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As President of FIDO, now known as the Watchdog of K’gari, I would like to acknowledge the contributions of a Whitlam cabinet minister, a stalwart friend to K’gari, FIDO and John Sinlcair who and took a courageous stand to initiate the First Fraser Island Inquiry in 1975. Moses Henry Cass (18 February 1927 – 26 February 2022) was better known […]

I am excited to share that two of my works concerning the World Heritage listed island of K’gari have been acquired by the Fraser coast Regional Council for their permanent collection. Only Embers is a visceral response to the terrible Duling fires of 2020 on K’gari when a pall of black smoke enveloped Butchulla Country and one third of the […]

Just last week i was reading a poem by Jane Frank, about Mort Street, Red Hill, that Brisbane suburb with the steep hillsides and wooden houses that has become something of a genre these days. My daughter’s first Brisbane share house was in Warmington street, and I lived in several share households. I recalled that when I was living in […]

This is a conceptual work dealing with the circle of life forms of the Patterned Fens, a special ecosystem found in Cooloola and on K’gari. A vast interconnected network of wire rush or spreading rope-rush (Empodisma minor) features clumps of tightly woven rushes interpenetrated by fresh water canals. Small openings of water are known as flarks. Above the flat marchlands, […]

This coming Thursday March 13 at 10am the first workshop for 2025 in making paper from weeds will begin at the entrance to Fay Smith wetlands in Neptune street Maryborough. There we will gather some weeds to take back to Papernicus paper studio where paper artist Zela Bissett will be conducting a full day workshop teaching participants how to turn […]

Sessions fortnightly Date and Location activities equipment Thursday March13 Collect weeds Fay Smith Wetlands, Neptune street Maryborough. Meet near the entry sign. Wear gloves and closed in shoes. Take weeds to Papernicus studio 92 Carnaby St Bidwill for processing Collection site will be Fay Smith wetlands in Neptune Street Maryborough. Wear work clothes and closed in shoes. Gather, chop and cook […]

Hayley (left) and Zela with Vashti (right) raise a toast to the textile show they helped hang at Springsure’s Bauhinia Bicentennial Gallery.

Zela Bissett’s exhibition, Wildly Woolly, shows wool felt used to create wall hangings, landscapes and images of scenery, garments and functional items. The works portray some of Australia’s iconic beaty sports including Tasmania’s Lake St Clare, the wildflowers of the Sunshine Coast, the Autumn leaves of Victoria’s cool season and the birds and animals of the sub-tropical wetlands. Techniques used […]