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Club Meeting, 20 October 2025; Speaker & Topic: Dr John Tracey, Wildlife Queensland

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In March, 2025 Wildlife Queensland welcomed Dr John Tracey as its new CEO, bringing over 25 years of expertise in wildlife research, management and biosecurity. John has led major reforms in his previous role with the NSW Department of Primary Industries, secured millions in critical environmental and biosecurity funding, and built partnerships across the government,

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Mount Tibrogargan Circuit Walk – Day Excursion, Sat 25 October 2025

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DATE & TIME Sat 25 October 2025 8:30am arrival for 9:00am start Days Hours Minutes EXCURSION LEADER Delma Clifton & Tom Wixted (Contact details will be provided after on-line registration) LOCATION Mount Tibrogargan Circuit Walk 🌿 Upcoming Excursion: Mt Tibrogargan Circuit Walk Date: Saturday, 25th October Meeting Time: 9:00 AM Meeting Location: Carpark on Marshs Rd, at the

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Club Meeting, 15 September 2025; Members’ Night: Special AGM, Calendar Photo Judging & Short Presentations

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DATE & TIME 15 September 2025 7pm arrival for 7.30pm start Days Hours Minutes LOCATION Toowong Uniting Church Hall A Special General Meeting will be held in September. There are a few relatively minor changes to the Constitution to be discussed and voted on. Council would also like to change the months for the Annual

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Excursion Report – Ryland’s Scrub, Woogaroo Forest, Bellbird Park, held Sun 27 July

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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

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Barakula State Forest – Long Excursion, Sat 20 Sept to Tue 30 Sept 2025

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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

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Mt Bangalore, Main Range National Park – Weekend Excursion, Fri 29 to Sun 31 Aug 2025

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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

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

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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

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Club Meeting, 18 August 2025; Speaker & Topic: Professor Anthony Carroll – Tastes and smells in the marine environment could help corals and humans

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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

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

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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

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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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