JC Trotter Park, Burbank – Day Excursion, Wednesday 13 August 2025, arrive 9am for 930am start

Meeting point: Meet at 9:00 for a 9:30 start. From Mt Cotton Rd, drive 500m along Cherbon St, to the first entrance on the left, a yellow metal gate. Please park your car perpendicular to the fence. We can have lunch 200 m further along, into the J C Trotter park main entrance. A short walk takes us to the undercover picnic tables, benches. There is no drinking water or toilets within the park. The nearest toilet is at  the Ampol petrol station near Ney Rd.

Registration: Registration is preferred via the QNC website. If reading this on the QNC website, then complete all fields in the form below and submit. Once you have successfully registered you will receive an automatic email confirming your registration, along with the contact details of the excursion leader.  Alternatively, register by email to excursion @qnc.org.au with ‘JC Trotter Park’ in the subject line. Please include name and contact details of all attendees, mobile phone and email address. Guests are welcome and if you are attending as a guest email registration is required.

Details: The park is part of the Brisbane Koala Bushland corridor which stretches to Daisy Hill Conservation Park. The main 3.4 km track goes through eucalypt and melaleuca bushland following Tingalpa Creek reserve. A list of 184 plant species will be available from the leader. The track is gently undulating, and although eroded by the rains since January, it is generally easy underfoot. There are several seats along the way. QNC last visited in August 2011.

Flora and Fauna: Flora such as Xanthorrhoea, various Banksia sp., Gompholbium, Boronia et al. might be in flower. A variety of waterbirds including pelicans and forest birds are common.

Bring: drinking water, morning tea, a stool, sunscreen, hat, insect repellent.