Mooloolah Fields

Inspired from the glorious wallum heath and sedgelands of Mooloolah national park, on the Sunshine Coast. A tiny corner of wild marshy fields, impenetrable thick brush and grasses. This place is a protected ecosystem, surrounded by built up suburbs. The park houses one of the Sunshine Coast’s most significant protected coastal lowland habitats. Rapid development along the coast has left very few of these habitats intact. Those that remain have extremely high conservation value and are essential for the survival of local plants and animals.

The park’s coastal rainforest, melaleuca forests, wallum banksia woodlands, scribbly gum open forests, sedgelands and closed heaths are all threatened regional ecosystems.

I wanted to capture the beauty of this place and share it with others, to help spread awareness of this beautiful threatened habitat.

For locals to the Sunshine Coast, and Mooloolah area: growing local native plants in your garden will help retain this area’s biodiversity and reduce the risk of exotic plants becoming weeds in the park. Obtain a plant species list and visit a native plant nursery to find out what species are available.

All the plants and wildlife here, including many rare and threatened species need this park for survival. Never take dogs into the national park. If you own cats, lock them up at night. When buying a pet, choose one that will not impact on local wildlife.

Sourced from the QLD government Department of environment and science: Parks and Forests: Mooloolah National Park