Leaders 2024

Leading the Field Surveys...(in alphabetical order)

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2024

Welcomes our Team Leaders

Greg Anderson

Arachnids

Co-author of A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia

Kieran Aland

Fauna ecologist

Mammals

Elliot Bowerman

Botany

Plants


"Possum" Pete Crowcroft

Ecologist

David Flack

Frogs

Dr Andrew Franks

Botanist

Mosses, liverworts & hornworts


Shelley Gage

Botany

Wildflowers


Ally Hayes-Hatten

Botanist

Wildflowers

Jono Hooper

Frogs

Sam Mitchell

Arborist

Big Trees

Jessie Oliver

Ecologist

Davina Paterson

Entomologist 

Insects

Dr Hilary Pearl

Botanist

Heathlands & Wallum plants

Ben Revell

Frogs

Dr Robert Raven

Arachnologist

Spiders & more

Dr Jennifer Sanger

Canopy Ecologist

Helen Schwencke

Biologist & Ecologist

Insect Interactions

Ollie Scully

Ecologist and conservationist

Frogs, freshwater crayfish, owls

Greg Tasney

Ecologist

Botany and more


Dr Sandra Tuszynska 

Mycologist

Fungi


Jacob White

Botany

Ethan Yeoman

Arachnids

Spiders & more

Alina Zwar

Naturalist & Field Tech

Thank you to all these wonderful scientists and expert enthusiasts who have donated their time in support of our mission to record every living thing in the Cooloola Recreation Area. 

iNaturalist Training & Support

Randy Orwin

Michelle Neil & Sons

Scout Helpers

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Presentations

Of course we're planning some interesting presentations in the evenings if you don't want to head out on the night surveys. 

Dr Hilary Pearl

Botanist

Our Sunshine Coast heathlands: a story of hope and resilience!

Steve Pearce

The Tree Projects

Photographing  Giants 

Zela Bissett

FIDO President

A Brief History of FIDO

(Fraser Island Defender's Organisation)

Team Leaders Bios 2024 - WWW