A colourful reference booklet bursting with photos of native trees, palms, vines and shrubs all tagged with easy-to-read icons that identify size, type and environmental benefits.
A section is included on the most common weeds here on the Coast and their possible replacement with natives. Great to use on a walk and to learn more about the beautiful natives around us!

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By Glenn Leiper, Jan Glazebrook, Denis Cox

This edition updates and extends the previous "third edition" which was originally published in 2022. It is completely revised with updated plant names, over 100 additional species, and rewritten and expanded plant descriptions incorporating more detail in many cases.

"Mangroves to Mountains" is a 608 page full colour field guide (complete with protective clear plastic sleeve), ideal for identifying the native plants of south-east Queensland and northern NSW and is the most comprehensive for the region. But the area of coverage extends further north and south because many of the plant species covered are not just limited to south-east Queensland.

​By Stephanie Haslam

This is an informative and well-produced book describing native plants endemic to Noosa Shire, but it is also relevant to the broader south-east Queensland region. The Noosa area is home to many different plant communities. This book is divided into ten broad vegetation categories and includes about 500 of the better-known plants. Each chapter begins with a short description of a plant community and where to find examples of this community within the Noosa Area. Plants are arranged alphabetically within the chapters using botanical names, but with the common names included.

242 full size images of weeds and 20 of the most invasive weed grasses of the Sunshine Coast. Many are also common to Cooloola, Fraser Island and South-East Qld.

Methods of weed control and disposal are described.
Written by Joan Heavey and Sonia MacDonald.

140 pages featuring 63 native and 45 introduced grass species. Each species has an attractive glossy photograph, making identification easier.

Due to the author's and publisher's practical experiences, they have included other topics eg. ‘The Healers’ (plants used for land rehabilitation), ‘The Invaders’, ‘Pasture Grasses’ and ‘Landscaping’.

This book is intended as a starting point in the study of sedges, rushes and restiads, and is a sister book to Grasses, above.

This field guide to orchids of the Noosa Biosphere Reserve and the Cooloola and Fraser Coasts includes clear and precise descriptions and images of 100 orchids found in these regions.

Author Joan Heavey hopes this field guide will encourage you to explore these areas and identify the native orchids you find.

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Please respect and protect these native orchids for future generations.

A comprehensive list of known interactions between plants of south-east Queensland and the wildlife that depend on them for various needs like shelter, food, and nesting sites.

An enlarged and revised Field Guide/key to the identification of rainforest trees and shrubs, from Rockhampton Qld and down through the States of NSW and Victoria.

Rainforest Trees and Shrubs includes descriptions of 850 species (an increase of 309 from the earlier ‘Red Book’), each with leaf and fruit drawings. Second Edition now available.

By Allan Carr

Descriptions and photographs of 235 native plants of Bribie Island and coastal areas of Moreton Bay Region, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast in South-east Queensland, AUSTRALIA.

By Allan Carr

A field guide for Wild flowering. A collection of photos and information on native plants of Bribie Island and Sunshine Coast.

Illustrated reference book, enables you to discover Australian botany and where native plants’ scientific names derive from. Immerse yourself in the world of Australian botany and have fun!

Complied and illustrated by Don Perrin

By Tim Heard

A multi-award winning and bestselling guide to keeping Australian native stingless bees. This book is a complete easy guide to keeping and caring for Australian native stingless bees. Richly illustrated with over 500 photos, drawings and charts to increase accessibility and aid your learning. Multi-award winner: – Gold Medal Winner Apimondia World Beekeeping Award (2017) – Winner of Australian Book Industry Award (2017) – Winner of Whitley Award for Australasian Zoological Literature (2016)

By Sharyn Kerrigan and Rochelle Gooch

"We hope this guidebook will equip you with local knowledge and provide a deeper understanding of the values and treasures of our local coastal community, which we share with Nature. We hope you will love where you live or visit and embrace the responsibility of being a coastal custodian."

By Mike Donovan
A photographic guide to snakes on the Sunshine Coast. Discover their common and scientific name with an explanation on their identification, behaviour, habitat and range and their status so you know what beautiful snakes you have living on your property!  A5 size 220x148mm and 124 pages with over 140 full colour, half to full page photographs of every species of snake that you would be likely to encounter here on the coast including sea snakes and legless lizards which may be mistaken for snakes

By Mike Donovan
Photographic guide of the frogs on the Sunshine Coast. Clear and helpful visual aids and explanation on the tiny critters which are essentials in our natural ecosystem. A Photographic Guide is A5 size 220x148mm and 144 pages with 165 full colours, half to full page photographs of every species of frog that you would be likely to encounter here on the coast including a few extra-limital species. Information including descriptions, habitat, behaviour and conservation status for every species is included.

By Mike Donovan
Identification book with an emphasis on the photography, showing as many different forms and colour variations as possible in large easy to see photos depicting the typical ID features where practical. A5 format, 154 pages with over 145 full colour, half to full page photographs of every species of lizard that you would be likely to encounter here on the coast including legless lizards and snake-like skinks which may be mistaken for snakes. Split up into five groups -geckos, legless lizards, skinks, dragons and monitor lizards. Descriptions, habitat, behaviour and conservation status for every species is included. Author-designed simple keys in the form of a flow chart to enable easier and quicker identification.

Helen Schwencke and Dick Copeman take the reader on an exciting journey into the world of small creatures. Based on both academic and citizen science, eminently readable and beautifully illustrated, their text also provides practical advice on designing your garden and sourcing plants for it, so that you too can join them in Inviting Nature to Dinner.

By Elaine Green
For the first time the development of the Sunshine Coast including Noosa is followed through six decades of ongoing population growth. Campaigns to preserve natural areas have at times been intense and, as the title suggests, the pieces have been put in place with concerted efforts over time by ordinary people with great commitment. Written for a wide audience, this compelling and well-researched book is fully illustrated with significant aerial and other photographs. Author Elaine Green is a former Maroochy Shire Councillor and long-term environmental advocate. Her inspiration for the book arose from delving into the yellowing archives of Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, Sunshine Coast & Hinterland branch

A Queensland Museum guide.
It identifies the many spiders that are encountered in homes, gardens and bushland in the Greater Brisbane region. Colour photo of each specimen is shown together identification, habitat etc. An index of common and scientific names is included. Very good pocket size publication.

A Queensland Museum guide.
A guide to more than 350 species of ants. Each species account has some, or all, of the following sections: Identification / Habitat and Range / Nest / Comments and Similar Species A very handy and useful publication that will help readers identify some off the common species found in Brisbane.

A Queensland Museum guide.
The colour photos of 41 species will assist in comparing the colour pattern and build in identifying the specimens. In addition to the identification, the distribution, habitat, danger, diet, reproduction, comments and similar species factors are shown. 2007, Pocket size 10.5 x 14.5cm. 68pp, 95 colour photos + line drawings.