Wildlife awareness monitors

Further to the success of the Speed Awareness Monitors program, Brisbane City Council has installed wildlife awareness monitors as part of an initiative to help protect and maintain our city's biodiversity.

About the initiative

Council has installed 29 wildlife awareness monitors at high-priority wildlife sites across Brisbane since December 2019. The initiative alerts drivers to the potential presence of wildlife in an effort to reduce the risk of animal strikes and increase driver awareness of high wildlife presence on our roads.

Twelve additional new wildlife awareness monitors are proposed on seven roads during the current 2021/22 financial year.  These wildlife awareness monitors are scheduled for installation during early 2022 at the following sites.

This table includes details for the installation of new wildlife awareness monitors at Brisbane locations.

Suburb	Road	Direction	Details
Anstead	Hawkesbury Road	Northbound	Near Witty Road
Anstead	Hawkesbury Road	Southbound	Near Essendon Road
Mansfield	Pine Mountain Road	Eastbound	Opposite Gretna Street
Mansfield	Pine Mountain Road	Westbound	Adjacent Turubul Cres Park
McDowall	Rode Road	Eastbound	Near Trouts Road
McDowall	Rode Road	Westbound	Approaching Appleby Road
Carindale	Winstanley Street	Eastbound	Near Subiton Court
Carindale	Winstanley Street	Northbound	Near Firmiston Street
Cannon Hill	Creek Road	Northbound	Approaching Minnippi Boulevard
Cannon Hill	Creek Road	Southbound	Approaching Minnippi Boulevard
Mount Crosby	Wattle Street	Northbound	Near Mount Crosby Road
Mount Crosby	Swensons Road	Southbound	Near Flaggy Creek Road

As part of this initiative, wildlife awareness monitors have previously been installed at the following sites. 

This table includes details for the installation of wildlife awareness monitors at a selection of Brisbane locations.

Suburb	Road	Direction	Details
Belmont	Mount Petrie Road	Northbound	Near Greendale Way
Belmont	Mount Petrie Road	Southbound	North of Brisbane Gun Club access
Burbank	Ford Road	Northbound	Opposite property 350
Burbank	Ford Road	Southbound	Near property 300
Carindale	Creek Road	Northbound	Near Bendena Terrace
Carindale	Creek Road	Southbound	Near Weekes Road
Carindale	Old Cleveland Road	Eastbound	Near Bridgnorth Street
Carindale	Old Cleveland Road	Westbound	Near Bridgnorth Street
Carindale	Scrub Road	Northbound	Near Oakley Street
Carindale	Scrub Road	Southbound	Near Cribb Road
Chandler	Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Road	Eastbound	260m west of Geldart Road
Chandler	Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Road	Westbound	Near property 1739
Chermside West	Hamilton Road	Eastbound	Near Keaton Street
Chermside West	Hamilton Road	Westbound	Near Keaton Street
Coorparoo	Boundary Road	Northbound	North of Cavendish Road
Coorparoo	Boundary Road	Southbound	South of Whites Hill Reserve access
McDowall	Beckett Road	Northbound	South of Cabbage Tree Creek
McDowall	Beckett Road	Southbound	South of Saturn Crescent
Mount Gravatt East	Cavendish Road	Northbound	Near Camlet Street
Mount Gravatt East	Cavendish Road	Southbound	Near Nursery Road
Nathan	Toohey Road	Southbound	Near Toohey Forest car park
Pullenvale	Pullenvale Road	Westbound	Near property 246
Ransome	Rickertt Road	Eastbound	330m east of Green Camp Road
Ransome	Rickertt Road	Westbound	30m west of driveway of #101
Salisbury	Orange Grove Road	Northbound	Near Pevny Street
Salisbury	Orange Grove Road	Southbound	Near Allandale Street
Wacol	Wilruna Street	Southbound	Near bus stop
Wynnum West	Wynnum Road	Southbound	Near Kianawah Road
Wynnum West	Wynnum Road	Eastbound	Near Fleming Road

How the monitors work

Wildlife awareness monitors are permanent installations that are solar-powered. Messaging on the signs can be customised, based on wildlife movements across the seasons, such as during breeding or Joey season.

The monitors are installed with radars that detect speed as vehicles approach. Depending on the vehicle's speed, one of the following two messages is displayed.

1. A smiling koala face is displayed when the driver is travelling at or below the posted speed limit.
2. A 'slow down' message is displayed if the driver is travelling above the speed limit.

The purpose of monitors is to alert drivers to their speed to improve road safety and minimise the risk of animal strikes, not to issue infringement notices.

More information

If you would like to find out more about wildlife awareness monitors, you can:

• phone Council on 07 3403 8888
• email the project team
• write to:
  Wildlife Awareness Monitors project
  Transport Planning and Operations
  Brisbane City Council
  GPO Box 1434
  Brisbane Qld 4001.