Contributors to Book

Many Conondale Range Committee supporters and field experts have contributed to the publication 'Walking on the Wilder Side ...in the Conondales'. Parts of this book are used in this website, and have been edited and abbreviated to provide a general overview of the Conondale Ranges, the committee and the book.

Book Contributors:

  • Dr Aila Keto
  • Ian Mackay [general text, Jimna, forest drive, Agricola Mine]
  • Greg Czechura [Raptors, mammals, snakes, lizards, pests]
  • Greg Roberts [Birds]
  • Adrian Borsboom [Crayfishs]
  • Geoffrey Smith [Plumed Frogmouths]
  • Les Hall [Bats]
  • Glen Ingram [Frogs]
  • Elaine Green [Flora]
  • Shirley Moreland [Early History]
  • Richard Giles [CRC campaign]
  • Bob Miller [Butterflies]
  • Dave Phillips [Mountain Biking]
  • Chery Seabrook [general text, walks, mammals, snakes, lizards pests]

Principal Photographer:

  • Doc Eckley

Other Photographic Contributors:

  • Cheryl Seabrook
  • Arkin Mackay
  • Chris Corbin [Freshwater Crayfish]

Additional text & editing for website:

  • Arkin Mackay

The book, 'Walking on the Wilder Side... in the Conondales', and this website content is copyright, and no part may be reproduced without written permission from the authors.

qld government logo The Queensland Government’s Department of State Development and Innovation provided funding to Sunshine Coast Environment Council to produce this web site through the South East Queensland Forest Agreement Tourism Initiative in 2003/04.

Links

Topical Issues - Proposed Traveston Dam, Mary River

www.savethemaryriver.com
www.travestonswamp.info
www.stoppress.com.au

Environmental

Sunshine Coast Environment Council [SCEC]
The Wilderness Society
Wilderness Society Environmental Links
Hollow Log Homes – Wildlife boxes
Threatened Species Network
Queensland Conservation Council
Barung Landcare, Maleny
Australian Conservation Fund

Environmental Projects

Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Conservation Project
Native Bee Project

Touism / Recreation

Off Beat Tours
Great Walks
Queensland Outdoor Recreation Federation

Local Business / Information

Kenilworth Tourist Information
Lasting Impressions Art Gallery
Bellbird Creek Tea House
Sunweb Website for the Communities of the Sunshine Coast and Hinterland of SE Queensland. A guide to the people, places and events in one of the worlds most beautiful and eco-friendly places.

Website Design & Development

Web Enhanced Solutions Pty Ltd - www.webenhanced.com.au - "Web Design Sunshine Coast" 

www.stoppress.com.au  activism in pictures ....

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Get Yourself some CRC Gear

Walking on the Wilder Side... in the Conondales

A new book of information, walks and activities for the Conondale Range region... OUT NOW

Most of the information in this website is based on the book... which features articles written by field experts on local flora, fauna, and history.

Not to mention a comprehensive walks section compiled by experienced bushwalkers, maps, camping guide, and invaluable local knowledge.

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Books are also available from the following retail outlets:

  • Barung Landcare, Maleny
  • Kenilworth Information Centre
  • Maple St Coop, Maleny
  • Rosetta Books, Maleny
  • Coop Bookshop Sunshine Coast University
  • Fairhill Native Plants, Yandina
  • Museum Explorer Shop, Cultural Centre, Southbank
  • Bellbird Creek Teahouse, near Kenilworth

Join the Conondale Range Committee!

There is no bigger threat to our environment than people's sense of powerlessness and their acceptance of the inevitability that change will be adverse.

"You can't stop progress" they say.

Yet there is no statement more true than 'United we stand, divided we lie horizontal'.

In the '60s and 70's, the whole area of the Conondales was earmarked for clear felling and converting to forestry plantations. It's only due to our collective voices over almost 40 years that it lives on as it does.

Join us and be part of the people still watching over the Conondales. You can be as active as you wish. Simply stay informed by receiving newsletters, if you like, or be more involved.

Remember, "No one made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little [Edmund Burke]" and 'The most powerful wave in the ocean... is just a lot of drips... moving in the same direction.'

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Member Testimony

Personal Testimony
"Back in the early '80's, I didn't live on the Sunshine Coast, but, having purchased land in the hinterland, subscribed to a little alternative newspaper The Sunshine News, out of Maleny. It's editor was Richard Giles who also happened to be the Project Officer for the Conondale Range Committee. He wrote so compellingly of the Conondales and the impassioned battle to conserve their wonderful biodiversity that I resolved to become a member when we moved to the area in 1983. Little did I know then of the momentum generated by like-minded people in a changing atmosphere of community support. Nor did I realise that, some years on, I would be part of the group celebrating the extended National Park, the mine rehabilitation or the historic Forest Agreement. It really does seem to me that the meek won't simply inherit the earth but that they have to be prepared to put up a fight for it."
Ian Mackay, CRC President since 1990

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.. in the Conondales.

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