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Pastures: Mackay Whitsunday region - A guide for developing productive and sustainable pasture-fed grazing systems
Available free of charge |
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Plants of Cape York - the Compact Guide
$25 ($20 for members)
Over 600 plants described. Cross-over with many plants found elsewhere along the east coast in addition to Cape York. |
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Plants of Tropical North Queensland - the Compact Guide
$20 ($17 for members)
Covers plants from Cooktown to Cardwell, but has cross-over with many plants found in the Whitsundays. |
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101 Plants of the Wet Tropics - a Field Guide
$10 ($8 for members)
An easy to understand field guide on some of the most common and recognisable plants of the wet tropics. |
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101 Animals of the Wet Tropics - a Field Guide
$10 ($8 for members)
An easy to understand field guide on some of the most common and recognisable animals of the wet tropics. |
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Weeds of Northern Australia - a Field Guide
$25 ($20 for members)
Good information and photos of weeds. Written for the NT, this book also has many weeds found in the Whitsundays; both declared weeds as well as environmental weeds.
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Across the Top - Gardening With Australian Plants in the Tropics
$ 30 ($27 for members)
Describes 1400 species; includes articles on topics ranging from successful gardening with native plants to encouraging birds and butterflies in your garden. |
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Australian Rainforest Plants vol 1 - 6
$20 each ($18 for members)
or $110 Full set of 6 ($100 for members)
Attractive and easily understood reference for gardeners, students, farmers, botanists and other plant lovers. Each book contains over 100 species of rainforest trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers and epiphytes. Each species’ appearance, distribution and behaviour in the wild are described, as well as its use in the garden. Further information is provided on edibility by humans and other organisms, Aboriginal usage and suitability for timber or rainforest regeneration.
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Field Guide to Plants of the Dry Tropics
$24 ($22 for members)
190 pages of the more commonly occurring plants of the dry tropics. Provides several detailed photographs for each species, as well as a descriptive text in a handy small format. |
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The Burdekin Delta Tree Guide
$20 ($18 for members)
Quick identification guide for common trees and shrubs. Includes information on traditional uses of plants, their propagation and use in revegetation. Good cross over of species with Whitsunday region. |
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One Hundred and One Trees of Mackay
$15 ($13 for members)
Produced by the Society for Growing Australian Plants, Mackay Branch. Great reference for our local area with botanically accurate line drawings.
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Gardening With Australian Plants
$15 ($13 for members)
Produced by the Society for Growing Australian Plants, Mackay Branch. Information on growing our local native species for the garden. |
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Growing Australian Native Plants from Seed
$30 ($25 for members)
Information is provided on seed germination, growing seedlings in containers and species suitable for direct seeding. Specific details are provided on propagating over one thousand native plant genera and thousands of individual species. |
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Rainforest Animals
$20 ($17 for members)
Featuring stunning photographs of Australia’s tropics, this book presents fascinating information on many of the rainforest’s rare, threatened and significant animals.
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Tawny Frogmouth
$40 ($35 for members)
An easy-to-read account of these unique nocturnal birds of the Australian bush.
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The Butterflies of Australia
$50 ($45 for members)
A complete guide to Australian butterflies, with hundreds of beautiful illustrations in typical habitats. Includes food plants.
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Cockatoos
$40 ($35 for members)
Looks at the ecology and conservation of these iconic birds.
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Mound-Builders
$40 ($35 for members)
Recent, significant discoveries about remarkable, mound-building Megapodes.
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Australian Insects
$45 ($40 for members)
Reveals worlds that we often glimpse at but rarely stop to consider.
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Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
$235 ($220 for members)
2,436 Australian species described by botanist Wendy Cooper, 1,236 of which are illustrated by her husband Bill. A botanical reference as well as a piece of art.
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Australian Rainforest Fruits
$60 ($55 for members)
504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests, from Cape York to Victoria, with some species also found in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and overseas. Species arranged by colour of ripe fruit, then by size and form. Five broad categories – pink to purple, blue to black, yellow and orange to red, green to brown, and white – allow people with even limited botanical knowledge to identify rainforest fruits.
Each species description is accompanied by a leaf drawing, a distribution map, and diagnostic characters to help the reader distinguish similar species.
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WCL Annual Report 2011 (527 KB) 
