Girraween National Park - What's New 2014

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27th September, 2014

There's now a completely new set of "featured images" on the Home page which link to their relevant pages. This image changes randomly each time the Home page is reloaded. Try clicking a few times on the Home button in the sidebar to see what I mean!
Corrections:
- Insects - fixed a typo.
- Damselfly - Griseargiolestes albescens Coastal Flatwing had been misidentified. It is really Austroargiolestes icteromelas Common Flatwing.
Updated:
- Thanks To... page - included four new photographers; Deane Lewis, John Tann, Peter Chew and Reiner Richter.
- Don Gardner's photographic credits - removed link to Flickr.
- Dragonfly - Cordulephya species identification was confirmed as Cordulephya pygmaea Common Shutwing.
- The following pages are now in the mini-gallery format with information:
  - Skink - Egernia cunninghami Cunningham's Skink.
  - All of the individual species pages for the Dragonflies and Damselflies.
- The following pages now have larger thumbnails:
  - Lizards - Dragons;
  - Lizards - Skinks.
- References: Printed Materials page:
  - updated "Chermside Hills Reserves Leaf Index" and "Protecting the natural flora values of Girraween National Park comprehensive vegetation report" bibliographical details.
  - new reference "Eucalypts of the Granite Belt - A guide to eucalypt species that occur on the Stanthorpe Plateau in the Granite Belt area of South East Queensland".
New Species:
- Damselfly - Austroagrion watsoni Eastern Billabongfly [6 photos]
- Damselfly - Austrolestes cingulatus Metallic Ringtail [6]
- Damselfly - Austrolestes psyche Cup Ringtail [5]
- Damselfly - Diphlebia nymphoides Arrowhead Rockmaster [5 photos, 1 video]
- Damselfly - Ischnura heterosticta Common Bluetail [6]
- Damselfly - Rhadinosticta simplex Powdered Wiretail [6]
- Damselfly - Synlestes weyersii Bronze Needle [10]
- Dragonfly - Adversaeschna brevistyla Blue-spotted Hawker [6]
- Dragonfly - Anax papuensis Australian Emperor [9]
- Dragonfly - Austroaeschna unicornis Unicorn Darner [8]
- Dragonfly - Austrogomphus guerini Yellow-striped Hunter [6]
- Dragonfly - Austrogomphus ochraceus Jade Hunter [5]
- Dragonfly - Austrogomphus praeruptus Twinspot Hunter [5]
- Dragonfly - Choristhemis flavoterminata Yellow-tipped Tigertail [5]
- Dragonfly - Diplacodes haematodes Scarlet Percher [9]
- Dragonfly - Eusynthemis virgule Golden Tigertail [6]
- Dragonfly - Hemicordulia australiae Australian Emerald [8]
- Dragonfly - Hemigomphus heteroclytus Stout Vicetail [6]
- Dragonfly - Synthemis eustalacta Swamp Tigertail [6]
New Photos:
- Skink - Egernia cunninghami Cunningham's Skink [2 new, replaced 1]
- Damselfly - Austroargiolestes icteromelas Common Flatwing [11]
- Dragonfly - Austroaeschna parvistigma Swamp Darner [5]
- Dragonfly - Austrogomphus amphiclitus Pale Hunter [5]
- Dragonfly - Austrogomphus cornutus Unicorn Hunter [5]
- Dragonfly - Cordulephya pygmaea Common Shutwing [5, replaced 1]
- Dragonfly - Diplacodes bipunctata Wandering Percher [3]
- Dragonfly - Hemicordulia tau Tau Emerald [4, replaced 1]
- Dragonfly - Orthetrum caledonicum Blue Skimmer [6]
- Dragonfly - Orthetrum villosovittatum Fiery Skimmer [4, replaced 1]
- Dragonfly - Telephlebia godeffroyi Eastern Evening Darner [6]

15th August, 2014

Corrections:
- Animals - missing thumbnail image for Fish.
New Download:
- Go Bill! Reminiscences of a Lifetime at Girraween - How One Man Can Make a Difference by Brian Egan; National Parks Association of Queensland, "National Parks of Queensland - The 100-year Challenge"
Updated:
- Booking Your Campsite page, removal of self-registration information and rewording of page text.
- Bush Camping page, increased total number of bush campers from 32 to 48.
- New URL for the Stanthorpe Rare Wildlife Consortium's website.
- History - Bill Goebel - NPAQ Article page, new photos and link to download a copy of the original article.
- History - 40th Anniversary - Tom Ryan's interview page - included an editor's note at the end to clarify what happened to the garden and why.
- Fish pages, included information for the following species:
  - Carassius auratus Goldfish
  - Gadopsis marmoratus River Blackfish
  - Galaxias olidus Mountain Galaxias
  - Gambusia holbrooki Mosquito Fish
  - Maccullochella peelii Murray Cod
  - Tandanus tandanus Freshwater Catfish
- References: Printed Materials page - added 2 references; "Chermside Hills Reserves Leaf Index" and "Protecting the natural flora values of Girraween National Park comprehensive vegetation report".

