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Ryland’s Scrub, Woogaroo Forest, Bellbird Park – Day Excursion, Sun 27 July, 2025 at 8.30am

DATE & TIME 27 July 2025 8am arrival for 8.30am depaturre Days Hours Minutes EXCURSION LEADER Dick Copeman (Contact details will be provided after on-line registration) LOCATION Ryland’s Scrub, Woogaroo Forest, Bellbird Park Description: Ryland’s Scrub is a rare remnant of lowland subtropical rainforest, comprising low microphyll vine forest on sedimentary rock with Araucaria cunninghamii […]

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Club Meeting, 21 July 2025; Speaker & Topic: Ross Coupland – Thermal imaging, using infrared technology for discovering and studying wildlife

DATE & TIME 21 July 2025 7pm arrival for 730 pm start Days Hours Minutes LOCATION Toowong Uniting Church, Toowong QLD 4066 Recently, thermal imaging equipment has become much more accessible to the general public here in Australia. It is now regarded as a game-changing tool in the study of natural history in the field

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Club Meeting, 16 June 2025; Speaker & Topic: Colleen Foelz – A mostly invertebrate interpretation of the Natural History of Malaysian Borneo

DATE & TIME 16 June 2025 Arrive 7:00pm for 7:30pm start Days Hours Minutes LOCATION Toowong Uniting Church, Toowong QLD 4066 Summary The talk will feature photographic, video and audio highlights of recent travels in  Sarawak and Sabah. The objective of the trip was to seek out invertebrates and gain an understanding of the extent

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Roly Chapman Bushland Reserve – Day Excursion, Sat 21st June, 2025 at 9am

DATE & TIME 21st June 2025 9:00am departure Days Hours Minutes EXCURSION LEADER Barry Jahnke (Contact details will be provided after on-line registration) LOCATION Roley Chapman Bushland Reserve, Klumpp Rd, Upper Mount Gravatt, 4122 Description: The Roly Chapman Bushland Reserve is a small area of remnant bush belonging to the Brisbane City Council. It is

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Club Meeting, 19 May 2025 – CT White Lecture: Lawrie Smith AM, Design with Nature

Lawrie is an architect and landscape architect. He has always been interested in exploring the Australian bush. He established his own landscape consultancy, Landplan Studio, in Brisbane in 1974, which has been recognised as one of Australia’s most progressive landscape architectural consultancies. Throughout his five-decade career Lawrie has applied his philosophy “Design with Nature” and

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Rainbow Beach and Cooloola National Parks – Long Weekend Excursion, Sat 3 to Mon 5 May, 2025

DATE & TIME Sat 3 to Mon 5 May, 2025 9:00 meetup Days Hours Minutes EXCURSION LEADER Greg Neill (Contact details will be provided after on-line registration) LOCATION Rainbow Beach, Wide Bay, QLD Rainbow Beach and Cooloola National Park Leader: Greg Neill (contact details provided by email on registration) Registration: Registration is preferred via the

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Club Meeting, 17 March 2025 – Speaker’s Topic: A Green Gem in Sherwood

DATE & TIME 17 March 2025 7:00pm arrival for a 7.30pm start Days Hours Minutes EXCURSION LEADER Ron Carr (Contact details will be provided after on-line registration) LOCATION Toowong Uniting Church Hall 82 Sherwood Road Toowong QLD Speaker: Andrew Benison Topic: A Special Green Gem in Sherwood Long before the distraction of digital screens, you

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Excursion Report – Oxley Common, held 26 October 2024

Report by Penny Mills (excursion leader) Nineteen people attended the outing to Oxley Creek Common (OCC), Sherwood, on Saturday, 26th October. The last time QNC visited the Common was in November 2012, so another visit was long overdue. As we congregated at the Red Shed, a mother and joey brushtail possum clambered amongst the rafters:

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Excursion Report – Mount Barney Wilderness Camping (Bartopia), held 15-18 November 2024

Report by Ron Carr (excursion leader) This excursion was to a private property owned by Ben Barton which is devoted to the pursuit of conservation interests and activities. It is covenanted to form part of the Land for Wildlife assets. The property is at an elevation of 700 m and at the extreme end of

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