CLUB MEETING:
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| Painted honeyeater, Grantiella picta Photo: Roger Jaensch |
Speaker: Roger Jaensch
Title: The Habitat Jondaryan Initiative. Biodiversity discoveries in the woodlands, grasslands and waterways of Jondaryan
Summary: Roger Jaensch has been interested in Australia’s bird life since school days, encouraged and enabled by parents and friends and by living in five states/territories as well as overseas. His working days involved nature conservation through coordinating bird surveys by volunteers, expeditions to remote regions, promoting management of wetlands, and project development and administration. Roger’s career was partly with non-government organisations, and he was self-employed before retirement. He especially enjoys the challenge of finding secretive waterbirds and breaking new ground in community projects. Over the past several years he has acted as voluntary facilitator for the Habitat Jondaryan Initiative.
Summary: Roger Jaensch has been interested in Australia’s bird life since school days, encouraged and enabled by parents and friends and by living in five states/territories as well as overseas. His working days involved nature conservation through coordinating bird surveys by volunteers, expeditions to remote regions, promoting management of wetlands, and project development and administration. Roger’s career was partly with non-government organisations, and he was self-employed before retirement. He especially enjoys the challenge of finding secretive waterbirds and breaking new ground in community projects. Over the past several years he has acted as voluntary facilitator for the Habitat Jondaryan Initiative.
Venue: St. Anthony’s Community Centre, Memory Street, Toowoomba. The speaker's presentation is followed by official business and supper.
CLUB OUTING:
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| Hilltop Drive, Rosalie Heights Photo: Google Maps |
Date: Sunday 03 May 2026
Meeting Time: 8.30am
Where: Gowrie Junction on the Gowrie-Tilgonda Road opposite the Convenience Store. Or, from here continue west for 0.6 kilometres, turn RIGHT onto Gowrie Lilyvale Road for 1.1 kilometres, turn LEFT onto Gowrie-Glencoe Road for 0.8 kilometres, turn LEFT onto Baxters Road and continue to Hilltop Drive.
Description: (This is the outing planned for March which was cancelled due to wet weather.)
Vine scrub hilltops. Rosalie Heights, Mt. Storey and Mt. Kingsthorpe offer easy access to small patches of remnant vine scrub with panoramic views across the Darling Downs.
Activities: 1. After a short walk along the edge of this patch of vine scrub, we will continue around Hilltop Drive to a private garden where a small patch of remnant vegetation was saved by the owners from clearing when the Rosalie Heights estate was built. Following this we will return down the hill stopping for morning tea.
2. After morning tea we will continue to the Terry Egan Park, Mt Storey area just south of Glencoe Mountain for a walk where there is a picnic table and views to the west.
3. Continuing on to Kingsthorpe to Settlers Park where there are two options.
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| Mt Kingsthorpe Vine Scrub Photo: M. Simmons |
(i) a short drive to the base of Mt. Kingsthorpe and a 450-metre walk from there through vine scrub along a well-formed path with some steps to the top. (Difficulty level 3: Suitable for most ages and fitness levels. Some bushwalking experience preferable. Tracks may have short steep hill sections a rough surface and many steps. ).
(ii) 700-metre ‘Rosalie Walk’ – part of the Kingsthorpe Linear Corridor. (Difficulty - level 1: No bushwalking experience required. Flat even surface with no steps or steep sections. Suitable for wheelchair users who have someone to assist them.)
4. Return to Settlers Park for lunch.
Facilities: only at Settlers Park
What to Bring: suitable clothing and closed footwear for walking in the bush, sunscreen, insect repellent, water, morning tea and lunch, chair, and the usual naturalist stuff of your choice; binoculars, camera, field guides, notebook, etc.
For further enquiries please contact toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com
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