Burleigh Koalas – interactive community evening
Burleigh Koalas is an interactive community evening about koala conservation in Burleigh; challenges, solutions and the community’s role in koala conservation.
We invite you to hear from expert speakers and engage with your local community to care for koalas in our region.
When? Tuesday 4th June 2024, 5.30 – 7.30 pm
Where? Burleigh Girl Guides Hut, Tabilban St, Burleigh Heads
The event is free but you are required to reserve a ticket. The event has limited capacity so please cancel your ticket if your circumstances change.
BOOK YOUR TICKETS THROUGH HUMANITIX.
EXPERT SPEAKERS AND TOPICS FOR THE EVENING:
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Koala Conservation Work in Burleigh |
Tina Strachan Senior Biodiversity Conservation OfficerEnvironmental Planning and AssessmentCity of Gold Coast |
| City of Gold Coast runs an extensive program of conservation work in Burleigh including our koala population monitoring surveys and threat mitigation measures. | |
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Wildlife Crossing Structures: overpasses, underpasses, and canopy bridges |
Darryl Jones
Professor Emeritus Centre for Planetary Health & Food Security/School of Environment & Science Griffith University |
| Roads divide and isolate wildlife and make it dangerous or impossible to cross to the other side. The solution is wildlife crossing structures: overpasses, underpasses, and canopy bridges are being installed all around the world. And they work! Professor Jones will present some of the innovative new designs and talk about the most studied overpass in the world: our very own Compton Road Landbridge. | |
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Koala Drone Mapping Survey |
Jamie Holyoak
Chief Remote Pilot and Endangered Species Survey Specialist Ripper Corp |
| Overview on the drone technology, how they fly to survey and the type of information they gather for the survey undertaken by University of Queensland and Ripper Corp. | |
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