Patrick Centurino indicates where the track would go
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | Feb 26th 2010 A new walking track proposed
Magnetic Island Ranger in Charge, Mr Patrick Centurino, is keen to hear feedback from the public on a new walking track the Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service is proposing which would enable walkers to travel from Nelly Bay or Arcadia to the Forts carpark without needing to cross the Horseshoe Bay hill road which has been identified as potentially dangerous to pedestrians.
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | Feb 9th 2010
Ranger Jo Petersen urges safe bush walking
Walking with water
Tourists are putting them selves at risk by not taking adequate drinking water, sun protection or footwear when walking on Magnetic Island.
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | Sep 1st 2009
QPWS Rangers clean up the rubbish
No respect
Last Saturday night there was a large beach party at the far end of Horseshoe Bay. When daylight returned visitors to the beach were to discover a stinking mess of broken bottles, cans and other rubbish spread out over a wide area and surrounding a fireplace, the flames of which could have easily gotten away from the drunken party goers who are believed to have been attending the 18th birthday of a young man from Nelly Bay.
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | Aug 10th 2009
Walking track closed for planned burn
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service will be conducting a planned burn today Monday 10th August at the headland east of Horseshoe Bay.
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | Jul 27th 2009
Planned burns at Radical, Balding & White Lady Bay
In a message to Magnetic Times this morning Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service Rangers announced that they will be conducting a planned burn at White Lady Bay today Monday 27 July 2009
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | Jul 27th 2009
Smoke alerts: Radical, Balding & White Lady Bay
Rangers conducted a planned burn at White Lady Bay today Monday 27 July 2009. Burning was planned to continue on Tuesday and Wednesday but the weather will not be suitable for the next few days, therefore burns have been cancelled.
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | Jun 24th 2009
Islanders invited to fire season presentation
With a lengthy planned burn around the upper ridges of Magnetic Island this month it is timely that a Community Fire Season Presentation has been planned for this Sunday to give Magnetic Island residents an opportunity to learn more about fire management on the island.
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | Jun 17th 2009
The burn above Nelly Bay this afternoon
Fire update – Nelly Bay back burn tonight
Magnetic Times received the following fire report from the Department of Environment & Resource Management (DERM) this afternoon.
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | Jun 12th 2009
The DERM burn on Magnetic
Island burn "going well"
The planned burn creeping over the hill tops of Magnetic Island has produced more smoke today on the western flanks but appears, on the ground, to be doing what was hoped for by Island rangers.
Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) rangers have been busy preparing for the coming fire season, and planned burns are scheduled to begin on Magnetic Island in the next few weeks [ read more ]
Following is a very encouraging report from the volunteer weeders group who have been systematically reducing the periwinkle weed population at Magnetic Island's beautiful Florence Bay [ read more ]
