PLEASE REGISTER BEFORE ATTENDING. EXCURSIONS: excursion@qnc.org.au and MEETINGS: meetings@qnc.org.au
| Activity Type | Date |
Activity Name |
Description of Activity | Site Information |
|
Long Weekend
Excursion (Cancelled) |
Friday 30/09/22 to Monday 03/10/22 |
London Creek, SunshinLeader: Judy Haines This excursion has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for another time |
Cancelled | |
| Meeting |
Monday 17/10/22 |
General Meeting Speakers: Murray and Jeanette Watson Topic: Eyre Bird Observatory, Western Australia |
QNC members
Murray and
Jeanette Watson
have been
caretakers at
the Eyre Bird
Observatory
(EBO) on the
Nullabor Plain
in Western
Australia on two
separate
occasions. The
first, in Autumn
2017, followed a
disastrous
wildfire which
decimated flora
and fauna. Their
second time at
EBO was from May
to July in 2021.
During the
presentation
they will make
comparisons on
the flora and
fauna between
the two periods.
|
Arrive at 7pm for a 7.30pm start, Toowong Uniting Church Hall (venue location details below) |
|
Mid-Week
Excursion (4 night camp) |
24/10/22 to 28/10/22 |
Mount Kaputar Leaders: Cathie Duffy and Ruth Palsson Registration: Please register by sending an email to excursions@qnc.org.au, with details of all people attending in your party and a contact phone number. lease put “Kaputar” as the subject. |
Three days on
the mountain
is not very
long! So, we
suggest
participants
drive Brisbane
to
Narrabri on
Sunday 23 Oct
2022 and over
night in
Narrabri. Drive
up to Kaputar on
Monday
morning 23 Oct
and set up camp
ready for an
afternoon walk
out to Lindsay
Rock Tops, which
is a more or
less
level walk out
to an old lava
flow with great
views and cliff
lines with a
suggested time
of one
hour. We will
take longer and
have a good
look! We can
discuss possible
activities for
the next
three days; and
discuss
activities on
participants
bucket lists.
Possible activities: Sunset/sunrise from Mt Kaputar, on track and off-track wanders in a variety of habitats. Check out some plants confined to Mt Kaputar or even just confined to The Governor or confined to a very small area on Mt Coryah or go looking for more populations of that plant! It’s a native tobacco. Hunt for the famous pink slugs. Spotlighting is always an option. Basically, walks of 5 to 10 km each day depending on conditions. Some walks may involve some small amounts of scrambling. Tuesday, 24 Oct. Go out to The Governor in the morning (One and a half hour round trip, so we plan to use at least three hours and include morning tea). We will see an undescribed Melichrus and Coronidium kaputaricum which is confined to the basaltic cliffs of Mt Kaputar and The Governor. After lunch, we will take a wander along the Bundabulla Link Track to the communications towers on Mt Dowe. Wednesday and Thursday will be planned at the campfire the night before. Possible destinations are: Any of the marked tracks; Mitchell Dyke; one of the best lookouts in Australia! Put -30.295566, 150.108163 into Google Maps; or wander over the rocky outcrop at -30.267039, 150.053583. This is the only known location of Zieria odorifera subsp. copelandii. At the end of the drought, only three plants were known to be alive. |
Accommodation:
Members are
responsible for
booking their
own
accommodation.
There is a
campsite
at Dawsons
Spring
Campground,
which has
hot showers!!
plus picnic
tables and BBQ
facilities. To book a campsite: https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/camping-and- accommodation/campgrounds/dawsons-spring-campground. Caravans and Motorhomes are NOT permitted beyond the national park entrance. Bring the usual camping equipment including warm clothes. You will be camping at 1500 m above sea level, and it is often 10°C cooler than at Narrabri. Days will be warm to hot. We always use walking poles for most of the tracks on Kaputar. Most tracks have rocky sections. |