Rainforest Plants of Australia (Rockhampton to Victoria)Gwen Harden, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2014)

Price – $80

Available as an interactive identification key on a USB stick and an App in the Google Play & Apple Stores

Mangroves to Mountains. A Field Guide to the Native Plants of South-east Queensland. Glenn Leiper, Jan Glazebrook, Denis Cox & Kerry Rathie (2009)

Price – $55

Grow your own Bushfoods. A practical guide to growing and harvesting over 140 kinds of Australian bushfoods right in your own backyard. Keith Smith and Irene Smith (1999)

Price – $30

Growing Australian Native Plants from Seed. Murray Ralph (2011). For revegetation, tree planting, and direct seeding. Tips on growing over one thousand native plant genera and thousands of individual species.

Price – $25

Noosa’s Native Plants. A field guide to 500 local plants found throughout the Sunshine Coast, Cooloola and Fraser Island. Stephanie Haslam (2004)

Price – $45

Rainforest Climbing Plants. A field guide to their identification in Victoria, New South Wales and subtropical Queensland using vegetative features.Gwen Harden, Bill McDonald, John Williams (2007). Black and white line drawings only.

Price – $55

Australian Rainforest Plants. In the forest and in the garden. Volumes 1 to 6. Photographic identification of common plant species, concise information on their features and advice on their cultivation.Nan & Hugh Nicholson

Price – $15 per volume

Rainforest Trees and Shrubs. A field guide to their identification in Victoria, New South Wales and subtropical Queensland using vegetative features. Gwen Harden, Bill McDonald, John Williams (2006)

Price – $50 

 

Rocks and Landscapes of the Sunshine Coast (2^nd Ed). A non-technical guide to the geological history and rocks of the Sunshine Coast and Gympie districts, and their influence on landscapes and human activities. Warwick Willmott (2007)

Price – $15 

Weeds of the Sunshine Coast. A field guide for identification of weeds common throughout Cooloola, Fraser Island and South-east Queensland. Methods of Weed control and disposal are discussed.  Joan Heavey and Sonia MacDonald (2013)

Price – $45 

Grasses. Native and Introduced grasses of the Noosa Biosphere Reserve and Surrounding Regions. A starting point to the study of grasses with full size images of 63 native and 45 introduced grasses. Sonia MacDonald and Stephanie Haslam (2009)

Price – $40

Sedges Rushes & Restiads of the Noosa Biosphere and Surrounding Regions. The book is intended as a starting point in the study of sedges, rushes and restiads. It contains full size images of local sedges, rushes and restiads. Written by Sonia MacDonald and Stephanie Haslam

Price – $40

Create More Butterflies. A guide to 48 butterflies and their host plants for South-east Queensland and Northern New South Wales. Frank Jordan and Helen Schwenke (2005)

Price – $22

Nature’s Gifts. Answers to questions about honey, pollen and all things bees. Athol Craig (2013)

Price – $15

Australian Stingless Bees. A Guide to Sugarbag Beekeeping. A handbook for anyone interested in keeping native honey bees. John Klumpp (2007)

Price – $25

Discovering Aboriginal Plant Use. Journeys of an Australian Anthropologist. Descriptions of the plants used by Aboriginal People in different regions of Australia and that contribute to their distinctiveness. Philip A Clarke (2014)

Price – $55

Barks and Trunks, Rainforest Trees of South-Eastern Australia. Due to a large number of rainforest tree species, this book will help identify mature rainforest trees by their bark and trunk. The photographs in the book will give the reader a closer appreciation of the different bark types, colourations, textures, trunk shapes and an overall understanding of old-growth rainforest trees. Peter Poropat (2009)

Price – $30

Barks and Trunks, Rainforest Trees of South-Eastern Australia Volume 2. Volume 2 is the second book in the series and contains a further 150   Eastern Australia rainforest tree species. Both books describe brush trees, their barks and trunks and record these trees in their unspoiled environment for their identity, natural heritage and value. Peter Poropat (2009)

Price – $40

The Mistletoes of Subtropical Queensland, New South Wales & Victoria. This book provides the most comprehensive and detailed treatment of the 46 species of mistletoe in eastern Australia. John T Moss and Ross Kendall

Price – $25

The Australian Native Bee Book describes native bees generally and provides a complete guide to keeping Australian native stingless bees. It is richly illustrated with over 500 photos, drawings, and charts to increase accessibility and aid learning. It is written by an expert who has spent his lifetime intimately engaged with these unique creatures. Tim Heard 2017

Price – $35