F A P M F A P

THIS MONTH, THE BRIBIE ISLAND BUTTERFLY HOUSE CELEBRATES SIX YEARS OF OPERATION FROM OUR BONGAREE LOCATION.

It’s a place where visitors can enjoy seeing beautiful butterflies up close, learn about their life cycle, as well as butterfly food and host plants they can plant in their gardens.

Ray Archer first began a small volunteer-operated community Butterfly House in 2014 at his Banksia Beach home after moving to Bribie Island with his wife Delphine. Volunteers came along to help with hydroponic vegetable growing and the butterfly plant nursery.

This site soon outgrew the available space, resulting in the search for a new location. In 2015, Moreton Bay Regional Council designated a block of land behind the Orchid House on First Avenue.

In 2016, Bribie Butterfly Volunteers Inc was formed to plan the development of the new Butterfly House. Bribie and regional residents generously donated labour, building materials, skilled trade labour and funds for this project.

2017

• Butterfly breeding lab completed.

• April - official opening and tour of