Nine groups packed a warden’s courtroom on Friday to represent their opposition to recent applications by mining giant Rio Tinto for 10 mineral exploration licences across 107,000 hectares of forest in the state’s southwest. Dozens of environmental activists made a...
Australian Christian College in Darling Downs is nursing a host of new fruit trees after students put their green thumbs to the test on Schools Tree Day in July. Throughout the day on Friday, July 31, students worked on a roster to ensure everyone had a chance to...
The Jarrahdale community rallied to help a local man fulfil his dream over the weekend, when some 30 volunteers braved rainy weather to help plant 20 trees in the valley he has been tending to for more than 40 years. In April, Examiner Newspapers wrote about the tree...
A pair of possums got a second chance at life thanks to a combined effort of care and conservation, after a bushfire tore through the Hilbert reserve on Christmas Day last year.Firefighters tackling the blaze alerted local resident Kelly Thatcher, who was searching...
Jarrahdale’s town-site is known across the state for its settlement history and the stunningly beautiful natural environment in which it was established. In a secret valley just off a main road, a local man has been building on these elements, creating a rare tree...
