Wellington Point's foreshore
On the aerial list
Redland City Council's treatment lists name Wellington Point many times across 2024, 2025 and 2026, most recently on 23 October 2026. Some entries name Geoff Skinners Wetlands.
Wetlands at the creek mouth
The council says wetlands of state significance sit around the mouth of Hilliards Creek and along the Wellington Point foreshore. The Hilliards Creek catchment takes in Wellington Point, Ormiston and the edges of Alexandra Hills and Capalaba.
A year-round program
The council describes its mosquito program as year-round. Aerial work focuses on coastal saltmarsh and targets Aedes vigilax, the saltmarsh mosquito.
What the council does, and what's left for you
Treatments target larvae before they can fly, and light traps keep track of the adults. The council itself says it's impossible to find or treat all breeding locations, so the backyard stays with you.
Queensland's salt marsh mosquito breeds after flooding by spring tides and heavy rains, so expect bad weeks after both. Queensland Government advice is to keep indoors when numbers are heavy, such as early evenings in the warmer months.
Redland's list of places to check
- Fallen palm fronds that hold water.
- Boats and tarps, including the folds.
- Bird baths, old tyres and pot plant bases.
- Unchlorinated pools, and rainwater tank screens.
Is a barrier treatment worth it?
Redland's page points residents to a local pest technician for barrier treatments at home. It's worth asking which product they'd use, its full name, where it goes on your block, and what results to expect at a place this close to the wetlands. Tell them about tanks, ponds and pets so they can plan around them.
The rest of the list
Termites are checked here the same as anywhere in south-east Queensland: look for damaged wood and mud tubes, and don't disturb them. Possums are protected: the council says contractors release a brushtail up to 25 metres away, and it's illegal to trap one without a permit.
Suspected fire ants are a report to Biosecurity Queensland within 24 hours, by law, on the phone or online. We don't pass them on as a job.
If we lived on the Point
We'd start with Redland's list, every week from spring, then think about a barrier treatment only if it's still unbearable at dusk. For anything else you've seen, tell us what it is and your postcode.
Want someone to look at it?
Tell us what you've seen and your postcode, and a local pest business that handles exactly that calls you to talk it through.
