4 and Division 6. Eastern Yugambeh Native Claimant , Traditional Resident Kombumerri Elders & Members in the Gold Coast Area , Federal Member for Moncrieff, State Members for Southport, Broadwater, Surfers Paradise and Albert, Property Council of Australia (Gold Coast Division), Urban Design Institute of Australia, Royal Australian Planning Institution, Royal Australian Institute of Architects , Institution of Engineers, Gold Coast Waterways Advisory Council , Surfers Paradise and Gold Coast North Chambers of Commerce, Gold Coast Fishermen's Co-operative Association , Marine Industry Group, Australian Conservation Foundation Gold Coast Tourism Bureau, Gold Coast Catchment Association Inc., CRC for Coastal Management - Griffith University, Gold Coast & Hinterland Environment Council, Main Beach, Labrador and Paradise Point Progress Associations and Mr Dennis O'Connell as Invitee. These Meetings started in May 2002, met every 6 weeks through to February 2003. Extract from recommendations from this Committee and adopted by Council: 2. That the Chief Executive Officer (Director EDMP) prepares a holistic plan that has regard to and builds on the existing planning documents for the subject area, to be named the Southern Broadwater Local Area Plan, ……….etc. After all this Public Consultation deliberations, the Southern Broadwater Local Area Plan has never been implemented! We must ensure that our views are taken in good faith and decisions made and adopted by Council as a result of Public Consultation, are documented into the Planning Scheme. This Southern Broadwater LAP needs to be enacted to ensure Public Consultations are sanctified and is the instrument that should guide development in the Broadwater and The Spit. Regards Lyn Wright FoFW Submission Bold Futures Planning Scheme 2010_12_22.pdfNOTICE OF Annual General Meeting Friends of Federation Walk Incorporated 7.00pm Tuesday 30th November Executive Room, Southport Surf Life Saving Club Macarthur Parade, Main Beach Business to be conducted: Presenting the financial statement to the meeting for adoption; Election of Office Bearers. Susan Wright Secretary (07) 5539 1461 Agenda, Nomination and Membership Forms following. Membership Payment Banking details: Suncorp Account Name: Friends of Federation Walk BSB: 484 799 Acc: 602300257 CLEARLY IDENTIFY PAYEE AGM Notice - Membership-Nomination forms- November 2010.pdfWould you like the best wallpaper image for your desktop? Look no further as we have an image to showcase FEDERATION WALK on the Gold Coast at its restored best...and you can share its beauty with your friends! Show how much YOU appreciate all the work done to revegetate and maintain THE SPIT. Free download as a gift from the community of Friends of Federation Walk. ps The image was taken at the "Meeting Place" just in from the Philip Park Carpark. FEDERATION WALK Wallpaper.jpgFree Fuel Vouchers: The vouchers are available to volunteers assisting at not-for-profit organisations. The N-F-P must serve an educational, social or environmental function. The offer is from BP, and is worth a total of $250,000.00 Australia wide. Closing date for applications is 2 May 2010. Guidelines, conditions and a registration form are available from their web site. Click here http://www.talkstoppedlongago.com.au/v4v_home.html A great start to 2010, have a enjoyable walk and see the works being done to improve your experience of the Federation Walk Coastal Reserve. Cheers Lyn Wright Ranger's Report FoFW Feb 2010.pdfOn behalf of Friends of Federation Walk a big THANK YOU for all who Volunteered at Federation Walk. It is looking so great thanks to YOU! Cheers Lyn ps Rangers Report to come. Presidents Report 2010.pdfWe would like to invite you to our 10th Annual General Meeting. Friends of Federation Walk are the volunteer community group specific to the Federation Walk Coastal Reserve at The Spit. We welcome all new Members and appreciate all Nominations for our Committee. Please refer to the attachment for details. Arnold Wolthers Secretary AGM Notice 2010.pdfWATERING WARRIORS NEEDED ! WE NEED YOU!!! WE NEED YOU!!! WE NEED YOU!!! Water Warriors is being re - established at Federation Walk, The Spit, so our plantings can be watered on a regular basis this will be assisted by a Watering Contractor. Our comprehensive Water system is connected to the Recycled Water pipeline running parallel with Seaworld Drive, The Spit. We are looking for Volunteers so there can be maintenance to assist the progress of these areas as much as possible. Watering will probably occur Wed mornings meeting @ 7.30-8.00am for a few hours. Volunteers should wear sun protective clothing, covered footwear and bring a water bottle. Gloves, training and support will be provided! We will provide all items required to make it a very easy couple of hours. Please Contact: info@federationwalk.org OR Jodie Clifford Federation Walk Ranger Transport, Drainage and Foreshores Engineering Services Directorate Gold Coast City Council Ph: 5667 3615 Mob: 0439 226 062 Fax: 5667 3776 PO Box 5042 Gold