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Save Our Waterways Now

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Save Our Waterways Now

SOWN is a community-based environmental organisation working to restore the habitats of waterways in the Enoggera catchment.

SOWN is supported by the Brisbane City Council through its Habitat Brisbane Program and Water Resources. The project promotes an integrated catchment management approach to priority areas identified in the Brisbane City Council's Waterways Strategy, in association with communities and local authorities. While some of the creek system is being rehabilitated, a great deal of work will be needed to extend the area to join current sites, and to maintain the rehabilitated areas to prevent their re-infestation with weeds. The Creeks draining this part of the valley are over 23 kilometres in length and feed into Breakfast Creek.

02/11/2026

🌿 Our community is growing something special! 🌱

A huge thank you to everyone who responded to our call for Hard Quandong (Elaeocarpus obovatus) sightings across the Enoggera Creek catchment. Your local knowledge helps us discover more about the native plants growing in our area. 💚

And a special thank you to Keith McCosh, who has generously donated 43 Hard Quandong seedlings grown from a mature tree on his property beside Woogaroo Creek!

Our nursery volunteers have repotted the seedlings, and they’re doing well. Next stop? Suitable planting sites across the Enoggera Creek catchment, where they’ll help strengthen native vegetation and support local wildlife. 🌱

It’s wonderful to see community knowledge and generosity coming together to give these special native trees a future in our catchment.

🌳 Spotted a Hard Quandong? We’d love to hear from you! Send a photo and its location to [email protected].

Together, we’re helping our local environment put down roots for the future!

27/10/2026

A great opportunity for this Friday morning. Go and lend the Yoorala St Bushcare Group a hand to get some planting done

27/10/2026

🌿 Plant to Plant: Weeping Bottlebrush (Melaleuca viminalis).

Spring is a great time to look out for one of our beautiful local natives,

With its graceful, weeping foliage and striking red bottlebrush flowers, this creek-side tree puts on a spectacular display at this time of year. 🌺

But it’s not only beautiful. Weeping Bottlebrush provides nectar for birds and insects and plays an important role along our waterways, helping to stabilise creek banks and tolerate extended dry periods once established.

You may also know this species by its former name, Callistemon viminalis, or as River Bottlebrush.

Keep an eye out for it as you explore the Enoggera Creek catchment this spring.

🌱 Want to learn more? Find the full plant profile on the SOWN website - link in first comment.

Photos: Robert Whyte and Anne Jones

25/10/2026

🍽️ HOW TO EAT A CANE TOAD, according to an Alderley ibis!

Forget fine dining. This ibis has its own recipe for tackling a cane toad!

👆 Step 1: The flick.
💦 Step 2: The wash.
🔁 Step 3: Repeat as required.
😌 Step 4: Take a short break.
👌 Step 5: A few final preparations before tucking in!

Cane toads are an introduced pest and their toxins can be deadly to many of our native animals. So watching this ibis go about its business is a fascinating reminder that wildlife along our local creeks never stops surprising us!

⚠️ Please don't try this at home! 😄

A huge thanks to Brendan McIntyre from Brisbane City Council for capturing this unusual dining experience at Banks St Reserve in September 2026. 👏

👀 Seen something unusual along your local creek? Tell us about it in the comments! 👇

🌿 Find out how you can help care for our local waterways by visiting our website, link in first comment.

21/10/2026

🐦🦜 Ready, set, birdwatch! 🐤🦉

Take just 20 minutes to get outdoors, spot some feathered friends and be part of the Aussie Bird Count! 🐦🐦‍⬛🦆

🌿 Here in the Enoggera Creek Catchment, we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to places to explore. Wander through our amazing bushland or discover the critically endangered subtropical lowland rainforest. You never know what you might spot! 🦜🐦

📱 Download the Aussie Bird Count app, record your sightings and help count Australia's birds. 🐦🦉🦆 Every bird counts! 🐤

19/10/2026

And what better reason than to get out and take part in the Aussie Bird Count!

18/10/2026

🦜🌿 The Aussie Bird Count starts TOMORROW!

SOWN encourages everyone to get involved in BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count! 🐦

Whether you're in your backyard, local park or along a creek, take just 20 minutes to count the birds around you.

With one in six Australian bird species facing extinction, every count helps us better understand and protect our precious birdlife. 💚

🦆 Get involved: https://f.mtr.cool/tka41y90j8

👏 Thanks to BirdLife Australia for this fantastic citizen science initiative.

🎨 Artwork: Angharad Neal-Williams

15/10/2026

🌿 Biodiversity Puzzle & Community Planting Morning

How well do you know the nature around you? Come along for a fun, family friendly morning exploring biodiversity and why it matters.

🧩 Start with a biodiversity puzzle
A hands on, science-based game that explores what biodiversity is, the benefits it provides, and what happens when we lose it. Perfect for adults and children 10 years and over.

🌱 Then get planting!
Put your new knowledge into action with a community planting session led by SOWN and the Yoorala Street Bushcare Group. Help create habitat for local wildlife and strengthen our local environment.

📍 A great morning to learn something new, meet your community and do something positive for nature.

Families welcome | Children 10+ | No experience needed | Link to tickets in first comment

Come along and get involved!

14/10/2026

🌿 SOWN Social is happening tonight!

Fancy a relaxed evening with some of the people who make SOWN what it is? Join us for our first SOWN Social at The Gap Tavern.

📅 TONIGHT - Wednesday 14 October
⏰ 6pm to 8pm
📍 The Gap Tavern

Come along for a chat and a chance to connect with the SOWN community. We’ll be talking bushcare, local wildlife, the nursery and all things SOWN.

Whether you’ve been volunteering with us for years, recently joined a bushcare group or are simply curious about what we do, you’re very welcome.

We’d love to see you there!

Register via the link below or find the event on Humanitix.

13/10/2026

🌿 Have you spotted Dyschoriste?

Dyschoriste nagchana is one of the 12 worst weeds in the Enoggera catchment. It can spread quickly, forming thick patches that smother other plants.

🔎 Look for: purple or pale lilac tube-shaped flowers, opposite egg-shaped leaves, and spiky flower buds and seed pods.

📸 Think you’ve found it? Take a photo and send it to us or post it in the comments.

🌱 Have you already dealt with Dyschoriste?
We really want to hear what you did — what worked, what didn't, and what would you recommend to others?

Share your photos, sightings and experiences below or get in touch with SOWN at [email protected].

Photos: Sheldon Navie

Address

57 Paten Road, The Gap
Brisbane, QLD
4061

Opening Hours

Wednesday	9am - 12:30pm
Saturday	9am - 11am

Website

http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/

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