CLUB MEETING: 7 pm, Friday 07 February
St. Anthony’s Community Centre, Memory Street, Toowoomba
Five speakers ‘from the floor’ on ‘Close Encounters
of the Natural History Kind.’
CLUB OUTING: Sunday
09 February 2025. Butterfly Farm and McGarvas Road, Grantham
$5.00 entry fee (cash only – no credit card availability)
Time: 9.00am
Where to meet: James Norman Hedges
Park at Helidon. This is the park on the left (northern) side of the Warrego
Highway immediately before crossing Lockyer Creek at Helidon.
Description: This will allow birdwatchers time to wander around the creek before leaving at 9.30 am for the ‘Garden of Eden’ Butterfly Farm 6 kilometres from Helidon on Conners Road. There is a $5.00 entry fee (cash only – no credit card availability) to this peaceful sanctuary owned and run by Ray and Delphine Archer.
Please note - As butterflies are not active on cloudy and rainy days, this outing remains subject to change at short notice.
On leaving the Butterfly Farm we will continue along Conners Road to McGarvas Road which rises high to a sandstone plateau. We will a property where the owners are enjoying a ‘tree change’ and happy for us to have lunch and wander around. There is much to see for those with limited mobility and a more strenuous walk down a creek for those so inclined. There is suitable access for all vehicles.
Non-members: Please email us if you have any queries.
Level of Fitness: Activities to suit all levels.
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.
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