Girraween National Park - What's New 2015

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26th November, 2015

Updated:
- Plants section:
  - A new list of plant species has been compiled for Girraween. The following lists have been updated.
    - Find Flowering Plant by - Colour, Shape, Season, Common Name, Scientific Name, and Family.
    - Non-flowering Plants - Conifers, Cycads, Ferns and Fern Allies and Mosses.
    - Special Plants - Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Introduced.
  - Find Flowering Plant by: Colour, Shape and Season - removed plants from these lists that don't yet have photos on website.
  - Ferns and Fern Allies and Mosses pages - included some introductory information and an image before list of species. Tidied up species lists.
  - About the Plant Species List page - included sources of new records, alphabetically sorted and added new Acknowledgements, as well as a new map showing the search area boundary.
- Downloads page: updated the Plant Species Checklist and Spreadsheet.

23rd October, 2015

Corrections:
- Damselfly - Austrolestes cingulatus Metallic Ringtail - Incorrect id for first photo. Have replaced the photo.
- Dragonfly - Diplacodes haematodes Scarlet Percher - Incorrect id for 9th photo. Have replaced the photo.
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina costalis had been misidentified. It is really Castiarina erythroptera.
- Jewel Beetle - Castiarina violaceae had been misidentified. It is really Castiarina australasiae.
- Downloads page - fixed floating text above table.
Updated:
- Plants section:
  - The Plants of Girraween page - moved Special Plants to beneath Non-flowering Plants.
  - Non-Flowering Plants page - redesigned with images for each of the plant groups.
  - Conifers page - included a photo of a conifer.
  - Cycads page - included more photos and information about the park's single species.
  - Created larger icons and rollovers for Find Plants by: Colour, Shape and Season pages.
- Fungus - Lysurus sp. has been identified as Lysurus cruciatus.
- Lizard - Eastern Water Dragon. Scientific name has been updated from Physignathus lesueurii to Intellagama lesueurii.
- History - Girraween's 40th Anniversary - Interviews - Included photo of Trevor Vollbon (replaced photo of park's Information Center).
- Thanks To... page - reorganised so names are listed alphabetically. Added Bill McDonald, Neil Holmes, Nigel Fechner, Megan Prance and Paul Grimshaw.
- Copyright and Disclaimer page:
  - included permission to use the images and text from PlantNET – The Cycad Pages; and
  - the series of wildlife articles written in 1972 by Tom Ryan from the publisher, the Stanthorpe Border Post.
- Links to other websites: Flinders Ranges National Park on the Stamp page.
- This, the What's New page, made 2015 the new base page.
New Photos:
- Damselfly - Austrolestes cingulatus Metallic Ringtail [replaced 1 photo]
- Dragonfly - Diplacodes haematodes Scarlet Percher [replaced 1]
New Pages:
- History section:
  - Tom Ryan:
    - Park Brochure, 1972
    - The Goebel Brothers
    - Wildlife Articles for the Stanthorpe Border Post [16 articles]
  - Paul Grimshaw
    - Park Brochure, 1979
    - Programme for the official opening of the park's Information Centre.
    - A Welcome to Girraween
    - "How do you get a job like yours?"
    - Visitor Information sheet, 1989

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