Bernice Wood Design

The Sunshine Coast Big Butterfly Count is now on. If you are local, come and join the count...either with an organised group or in you own backyard.
More information can be found in the attached post.

Check out the butterfly images that have been taken by my children and myself! 🦋

What a wonderful surprise that came with the mail today. 🤩
The beautiful book from the Fantastical Sharks and Rays. Thank you so much ❤️
Great to see all the winners and artists together in this, plus such important information about the plight of our sharks and rays.
Congratulations to the team who put this all together, it is beautifully designed and present 🦈

Did you know mangroves are disappearing three to five times faster than overall global forest losses, with serious ecological and socio-economic impacts? 🥲

Join us on International Day of the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, July 26th, at the University of the Sunshine Coast, where an expert panel will discuss the importance of mangrove ecosystems, current and ongoing research being undertaken by the Sunshine Coast Council and partners, the role of citizen science and community knowledge in a changing environment, and the importance of environmental data and monitoring with innovative tools, such as acoustic ecology.

Also, enjoy the beauty of the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary, with immersive audio/visual experiences created by Josie Bennett and myself.

This is a ticketed event

Tickets available : https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/tuning-into-nature-registration-927642512727?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

What better way to celebrate the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on the 26th July.
Hear from an expert panel on Sunshine Coast wetland ecology and ongoing research. 🌱
Experience acoustic recordings 🐦🐟🦀 from the incredible mangrove forests of the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary. Audio-visual presentations by UniSC design graduates will bring the Maroochy River system to the University of the Sunshine Coast in the 320 degree CAVE auditorium. 🎧

📍 University of the Sunshine Coast
📆 26th July 2024
🕓 4-6.30pm
🟢Please note that this is a ticketed event

Tickets available from: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/tuning-into-nature-registration-927642512727?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

I have been working on a project for the Sunshine Coast Council, involving the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary Support Group volunteers 🤩, over the last few months.

We have been hitting the podcast room 🎙🎧at the Kawana Library, recording intriguing information regarding the sanctuary which, along with environmental audio, has been used on the newly installed interactive audio boards located within the sanctuary.

I am so delighted to be part of this project and excited to share my love of the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary 🌱 through my photographs and environmental soundscapes. 🎶

More images to come! 📸

Sunday morning fun! Streaming for
Hydrophones for the tannin stained wetlands, 2x mobile phone streaming of the frogs and birds.
Thank you to for the hydrophone and great to head out with you Josie

If anyone is interested Reveil 11 satrts today with the Dawn Chorus staring in London at 5am London time (that will be 2pm Brisbane). Tomorrow morning, when we see the start of the new day is when our streaming will commence. Our time will be 5.45 til about 6.30am Sunday!
This project is one that connects the world 🌏over a 24hr period through the dawn chorus (if you are not sure what the dawn chorus is, tune into the live stream! It is the best part of the day!). ☀️
There will be various locations on the Sunshine Coast as well as other parts of Australia.
Here is the link to where you can get more information from https://soundtent.org/reveil.html
I will also place the link to the stream in the comments. It would be great if you could join us to listen to the world waking up! 😃


ABC Sunshine Coast

reveil REVEIL 24+1 HOUR BROADCAST 2024 5AM London time (UTC+1) on Saturday 4 MAY to 6AM on Sunday 5 MAY 2024 soundtent.org/reveil

Been just a bit busy lately so I will recycle ♻️ last year's post for World Wetlands Day 24🌱

My underwater Maroochy River audio recording made the page 'On the River's edge'. Take a listen to the sounds below the river surface.
Take a visit to the Sunshine Coast Council page, dedicated to the various vegetation communities found at the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary

Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary, Bli Bli A nature lover's paradise nestled on the banks of the Maroochy River.

One of my most favourite places to visit and record. Happy to share my images of this amazing place and all that it offers.
Our wetlands need to be looked after!
Happy International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem!❤️🦀🐟🐦🐝🌱

The winners of the World Nature Photography Awards 📸 have been announced. They are totally amazing! We live on a planet 🌏 that is so special, however we choose to destroy it. We need to do more!
Anyway, take a look at these photo gems, there are even a few Australian winners! 🏆

Winners — WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS Our 2022 winners

We love our local wetlands and we are lucky to have 2 amazing wetlands locally. These are in an area called the Blue Heart.
One of these wetland areas, Yandina Creek Wetland is 191ha of former cane land that is naturally being restored to wetlands to deliver water quality nutrient offsets. There are many bird species that have returned to the area.
The other, Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary is an area that once was targeted for development. With amazing volunteers, they were able to conserve this special area. The area is rich in biodiversity and contains dry eucalypt forests, rainforest, melaleuca forest, casuarina woodland, salt marsh and mangroves. It is an amazing place to observe, listen and learn.

HAPPY WORLD WETLANDS DAY!

Today is World Wetlands Day! 🌏🌱
Spend the time on your socials to spread the word on how crucial wetland habitats are to our planet.

This , let's take a moment to appreciate the vital role play in maintaining & protecting our planet 🌎

Safeguarding & restoring our wetlands lies at the heart of solving our multiplanetary crises.

➡️ http://worldwetlands.org

Wetlands International

Have a wonderful Christmas🎄everyone!
Remember..... it is not about what is under the tree, it is all about the people around it. 💕

And also for me, the beautiful critters 🐝🦋🐛🐞🪰🐜that love my New South Wales Christmas Bush! 😆

Here are some other photos of the possum mum and babies.
The first image is where the baby had started to climb the tree, while mum was heading down. The last image is where the little one was trying to get into the pouch😍