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EXPLORINGNATURE’SSKYSCRAPERSMARY CAIRNCROSS SCENIC RESERVE
148 Mountain View Road, Maleny Queensland
Your gold coin donation in action!
COME TO MARY CAIRNCROSS SCENIC RESERVE BETWEEN 28–31 MARCH AND EXPLORE RAINFOREST BIODIVERSITY.
GOING UP!Tree-climbers, scientists and artists will scale five giant strangler figs to study these living skyscrapers.Over four exciting days never-before-seen perspectives of the rainforest reserve will be captured and shared. Get involved: Learn, listen and create in the BioBlitz workshops and events.
Details and registrations on council’s events website: events.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
PUBLIC PROGRAM SCHEDULE
DATES 25 March – ongoing
TIME Anytime
LOCATION Along the forest circuits (stay on the track)
NOTES Requires smart phone with free Questagame app
LISTEN UP
Listen to the sounds of the tree canopy in the Rainforest Discovery Centre. Dr Leah Barclay from Griffith University has installed an acoustic monitoring microphone at the top of the forest. What can you hear?
DATES 28 March – 25 August
TIME 9am–4.30pm
LOCATION Rainforest Discovery Centre
Are you ready for Questagame? Download the citizen science app to your smart phone and join this wildlife spotting challenge. Earn points as you play and check out what others have seen!
https://questagame.com/mary-cairncross-scenic-reserve
CAIRNCROSS QUESTAGAME
Image courtesy of Leah Barclay
Image courtesy of Phil Bender
DATES 28 March – 25 August
TIME 9am–3.30pm daily
LOCATION Pick up your kit at the RDC
NOTES • Limited quantity available per day • Age: 6–12yrs• Children must be accompanied by a caregiver• Allow 1–2 hrs to complete
How many pademelons can you count? Early birds are invited to get mathematical in the morning. Over three consecutive dawns, groups will be led quietly on the forest circuit to generate data on the reserve’s pademelon population.
EVERY PADEMELON COUNTS
Calling young scientists! Explore the rainforest reserve and complete challenges to become a biodiversity ambassador. Junior Ranger kits are available from the visitor information desk in the Rainforest Discovery Centre.
DATES Friday 29, Saturday 30, Sunday 31 March
TIME 5.30am–6.30am
LOCATION Meet at the BioBlitz basecamp
NOTES • FREE• Registrations required• Supported by the University
of the Sunshine Coast
JUNIOR RANGER CHALLENGE
PUBLIC PROGRAM SCHEDULE
DATE Friday 29 March
TIME 6–9pm
LOCATION Maleny Community Centre. 23 Maple Street, Maleny
COST $15 per ticket
NOTES • Registration required• All ages
FOREST FEEDBACK — A DIVERSE
DISCUSSION ON BIOCOMMUNICATION
In the ecological world’s wide web, threads of communication hold natural systems together. How do different species relate and translate information?
A group of diverse scientists and artists participating in BioBlitz will come together for this special Q&A evening and share their insights into biocommunication.
From networks of mycelium beneath the forest soil, to frog song and bat-radar, this panel discussion is not-to-be-missed. Forest Feedback will open your ears to the signals of science and the webs of communication that hold our rainforests together.
Image courtesy of Phil Bender
Make an impression with the Maleny Printmakers. This walk-in arts activity will look closely at the beauty of local leaves and teach you to capture their botanical beauty in a momento print to take-home.
JINIBARA TALKING CIRCLES
Jinibara people have lived in this region and cared for country for tens of thousands of years. This talking circle is an invitation for everyone to come and meet Jinibara elders, ask questions, learn a bit of language and share cultural perspectives.
Don’t be shy, come and say “yadji gadji” — “hello”.
DATE Saturday 30 March
TIME Circle #1: 10–11.30am Circle #2: 1–2.30pm
LOCATION Beside Basecamp
NOTES • FREE for all ages • No registration required• Supported by the Jinibara People Aboriginal Corporation
BOTANICAL IMPRESSIONS
DATE Friday 29 March
TIME Session #1: 9.30–11.30am Session #2: 1.30–3.30pm
LOCATION Outdoor classroom
NOTES • FREE for all ages • No registration required
Image courtesy of Kim Herringe
PUBLIC PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Mindful observation meets pencil and paper in this introductory workshop to nature journaling. Ecologist Dr Paula Peters offers instruction on botanical and animal observation and how to capture your environmental experiences in colour, line and notation.
DATE Saturday 30 March
TIME Workshop #1: 9.30–11.30am Workshop #2: 2.30–4.30pm
LOCATION Outdoor classroom
Cost $20 public$15 for MCSR volunteers or Barung members
NOTES • Registration required • Supported by Barung Landcare.
NATURE JOURNALING
Images courtesy of Paula Peters
INSECTS IN THE NIGHT LIGHT
A special opportunity to ‘shine a light’ on the study of insects. Entomologists Dr Geoff Monteith and Kathryn Ebert will demonstrate the light trap method, attracting bugs from the forest, identifying specimens and answering your questions.
DATE Saturday 30 March
TIME 6–10pm (arrive anytime)
LOCATION BioBlitz basecamp and outdoor classroom
NOTES • FREE • No registration required • Children must be
accompanied by an adult
Come on a bat walk with Professor Stuart Parsons from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Learn about different microbat and flying-fox species and try out new technology to both listen and see their echolocation!
DATE Saturday 30 March
TIME 5.45–7pm
LOCATION Outdoor classroom
NOTES • FREE • Registration required • Children must be
accompanied by an adult
Image courtesy of Anita Freudmann
BAT DETECTIVE NIGHT
Mountain View Road
BIOBLITZLOCATIONS
Access to the strangler
fig sites is through the
Rainforest Discovery Centre
A BioBlitz Basecamp
B Rainforest Discovery Centre
C Outdoor Classroom
D Butterfly Viewing Platform
1 Strangler Fig trees
AB
C
D
3
4
5
1
2
BIODIVERSITY
That’s life!EXHIBITION
25 March–25 AugustCelebrating our 2019 BioBlitz
COME BACK SOON TO SEE WHAT WE FOUND IN THE FOREST!From 25 March–25 August, the exhibition
‘Biodiversity: That’s Life’ will be on display in the
Rainforest Discovery Centre, showcasing scientific
and creative research findings from the BioBlitz.
The BioBlitz has been made possible through visitors’ gold coin donations.
Thank you! A huge thank you to all the volunteers who have been biodiversity ambassadors during the BioBlitz event. Thanks also to all the supporting scientists, artists and project partners, including: Entomological Society of Queensland, Evergreen Tree Care, Griffith University, Jinibara People Aboriginal Corporation, Maleny Printmakers, Oberonia Botanical Services, Queensland Mycological Society, Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium, Queensland University of Technology, Seed Consulting Services, University of the Sunshine Coast, University of Tasmania and The Tree Projects.