BioBlitz Survey Leaders

David has 30 years of local botany experience, a personal highlight of David’s career is the discovery of a new species of ancient rainforest tree at Springbrook, named in his honour: Eucryphia jinksii.

Flora Survey

President of the Australian Bryological Network and curator of the
Queensland Herbarium’s (BRI) bryophyte collection, Andrew has undertaken bryophyte surveys across Queensland and is reasonably confident that he is the only consulting arborist to specialise moss.

Moss Survey

Paul works for Healthy Land and Water and supervises habitat restoration projects on the Gold Coast. Paul has worked for WWF, Greening Australia and the National Parks Association, and is a keen amateur botanist.

Flora survey

Dr. Sandra Tuszynska is a mycologist with a special interest in the role of fungi in ecosystems, as nature’s feeders, regenerators, protectors and innovators.

Fungi survey

Jacob is an experienced bush regenerator with an special interest in native plants of the Gold Coast region. He has a particular interest in identifying and preserving rare and threatened rainforest flora.

Flora Survey

Martin has 25 year’s experience in the ecology field specialising in flora and ecosystems, including threatened flora species surveys, and Bio conditioning

Flora Survey

Steven is an enthusiastic environmental champion dedicating all his time to waterbugs, litter pick ups and tree planting. He was also a key contributor to the city’s Water Strategy.

Waterbug Survey

I Love Water Bugs, work for Council’s Catchment Management Unit, and use my extensive experience in NRM, Marine science and natural reveg / regeneration to look after the environment.

Waterbug Survey

A conference delegate for the Dragonfly Society of the Americas, Maria’s expertise has taken her around the world to observe Odonata in many countries including Bulgaria, Singapore, Cambodia and the U.S.

Dragonfly survey

Dr Tobias Smith is a native bee researcher based at the University of Queensland, and the owner of education business Bee Aware Kids. He inspires thousands of community members on bee conservation year round.

Native Bee Survey

A professional wildlife photographer with 8 years experience, Isaac has vast knowledge of the local flora and fauna with a specific passion for reptiles.

Reptile Survey

President of the QLD Frog Society over the past 5 years, Jono works as an ecologist and specialises in frog ecology.

Frog Survey

Natalie has 22 years experience working as an Environmental Scientist. She specialises in Environmental Management and assessments. She is also one of our Co-ordinators for the PlatypusWatch program and has been so for 7 years!

Platypus Survey

Todd is a Conservation Partnerships Officer at the City of Gold Coast with a special interest in birds and nature photography. He also works with private landholders through the Land for Wildlife scheme.

Bird Survey

Deborah has a wealth of experience as an avid birder, eBirder and bird photographer. Debra especially enjoys regularly surveying birds in a variety of habitats from mudflats to rainforests. 

Bird Survey

A committee member of BirdLife, Project Coordinator of Protect the Bush Alliance and deeply involved in the Northern Recovery of the Eastern Bristlebird Project, Sheena enjoys being with people ‘in Nature’.

Bird Survey

Having worked outdoors all his life, Gary has a deep interest in wildlife and particularly birds. Stalking birds and animals on foot in his younger days, he’s graduated to wildlife photography in recent years.

Bird Survey

Robert is a committed wildlife conservationist who now spends all of his spare time on various crayfish related projects either trying to contribute to the conservation of specific species or raise the public perception of crayfish and their function as keystone species.

Crayfish Survey

Secretary of the Australia New Guinea Fishes Association for 10 years and an important breeder of rare, endangered and critically endangered native fish for Bush Heritage Australia. He is currently working to set up threatened fish breeding in schools through ANGFA Qld’s ‘Fish in Schools’ program.

Fish Survey

Josh Bassett is a City of Gold Coast Conservation Officer responsible for implementing the actions in the citywide Koala Conservation Plan, including community engagement.

Koala Survey

Paul works as an ecologist for Envirosphere Consulting and is studying two Master’s degrees. His passion is Australian mammals, with a particular focus on quolls. Paul has years of experience in the field.

Night spotting

Todd is a Conservation Partnerships Officer at the City of Gold Coast with a special interest in birds and nature photography. He also works with private landholders through the Land for Wildlife scheme.

Night spotting

Ecological restoration professional, currently operating in roles as a Senior Conservation Officer for the City’s Vulnerable Species Management team and Conservation Partnerships team.

Koala Survey