Once species disappear and habitat vanishes it is difficult to know and imagine what previously was there. Reflecting on the past is therefore extremely important to better inform community decisions for the future.
Disappearing species and vanishing habitat continued to be of concern for Kathleen McArthur despite an encouraging shift in public attitudes and developing community support to protect both flora and fauna. Changes for the worse often happened quickly and irrevocably, like the sad story of Watson Park in Caloundra, or slowly and in full view of government, private industry and the public, such as the demise of the Coast’s splendid Christmas Bells along the wallum plains of Caloundra Road and Kawana.
Kathleen McArthur opened the minds of many to the spiritual and economic values of their local natural wildlife and landscapes, and this is her particular legacy.
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