Welcome to the intermittent news of the branch . Much is happening that is exciting and hopeful….lets face it , we all need some good news before our xmas meeting in late November.

• Paddock tree flier and planting project which was  funded by CCRC is getting new legs care of Terrain and will come out as a brochure very soon.
• Hancock’s negotiations were progressed by Secretary  Lawrie who organised a site inspection with the District Manager John Bennett and Anne , Daryl and Geoff
• Mahogany Glider webcam Monitoring workshop has been postponed til November due to John Winter’s ill health
• Partnership with Conservation Volunteers Australia forming on reveg for gliders
• Update and reprinting of Mahogany Glider Education Kit  with Terrain’s funding to begin this month. rewrite planning on 15th
• Celebration of 45 years of Reef Conservation is on  14th Oct. See Below – Book Now!
• Fuller report on the Talking Wildlife Conference in Brisbane last month and all of the above at the November meeting.

Ellison Reef Saved - 45th Anniversary – 1967 – 2012

SUNDAY 14th th OCTOBER 2012

Invitation to Ellison Reef

The birthplace of the Great Barrier Reef conservation campaign in 1967

Original diver Eddie Hegerl, boat-owner Perry Harvey and friends are returning to Ellison Reef, now part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area, to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the first coral battleground.

9 30am Clump Point Boat departs for Ellison Reef Returns 2pm

11am Ellison Reef Join people who, 45 years ago, proved Ellison Reef was alive and set the legal precedent for not mining the Great Barrier Reef

Boats depart Clump Point 9.30am. Tickets $110-$150

including lunch.

Possibly some cheaper seats, weather-dependent. Seats are limited. Mission Beach Visitor Information Centre, (07)4068 7099, info@missionbeachtourism.com

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL.

Or take your own boat. Kurrimine and Cowley ramps are closest. Please advise Coast Guard and be responsible for your own safety and the marine environment.

3.30pm  Afternoon tea at John Busst’s home Ninney Rise. Seats are limited.  BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL.

Bingil Bay

Afternoon tea

at Ninney Rise,

the heritage-listed headquarters of the 1960s Save the Reef (and rain-forest) campaign

5pm

Ninney Point

Stroll to Judith Wright’s plaque on the headland and contemplate the reef’s next 45 years