Excursion Saturday 22/0723 at 730am McAfee’s Lookout to Enoggera Ck. (Day Excursion) Leader: David Bouchard DETAILS: The walk involves a 6km loop, consisting of a 200m descent down a long ridge to Enoggera Ck, and then following the creek upstream to a fire trail which leads back up to McAfee’s Lkt. This walk is on […]
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The Queensland Natural History Award is presented annually by the Queensland Naturalists’ Club Inc. to give recognition to persons who have made outstanding contributions to natural history in Queensland. The award consists of a medallion featuring the Bunya Pine tree and is set in a polished block of Bunya Pine wood. The Bunya Pine Araucaria
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The Queensland Natural History Award for 2020 was presented to Dr Andrew Baker by Mrs Sally Johnsen. Dr Andrew Baker is Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Science at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Vertebrate Zoology at the Queensland Museum. Andrew Baker graduated from QUT with a Bachelor of
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The Queensland Natural History Award is presented annually by the Queensland Naturalists’ Club Inc. to give recognition to persons who have made outstanding contributions to natural history in Queensland. The Queensland Natural History Award for 2019 was presented to Professor Carla Catterall. Carla Catterall is an ecologist who has conducted academic work in the environmental
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The Queensland Natural History Award for 2018 was presented to Dr John Stanisic by Mr Neil Fordyce. Dr John StanisicDr Stanisic is Australia’s foremost expert on land snails and held the position of Curator of Molluscs at the Queensland museum for 26 years. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at Queensland Museum. Since retiring from
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The Queensland Natural History Award for 2017 was presented to Dr Peter F. Woodall by Mr James Hansen. During his time at UQ, he was involved in both anatomical research (mainly concerned with wild animals) and ecological research (mainly on birds). This has resulted in a publication list of over 150 journal articles. Peter Woodall
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Scrub itch is the irritation caused by the bite of a small orange-red mite called a Trombiculid larva. This animal is the same animal order as other mites and ticks (Acarina). Various species are found around the world and are known under various names as Harvest Mite, Chiggers or Velvet mites. Around Brisbane the mite
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Scrub itch is the irritation caused by the bite of a small orange-red mite called a Trombiculid larva. This animal is the same animal order as other mites and ticks (Acarina). Various species are found around the world and are known under various names as Harvest Mite, Chiggers or Velvet mites. Around Brisbane the mite
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The Queensland Natural History Award is presented annually by the Queensland Naturalists’ Club Inc. to give recognition to people who have made outstanding contributions to natural history in Queensland. It has been awarded since 1992. The award consists of a medallion featuring the Bunya Pine tree and is set in a polished block of Bunya
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In my backyard is a Lepidozamia peroffskyana. It is now about 25 years since planting. If there has been normal rain in and before December the plant grows a new crown. Usually of five fronds and takes over two weeks for the fronds grow fully In dry years there is no sign of a fresh
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