Avoid Island – Queensland Trust For Nature

QTFN and Koinmerburra Aboriginal Corporation knowledge sharing workshop

Michael Tervo, one of our QTFN Ecologists, joined Koinmerburra Aboriginal Corporation (KAC) this month for a skill-building and knowledge sharing…

Over each summer from November to March, it’s turtle season at our Avoid Island Nature Refuge. Avoid Island is located…

The Queensland’s Trust for Nature’s Long Term holdings property, Avoid Island, recently hit an important milestone: our bird list officially hit…

September: A whole month dedicated to our primary goal of biodiversity. After all, biodiversity is our business and what better…

In November last year, Traditional Owner Samarla Deshong spent a week on Avoid Island with QTFN’s Dr Renee Rossini. Samarla…

In 2020, QTFN wrapped up a three-year weed and marine debris clean-up project supported by a Queensland Department of Environment…

Avoid Island’s unique combination of fruit-rich coastal scrub, open eucalypt woodland, mangrove and tidal flats, provides habitat for an estimated…

Mysterious and majestic, flatback turtles are the only sea turtle to nest solely on Australian shores and Avoid Island is…

In December 2020, QTFN and its project partners, Koinmerburra Aboriginal Corporation and Mackay and District Turtle Watch, were awarded a…

A major highlight for QTFN during 2020 was establishing and strengthening our relationship with the Traditional Owners of Avoid Island,…

In November 2017, we had the pleasure of hosting a group of corporate volunteers from the New Hope Group. During…

Our favourite kid’s wildlife show, Totally Wild, filmed episodes on two QTFN properties in 2017! The elusive brush-tailed rock wallaby…