Blog posts categorized by Queensland Floods
Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 1- Introduction
Bill Dennison ·
27 January 2012
| Queensland Floods |
A seminar entitled 'Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs' was presented on 8 July 2011. The seminar was sponsored by the University of Queensland Global Change Institute, and delivered at the historic Customs House in downtown Brisbane, situated along the shore of the Brisbane River. The following fifteen part blog series captures the talk, the question/answer section and the actual 'Dancing with Dugongs'. The Customs House in downtown Brisbane, Australia (Credit:
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Flooding in Queensland: The story of the Paluma
Bill Dennison ·
18 June 2011
| Queensland Floods |
The story of the naval survey ship Paluma that was cast up into the Botanic Gardens in February 1893 and refloated two weeks later is part of Brisbane lore, and I decided to track down the story about how the Paluma was refloated. I went to the Queensland State Library archive section and was impressed with the beautiful library and helpful staff.
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Flood newsletter on seagrasses, turtles and dugongs
Bill Dennison ·
4 May 2011
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This newsletter was interesting to assemble, as it involved talking with lots of active scientists about their current knowledge of seagrasses, sea turtles and dugongs. The flood impacts on these Moreton Bay icons was of concern to everyone involved. I also made visits to eastern Moreton Bay where the densest concentrations of seagrasses, turtles and dugongs are found (see previous blogs: Feb. 16 & Apr. 6).
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Sea turtles, dugong and a major city skyline
Bill Dennison ·
6 April 2011
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Moreton Bay, adjacent to Brisbane, the Capital of Queensland, Australia, supports large populations of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) and dugong (Dugong dugon). The turtles and dugong feed on seagrasses growing on the shallow sand banks of Eastern Moreton Bay. These shallow sand banks are flushed with clean ocean water that enters and exits Moreton Bay through an opening (South Passage) between the large sand islands, North Stradbroke and Moreton Islands.
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Flood newsletter on impacts to creeks, streambanks and paddocks
Bill Dennison ·
16 March 2011
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This newsletter was interesting to put together, as it involved looking through hundreds of photographs of flood damage in the Moreton Bay watershed. Some of the photos were staggering. There were photos of tractors and automobiles crushed like small tin cans, a time sequence of water rising over a farm shed within minutes, streambeds stripped down to the bedrock, and tree roots exposed instead of being buried deep in soil.
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