Coast Mail Centre QLD 9729 http://www.goldcoastcity.com.au Mon - 10-2pm, Tues - 10-4.30pm, Wed 9 - 3.30pm, Thurs 10 -2.15pm www.federationwalk.org | Unsubscribe from this newsletter Browse profiles for FREE View photos of singles in your area! Christmas wishes from Friends of Federation Walk. Haven’t we at Federation Walk had an exciting year, very successful plantings days, improvements , contractors on site, many School and committed Corporate Volunteers all contributing to ensure Federation Walk is maintained as a natural Public Open Space for the benefit of the community. This year ten years ago Premier Peter Beattie informed the Main Beach Progress Association (MBPA) of their successful Queensland Centenary of Federation grant of $75,000.00 to create a Master Plan for what was then called part of Philip Park on The Spit. We formed Friends of Federation Walk from the Sub Committee set up by the Association and have carried on their ethos by being pro active in ensuring the Eastern side of The Spit beyond Sheraton Mirage is enshrined as a Reserve for the benefit of the whole Community with no commercial development. In 1982 the naming of Philip Park was the initiative of the MBPA who gained Buckingham Palace approval for use of the name, with Prince Philip requesting the name be “Philip Park”, so in this context it was Friends of Federation Walk who in 2003 pursued the naming of Federation Walk Coastal Reserve through the Gold Coast City Council after the State gazetted the Reserve for Park, Environment, Beach Protection and Coastal Management Purposes. This Month was the Qld judging of the Clean Beach Challenge with many beaches on the Gold Coast in the running, having won various sections of the GC Regional Awards. Federation Walk won the Gold Coast section for the category of “Partnerships” and is the State joint Winner of the Partnership Award with Palm Cove. Thanks to you all, Federation Walk will be entered into the Partnerships category in the National Clean Beach Challenge. This Award was one of many won by Friends over the past Ten Years. At our last Planting Day and Ten Year celebration, I thanked all who were present, not specifying anyone as in our own way we have all contributed over the last Ten Years. So due to you all we will continue to maintain Federation Walk as a diverse coastal Reserve to be enjoyed by all. Merry Christmas and a Very Happy and Green New Year, Lyn Wright President We would love you to meet up with all Volunteers who have assisted with ensuring FEDERATION WALK is maintained as a natural Public Open Space. Please come along, the Celebration Morning Tea commences after a short interpretive walk through Federation Walk, please view the Invitation. Lyn Wright President Federation Walk 10yr Celebrations Invitation.pdfOn behalf of the South East Queensland Regional Coordination Group I thank you for your interest and contribution to the South East Queensland Natural Resource Management Plan. The Plan is now published and can be down loaded from the Department of Environment and Resource Management's web site. Please see attachment for details Printed hard copies will be available from the Department of Environment and Resource Management's customer service centres after 18 September 2009 If you require further information or have any inquiries please contact me Regards Michael Natural Resource Officer Community Partnerships, South East work 3896 3338 mobile 0421 098 238 michael.t.kelly@nrw.qld.gov.au Department of Natural Resources & Water Locked Bag 40 Coorparoo DC Qld 4151 20090820 SEQRCG letter to Participants and Submitters-.pdfTHE IMPLICATIONS OF A GRASSHOPPER OUTBREAK AMONGST THE TREES ON THE SOUTHPORT SPIT. The grasshopper, which to the best of my ability I have been able to identify as the Red-legged Valanga, scientifically known as Valanga sp. 1, has this season built up into very high numbers, possibly millions, and has eaten out several hectares of trees. This grasshopper species, if my identification is correct, was not recorded south of the Sunshine Coast in “A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts” published in 2003 by D.C.F. Rentz, et al. I first became aware of the presence of this species on the Spit in March 2008 while carrying out an invertebrate survey. At that time a few nymphs, but mainly adults were feeding mainly on Acacia sophorae, which I am told was planted for dune stabilization after the area was sand mined. My observations at that time were that the acacia was the predominant feed tree The adult females from the autumn of 2008 had laid large numbers of eggs and by December 2008 there were large numbers of nymphs and a few adults that were eating casuarinas trees adjacent to the main road along the spit. When I visited the site on the 18th and 19th of December approximately 85% of the grasshoppers were still in the nymphal stage. Various egg hatchings had taken place prior to these dates as the young were in several instar stages. At this time most were climbing trees to feed as they were wingless with only a