February Outing Details: Kumbarilla State Forest - Sunday 05 February 2023

Map of area for outing

The Toowoomba Field Naturalist Club Inc. would like to respectfully acknowledge the Barunggam people, Traditional Custodians of the Kumbarilla area on which our outing will take place, and pay our respects to both the past and present first peoples, their elders, languages, customs, culture and connection to this wonderful country. 

Time: 9.15am in Dalby (7.45am in the Neil Street carpark if car-pooling from Toowoomba).

Where: Thomas Jack Park - entry off Pratten Street, Dalby

Description: Kumbarilla State Forest is a small park to the south of Dalby. The forest is immediately to the south of Kumbarilla township which takes its name from its original railway station which was in turn an Aboriginal word in a local dialect meaning ironbark tree/timber. ("Kumbarilla – town (entry 18594)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 January 2017.) 

Activities: Morning tea will be around a pretty waterhole on Wilkie Creek with good birding and many small plants and shrubs. Wilkie Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River, flows through varied and bio-diverse woodlands that are impacted by the expanding coal seam gas extraction industry in the Western Darling Downs.

Continuing on a circuit drive, a late lunch will be at Lake Broadwater before returning to Dalby. 

Level of Fitness: As this is mainly exploring stops on a circuit drive, it suits all level of fitness.

Facilities: Toilets are available in the Thomas Jack Park and at Lake Broadwater.

What to Bring: suitable clothing and footwear for walking in the bush, sunscreen, insect repellant, water, morning tea and lunch, chair, and the usual naturalist stuff of your choice; binoculars, camera, field guides, notebook, etc.