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WORLD CASSOWARY DAY 2015
WORLD CASSOWARY DAY Saturday 26 September 2015 The second World Cassowary Day at the C4 and Mission Beach Visitor Centre, on the beach at Porters Promenade All day event for the whole community. There will be lots of displays, including one from KCons, guest speakers,...
Give a Living Tree
Give a living tree. What a great thought! For $10 Kuranda Conservation will gift wrap plants to the value of $10 and include a greeting card as well. Gift vouchers to any value are also available. The nursery is almost always open at 1 Pademelon...
Karl the Cassowary – First Cassowary in Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehdDlYxP65M Please support Cassowary conservation to help save the world's most impressive bird! Launched from beyond the Black Stump 8th March 2015 Karl the Cassowary, mascot for world cassowary day in September. ...
Birth Notice – Welcome new Kuranda cassowaries
New Kuranda cassowaries: To Dad and Missy, two chicks, date of birth, recently! Great news that two new Kuranda Cassowaries have been sighted, especially after our last very sad post about Harriet/Wattle. Dad and Missy have been observed in the Black Mountain Road...
Plant a local native
Visit the Plant me instead! page for native alternatives to exotics and pest plants (weeds) The Plant Me Instead! are local plants of similar size and flower colour to the non natives or exotics, so your garden or bush aesthetic can be maintained with natives. These...
Death Notice
Death Notice We are extremely sorry to tell you that the cassowary known as Harriet or Wattle was killed by vehicle strike on Black Mountain Road on Friday. The bird did not die instantly and was later found by passers by, mortally injured but still breathing....
Cassowary monitoring
First shots for our Cassowary monitoring programme from the motion-activated cameras set up near Black Mountain Road. They show a cassowary about to cross the road. Also captured are the logging trucks which use the road. The drivers recognize the need for care and...
VOLUNTEERS at KCONS
VOLUNTEERS AT KCONS FROM GE POWER AND WATER KCons welcomed these volunteers from GE Power and Water who spent a busy afternoon potting, weeding and planting a new site. The members, who met together in Cairns for a conference, are from all over Queensland, and...
Cassowaries on Kuranda Range Rd 2014 – Update 6, 25 Jul 14
Cassowaries on Kuranda Range Rd 2014 Update 6, 25 Jul 14 The cassowary family that made the environs of the Range Road have not been observed on for some time now, so we must assume that they have moved to other areas providing food which have come into season....
Have you seen a cassowary? Tell us please.
The Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) is in crisis. Current estimates suggest less than 1200 birds exist in the wild. A number of factors are contributing to the birds demise, but habitat loss is probably the greatest. Saving the c assowary is not...