Julie Lightfoot
Friday, November 13, 2009
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BOB Irwin is the face of Australia’s koala and hairy-nose wombat conservation campaigns, and now he is fighting to save the endangered cassowary.

The father of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin won hearts when he made a special trip to the Far North this week to nationally launch a land buyback scheme for Mission Beach, south of Cairns.

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A new Nature Refuge has been created in the Daintree rainforest through a declaration by the Queensland Parliament.

Lot 22 Camelot Close at Cape Tribulation was purchased by not for profit organisation Rainforest Rescue in April 2007. “That’s when the work began to create the Nature Refuge” said Kelvin Davies CEO of Rainforest Rescue.

Many people think living in the Daintree will be paradise, especially if they arrive in winter. The summer wet season usually brings a different outlook with near constant rain and high humidity. “When we purchased the property it was an excellent example of the abandoned Daintree dream,” said Kelvin.  Two derelict old caravans covered in mould and a range of building materials including the kitchen sink filled a clearing the previous owners had made in the rainforest. Plants for the intended garden had escaped, become weeds and were invading the rainforest understorey.

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Julie Lightfoot
Saturday, November 7, 2009

© The Cairns Post

BOB Irwin is heading north to protect the cassowary by promoting land buybacks at Mission Beach. The father of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin will visit the tourist town south of Cairns on Thursday with Rainforest Rescue delegates who are calling for the public’s help with a voluntary land buyback scheme.

Mr Irwin has previously thrown his weight behind campaigns to save the koala and stop the Traveston Dam.

Rainforest Rescue’s chief executive officer Kelvin Davies said the state and federal government’s failure to move quickly on the matter had convinced his organisation to swing into action, and enlist the help of a high-profile campaigner. Read the rest of this entry »

“Published results of a survey conducted in 2007 by Galaxy Research found that nearly $1 billion is spent on unwanted Christmas Gifts each year”.

The ideal Christmas Gift is one that keeps on giving. Rainforest Rescue’s Daintree Gift Cards are ideal Christmas presents for family and friends; they detail how many square metres of the Daintree you have saved on behalf of your friends and loved ones. Each Gift Card has Read the rest of this entry »