The Kholo Creek Catchment Group brings local landholders and residents together to restore waterways, regenerate bushland, and protect wildlife through Karana Downs, Mount Crosby, Lake Manchester and surrounds.
We live in the Kholo and Shelley Creek catchments and along the Brisbane River and are working to conserve and restore our landscapes and waterways. Together, we remove and manage weeds, support native plants, restore bushland, research wildlife and monitor catchment health across public and private land.
Monthly working bees, field days and workshops are great ways to meet other local landholders and to learn more about the plants, wildlife and ecosystems of the Kholo Creek catchment area.
It is close to Brisbane but retains intact forests that support some of Brisbane’s rarest species such as Australia’s largest owl, the Powerful Owl, and the stunning Glossy Black Cockatoo.
Being a peri-urban catchment, Kholo Creek catchment has unique challenges where many residents are busy working and busy looking after their large rural residential blocks. Kholo Creek Catchment Group is here to help and inspire landholders to better understand the natural assets on their properties and to look after their properties in a way that also provides homes for wildlife.
Kholo Creek Catchment Group is a not-for-profit incorporated organisation and a member of the Brisbane Catchments Network.
Kholo Creek catchment is a stronghold for a tiny legless lizard, the Collared Delma (Delma torquata) and the Lloyd’s Native Olive (Notelaea lloydii). Both of these species are only found in south-east Queensland and are listed as threatened under Queensland and Australian legislation.
“Getting this group going was the right thing to do. We live in a special part of the world, I feel I must look after it and help inspire others to do the same. There are some incredibly knowledgeable people in our group. We can harness their knowledge and skills to deliver great on-ground outcomes we can all be proud of and that others can learn from.”
— Liz Gould, KCCG member
