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After Bimblebox, eight QNC members restocked in Alpha and then headed off to Cudmore National Park for 5 nights. A full report will be produced for The Queensland Naturalist Journal. Participant and Excursion Officer Cathie Duffy writes: Cudmore National Park is a little known protected area 100 km north of Alpha, QLD in the Desert […]

Bimblebox Nature Refuge is an almost 8000 hectare, 95% uncleared sanctuary in central west Queensland, approximately 500 km west of Rockhampton and 30km north west of the town of Alpha. It is composed of remnant semi-arid woodlands with an under-storey largely made up of native shrubs, forbs and grasses, and has a rich diversity of

Native Ginger Alpinia caerulea – leaves scalloped possibly by leaf cutter bees Native Holly “Smell of the bush” plant Brown or Plum Pine Podocarpus elatus showing two seeds attached to a fleshy “plum” Cockspur Thorn Vine Maclura cochinchinensis   McAfee’s Lookout to Enoggera Ck. – Saturday July 22 Leader: David Bouchard Nine Nats members took