September Activity Details: Outing; Crows Nest - Sunday 03 September 2023

 

Doesn't she look sweet, but she's a killer!

CLUB MEETING: Friday 01 September 2023    

Dr Meg Edwards is a Lecturer in Wildlife Science at the University of Southern Queensland. She completed her  PhD in Queensland investigating innovative techniques to help counteract the effects of introduced predators. Her current research focuses on threatened species conservation. Meg’s talk will detail her research into native mammalian wildlife and how they react to introduced predators such as cats and foxes.

CLUB OUTING: Sunday 03 September 2023 - Crows Nest. 

Time: 8.30 am. If you're not a Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club member, please let us know you're coming,  toowoombafieldnaturalists@gmail.com, in case there are last minute changes.

The tracks
for the first part of the day

Where: Crows Nest in the car park beside the swimming pool.

Description: Take a walk through  open woodland, on private property,  to see a variety of eucalypt trees from gums to stringybarks, bloodwoods and ironbarks, plus acacias and small shrubs, many in flower. Move on to Hartmann Park, William Street, Crows Nest for a choice of walks and wildflower displays. Lunch will be at the picnic area below William Street.

Level of Fitness: Slashed tracks will make for easy walking. 

Facilities: Toilets and picnic tables at Hartmann Park. However we may gather away from the tables so it is advised you bring your own chairs.

What to Bring: suitable clothing and footwear for walking in the bush, water, morning tea, lunch, a chair, a friend and an enquiring mind.

Trigger plants last month

Banksias
were in flower last month

                     

August Outing Details - Dingo Mountain Parkland and the Police Paddock, 7 August 2022

We would like to respectfully acknowledge the Jarowair', Garumga, and Dalla people, Traditional Custodians, of the Crows Nest area on which our outing will take place, and pay our respects to Elders both past, present and future.  

Dingo Mountain Parkland

Time: 7.30 am for birders, 9.30 am at Crows Nest for others (both at the T-junction). 

Where: Crows Nest at the T-junction of Albert and Jones Streets and 3 Mile Road.  Carpooling in a small number of high clearance 4WDs is essential. Independent vehicular travel within Dingo Mountain Parkland is not possible. Other cars can be left at Jones Road.

Description: Dingo Mountain Parkland preserves a large area of a unique ecosystem type which occurs only on sandstone near Crows Nest. Click here for more information.

The Police Paddock is across Crows Nest Creek from Dingo Mountain and has interesting but different flora to that found in the Parkland.

Activities: Steve Plant will be our guide. An excellent botanist with comprehensive knowledge of local natural history. He will initially take us to the picnic area in the Parkland. Here you can stay and wander close by or join his guided tour of the special features of this area which includes a diverse array of native flora, birds and sandstone ledges and outcrops. This is where we will have morning tea.

Afterwards we will travel by car to the Police Paddock where Steve will lead another guided tour and we will have lunch.

Facilities: Toilets and shelters at the picnic area.

What to Bring: Members and visitors will need to bring a folding chair, morning tea and lunch. Hats and a warm jacket are advised. 

Photo: from the website https://www.crowsnest.qld.au/