| Type | Date | Description | Person/Presenter | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excursion | 12/8/2018 | Moggill Regional Park | Helen Schwencke |
Moggill
Regional Park
includes 491 ha
of the D’Aguilar
Range bushland
corridor. This
entrance to the
park includes diverse vine forests. We will be exploring the St Peters Downfall Break area which drains into Pullen Creek, and is along different tracks from our first visit. The tracks are defined, and one section is steep, with some loose stones. |
| Excursion | 15/8/2018 |
Ford Road
Conservation
Reserve, Sheldon Ekka Wednesday NB incorrect date on front page of News |
Susan Nelles |
A short
walk from the
road to the
entrance of the
Reserve and a
small shelter is
on the left. The
first 200m
feature 29 grass
species. We walk
the wide gravel,
gently
undulating track
on the right
ridge and enjoy
the pleasant
open eucalypt
forest, at
around 105 m
ASL. The plant
list of 183
species will
keep us busy. In
early June, the
understorey is
very healthy
after summer –
autumn rains. Those who continue will descend to Buhot Creek, so well soled shoes and a stick would be useful for the full circuit.If you wish to come, please email me zefarella@icloud.com for a map, plant and grass lists and terms used in grass ID. These are courtesy of Lynne Roberts, Redland U3A Botany in the Bush. It is known as an excellent birding site in the Redlands, and a list may be available. |
| Meeting | 20/8/2018 | The biology and distribution of Australian lungfish in Queensland | Dr Roger Guo |
Dr. Roger
Guo was born in
Northern China
and studied
Marine Biology
at the Ocean
University of
Qingdao. In
1989, he went to
Kiwi Land to
study fish
larvae in the
Cook Strait at
the New Zealand
Oceanographic
Institute. After
12 months in
windy
Wellington,
Roger came to
Queens Land to
carry out
further study of
osmoregulation
in Australian
freshwater fish
for his PhD. Since graduating, Roger has spent most of his time in business and has not been involved with fish in his career until recently when he bought an Australian lungfish business in 2009. Since then, Roger has bred and exported Australian lungfish to more than 15 countries worldwide. Roger loves gardens and spends his spare time creating a Chinese garden in Bellbowrie where his fish business is also located. |
| Excursion | 8/9/2018 | Waterloo Bay | Myriam Preker and Ian Lawn |
We will
explore the
intertidal
habitat of
Waterloo Bay
south of the
Manly Boat
Harbour and east
of Lota. The
foreshore here
extends out into
a wide,
muddy-sand flat
supporting a
seagrass meadow.
Invertebrates,
such as the
Ragged Sea Hare
(Bursatella
leachii), the
Mud Whelk (Pyrazus
ebeninus) and
the Vulgar
Starfish (Antenea
crassa) may be
seen. Migrating
shorebirds
returning from
the northern
hemisphere,
exhausted and
low in fat
reserves, should
be gathering at
this time of
year to their
foraging
habitats in
Moreton Bay. What to bring: The most important item is footwear that can be used in water. An old pair of joggers with socks will do - good hiking boots will get damaged by the seawater, so are not suitable. Other items to bring should include: a lunch; sunblock; sunhat; windbreaker and a water bottle. On this trip, a reef-walking stick is not essential, but may come in handy if you get stuck in a muddy patch! The low tide is at 14:30. |
| Excursion | 15/9/2018 |
Native
Plants
Queensland
Spring
Wildflower Show
& Plants Market |
James Hansen |
The Club
will have a
small table at
the Native
Plants
Queensland (NPQ)
Spring
Wildflower
Flower Show and
Plants Market at
the Mt. Coot-tha
Botanic Gardens.
We will be
selling books
and cards,
promoting QNC
activities and
encouraging new
members to join,
take part in our
excursions and
attend our
meetings to
listen to a wide
range of
excellent
speakers. The Club is seeking volunteers to work the stall for an hour or two in exchange for free entry to the exhibition. Please contact James at jameshansen853@iinet.net.au |
| Camp | 16/9/2018 | Annual long excursion. Binya National Park and Bowra Sanctuary. | Neil Fordyce and Janet White |
The long
excursion for
2018 will be to
Binya National
Park and the
Australian
Wildlife
Conservancy’s
Bowra Sanctuary
near Cunnamulla.
The trip will
comprise a week
at Binya and a
week at Bowra. Binya is a small national park situated on the Warrego and Cuttaburra Creek flood plains 110km South of Cunnamulla. It is an isolated park with few facilities so requires some level of self-sufficiency. Binya is not well surveyed so QNC can make a significant contribution to the knowledge of the park. Bowra Sanctuary is a 140 km² nature reserve near Cunnamulla in South West Queensland, Australia. It lies in the Mulga Lands bioregion on the Warrego River plains, in the catchment of the Warrego and Paroo Rivers. |
| Meeting | 17/9/2018 | General Meeting Cancelled | . | Many members and Councillors will be on the long excursion and unavailable on this date. |