Just over 213 hectares of land in Daisy Hill is now protected forever.
We’ve officially declared the Shailer property on Leo Lindo Drive as part of the Conservation Park.
South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales is considered one of the most biodiverse regions in Australia, behind only South West Western Australia and the Daintree, and this land is one of the most intact parcels of bushland in our region.
It’s been cared for by locals for over a century.
Now it’ll be protected for generations to come.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service is now working to install new fences, fire trails and signage, as well as clearing weeds and removing old infrastructure to make way for visitors.
I have mountain biked, walked, and had picnics here all my life, and more recently helped in bush care activities at Daisy Hill Conservation Park, so I know how important this is to the entire community.
It is a rare thing to see such huge increases to protected areas in urban environments like Springwood, so this will be a massive relief to local residents, and the conservationists who have protected Daisy Hill and Venmans bushland for so long.
I want to thank the new Premier Steven Miles for backing this initiative for so many years, from concept, to now putting this high value bushland back in the hands of the people to be protected forever.
PHOTO CAPTION: Member for Springwood Mick de Brenni, Lynette Shailer, Jim Dennis and senior Ranger Diana Hughes at the official declaration celebration on 6 July 2024.