few winged adults present. Nonetheless most of the feeding was done as high in the casuarinas as possible. At this stage of their lifecycle they were still confined to quite a small area—about 1.5 hectares. When I visited the site on the 5th of February 2009 with Jodie Clifford they had spread over and eaten out a large area of the northern end of the spit probably about 8 to 10 hectares. The ground plants had been left alone with only the casuarinas being eaten out extensively. The broadleaf macaranga trees and the thick-leaved banksias appeared to be untouched, but some cottonwood (Hibiscus tilliaceus) showed signs that they had been attacked. At the northern end of the spit adjacent to the seaway where food was becoming harder to find and not liking the across water flight to South Stradbroke they had started to attack macaranga trees but not seriously enough to kill them. The adults fly away from a walking person and for this reason are difficult to control at this stage. The time to attack for control purposes is when the nymphs have just hatched and this would be in the spring or early summer. A very wet autumn could be sufficient to drown the eggs in the ground in most sites, but being a sand spit this is less likely as drainage is very good. The sprays to use for control would be a contact spray to kill when it coated the insects or a stomach spray over the trees to kill the grasshoppers as they fed. As casuarinas are a tough breed of tree and will sustain heavy pruning, I do not think there will be any permanent damage. A monitoring programme should be enacted, at least over the next breeding season, especially if controls are to be put in place, to see how the numbers of grasshoppers increase or decrease. References:- “A Guide To Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts” D.C.F. Rentz; R.C. Lewis; Y.N. Su; M.S.Upton. Natural History Publications(Borneo) 2003 “Grasshopper Country” D.C.F. Rentz Uni of NSW Press Sydney 1996 Doug White. DOUG WHITE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT 32 Terrigal Crescent Southport Qld 4215 Ph (07) 5591 2864 Fax (07) 5591 2894 Email doug.white@ddwfauna.com.au ABN 61 851 808 573 Casaurina recovering.JPGThe Gold Coast Catchment Association held a Forum at Griffith University last Sunday, for the launch of their new website. The day aimed to identify other on-ground environmental restoration groups, companies and individuals on the Gold Coast and to network and support each other. FoFW gave a presentation on the past, present and future visions, especially the intense political dramas Friends have experienced over the past 10 years. It was insightful to see the present youth involved with FoFW’s works and gives hope to the project’s Master Plan. Other environmental groups were intrigued of the current youth participation, which encouraged them to market events to the younger community. GCCA website is a “must check out one stop shop”, as it clearly identifies all works been carried out on the Gold Coast, where and when you can participate, and additional resources. Go to www.goldcoastcatchments.org, where you can find FoFW. Renewal of our site will be updated as time allows, please bear with us. Queries about Friends of Federation Walk or our project at Federation Walk Coastal Reserve, Seaworld Drive The Spit, may be forwarded to: Secretary Arnold Wolthers info@federationwalk.org or Federation Walk Ranger Jodie Clifford Gold Coast City Council JCLIFFORD@goldcoast.qld.gov.au Ph: 5667 3615 Mob: 0439 226 062 Fax: 5667 3776 PO Box 5042 Gold Coast Mail Centre QLD 9729 http://www.goldcoastcity.com.au Lyn Wright President 25th April 2009 As part of this year's entry in the Clean Beach Challenge, Griffith Centre for Coastal Management has summarised the fantastic input from the CoastEd program at Federation Walk in the past year. Check out the amazing achievements of local school groups at Federation Walk. The SpitCoastEd.pdfThis fantastic project was funded through the Federal Government Community Water Grants. The project has seen the installation of a further 1km of irrigation line, a new pump, pump pads and a solar powered trickle feed battery charger. This is Stage 2 of the project will enable the watering of revegetation sites at Federation Walk and use 50,000-250,000 lt of recycled water on site. For more information please read the attached information sheet. recycledwaterprojectflyer.pdfAs this is the Tenth year since the Main Beach Progress Association applied for Queensland Centenary of Federation Funding the Committee felt we should Report to the State Government on the progress of our project - FEDERATION WALK. Please take the time to read the Report as you have contributed to this achievement. Report to State Government and Premier Community Cabinet 2008.pdfFrom January 2000 - Site preparation for Coastal Fig to mark the start of our project, opposite Sea World and Sea World Nara, burnt out areas and restoration to November 2007. Comparison images as of 051207.pdf
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