Sixteen members and two visitors came to this interesting scrub on a cool and windy but sunny day. We were welcomed by Keith McCosh, a local resident and chair of Fassifern Field Naturalists, who gave some of the history of the Rylance scrub and the surrounding Woogaroo forest, much of which is proposed to be […]
Excursion Report – Ryland’s Scrub, Woogaroo Forest, Bellbird Park, held Sun 27 July Read More »
DATE & TIME 20 to 30 September 2025 Mid to Late Afternoon Arrival on Friday Days Hours Minutes EXCURSION LEADER Ron Carr (Contact details will be provided after on-line registration) LOCATION Barakula State Forest Registration: Registration is preferred via the QNC website. If reading this on the QNC website, then complete the fields in the form
Barakula State Forest – Long Excursion, Sat 20 Sept to Tue 30 Sept 2025 Read More »
DATE & TIME 29 – 31 August 2025 Afternoon arrival Friday Days Hours Minutes EXCURSION LEADER David Bouchard (Contact details will be provided after on-line registration) LOCATION Main Range National Park Description: This excursion is to southwest corner of Queensland’s Scenic Rim, not too far from the State Border. We will be based on private
Mt Bangalore, Main Range National Park – Weekend Excursion, Fri 29 to Sun 31 Aug 2025 Read More »
DATE & TIME 13 August 2025 9am arrival Days Hours Minutes EXCURSION LEADER Susanne Nelles (Contact details will be provided after on-line registration) LOCATION JC Trotter Memorial Park 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
DATE & TIME 18 August 2025 Arrive 7pm for 7.30pm start Days Hours Minutes LOCATION Toowong Uniting Church Marine organisms such as corals, sponges, molluscs, tunicates and algae use chemicals as defences to stop predation or as signals to communicate with mates, find food, avoid predators or find a place to live. Some of these
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
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
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
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
Roly Chapman Bushland Reserve – Day Excursion, Sat 21st June, 2025 at 9am Read More »
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
Club Meeting, 19 May 2025 – CT White Lecture: Lawrie Smith AM, Design with Nature Read More »
