| Type | Date | Description | Person/Presenter | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excursion | 13/8/2017 | NORMAN CREEK at the COMMON PARK, COORPAROO | Helen Schwencke |
Meet at
the parking area
on off Cambridge
St., Coorparoo,
(Google Maps
-27.488848,
153.051907, UBD
Map 160, H20) Norman Creek and its tributaries comprise 24km of waterways that flow into the Brisbane River. Watersheds in Toohey Forest feed this creek. The area is heavily developed and, in the past, the creek-line has been modified and channelled into drains. We will explore the vegetation and revegetation projects in this area. |
| Excursion | 16/8/2017 | Enoggera Reservoir on Ekka Wednesday | Judy Haines | Details in News |
| Meeting | 21/8/2017 | Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Spiders | Robert Whyte | Robert Whyte is an Australian scientist, environmentalist, photographer, author, editor and journalist. He has returned from Quinkan Country inland from Cooktown in 2017 where he photographed and filmed live many of the more than 70 new species of spiders discovered on the trip. |
| Camp | 26/8/2017 | Chinchilla Wildflowers | Peter & Leith Woodall and Chinchilla Nats |
Chinchilla
is an area well
known for its
display of
spring flowers.
Twenty years
ago, the QNC
held a long
excursion here
and found a
great deal of
interest. We
will return this
year with local
expertise and
guiding provided
by members of
the Chinchilla
Field
Naturalists
Club. Barakula
all day on
Saturday
Gurulmundi a
half day on
Sunday |
| Camp | 30/9/2017 | Camp at Crohamhurst | Mike Anderson | Camp 30 September to 2nd October.Details awaited |
| Excursion | 11/10/2017 | Conservation Way at Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens | Dick Date | !0 am see news for details |
| Camp | 14/10/2017 | Aroona camp till 16/10 | Harry Hines | Aroona Return survey dtails tba |
| Meeting | 16/10/2017 | Member's night and book auction. | Various | Waiting for details |
| Excursion | 15/11/2017 | Sherwood Arboretum | Dick Date | !0 am at the carpark see news for details. |
| Meeting | 20/11/2017 | Long excursion to Noonbah reports | Various | Waiting for details |
Learn about natural history at our meetings with talks presented by specialists from the club or from various scientific institutions, and from members exhibits. Visitors are welcome
When: 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month, February to November inclusive
Note that each meeting will commence with the presentation by the guest speaker
Where: The Lecture Hall of the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, 237 Milton Road, Milton
This is near the corner with Baroona Road and close to the Castlemaine Perkins (XXXX) Brewery. The main entrance is on Milton Road, at the end of the ramp adjacent to the Theological College. Convenient parking is available in adjacent streets. Parking is available in the college grounds a contribution of $3 is expected.
Milton railway station is directly opposite the building. There is a pedestrian underpass from the station.
The Club arranges at about ten field excursions each year to locations of natural history interest and tours of specialist institutions such as the Queensland Herbarium or museums. They range in duration from short, half-day, local trips through week-end camps to longer excursions lasting from one to two weeks in more remote locations. Visitors are welcome on short excursions.
Excursion leaders click here for attendance form