28th May, 2014

Corrections:
- Fixed some broken links in the Home page's rotating teaser images.
- Fixed some broken links on the Special Plants species pages - eg. Vulnerable Plants.
Moved:
- A Glimpse of Girraween into a new subsection of the History section.
- Algae, Fungi and Lichens out of Plants and into their own new section.
New Species:
- Bird - Orthonyx temminckii Australian Logrunner [5 photos]
- Bird - Petroica goodenovii Red-capped Robin [10]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina costalis [1]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina gentilis [1]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina hilaris [2]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina kerremansi [1]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina livida [2]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina octomaculata [1]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina octospilota [3]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina punctatosulcata [2]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina sexplagiata [6]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina violacea [2]
- Jewel Beetle - Diphucrania duodecimmaculata [3]
New Photos:
- Fish - Tandanus tandanus Catfish [2 photos]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina crenata [3]
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina decemmaculata [4]
- Jewel Beetle - Stigmodera macularia [2]
New Subsection:
- History page - Memories of Girraween.
  This is a new area created for personal accounts of the history of Girraween.
  - 40th Anniversary Interviews:
         - Tom Ryan
         - Averil Ryan
         - Paul Grimshaw
         - Brett Roberts
         - Trevor Vollbon
  - Bill Goebel:
         - Reminiscences of a Lifetime at Girraween - How One Man Can Make a Difference
         - Bill Reminiscing About the 'Good Ole' Days
         - The Practical Jokers
The following pages are now in the mini-gallery format with larger thumbnails and information:
- Beetles - This entire section has been updated.
- Fish - This entire section has been updated.
- Bird - Menura novaehollandiae Superb Lyrebird
Removed:
- Department of Fisheries owned photographs of the following species. (We did not wish to renew the annual copyright agreement.)
- [2] low quality photos of Tandanus tandanus
Other Updates:
- Girraween Bird Species List available from the Downloads page now includes the two new species.
- References page, now has links to the Queensland Museum and Queensland Mycological Society.
- References: Printed Materials page - added 12 books; "Australian Subtropical Fungi"; "A Field Guide to Tasmanian Fungi"; "A Field Guide to Fungi of South-eastern Australia"; "Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volumes 1, 2 and 3"; "Fungi Down Under: the Fungimap Guide to Australian Fungi"; "Fungi Out West"; "Introduction to the Mushrooms, Toadstools and Larger Fungi of Queensland"; "Moths of Australia"; "The Kingdom of Fungi"; "Wildlife of Australia."
- The four mystery Jewel Beetle species on the website have been identified:
  - Castiarina species is Castiarina decemmaculata
  - Jewel Beetle 01 is an Ethonion species.
  - Jewel Beetle 02 is Castiarina bifasciata
  - Jewel Beetle 03 is Castiarina crenata

27th February, 2014

Corrections:
- Carnivorous marsupials - corrected the common name to Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll.
New Download:
- Girraween National Park by Andrew Willis; Wild Magazine, May-June 2011
New Species:
- Dragonfly - Petalura gigantea Giant Dragonfly [Article by Dr Ian Baird and 8 photos]
New Track Sequence:
- The Pyramids - September, 2013 The climb to the very top, from where the April 2009 series left off. [112]
New Galleries:
- The Pyramids - What's up There? There is more to the top of The Pyramid than just Balancing Rock... [13 photos, 10 are new]
- The Pyramids - Views from the Top Views from the top of the Pyramids. [8 photos, 4 are new]
Updated:
- About Us page, includes details of new cameras.
- Copyright and Disclaimer page, listed permission by Wild Magazine to use the article by Andrew Willis.
- Thanks To... page - included: Dr Ian Baird for his wonderful article about the Giant Dragonfly and his photos; Mr John Moye for his article "Petal Rock"; Wild Magazine for the article by Andrew Willis.
- This, the What's New page, made 2014 the new base page.

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