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We decided to go ahead as planned despite the date clashing with the Sustainability Centre Open Day, which meant only a small group met at the Rowes Bay Wetlands. There weren’t many water birds at all: a lone great egret in … Continue reading
Sunday June 26th outing: Bohle Plains: We will explore the vegetation and wildlife along a section of Gumlow Road at Bohle Plains. At about 1km from Hervey Range Rd, Gumlow Rd meets the Little Bohle River, where we expect to … Continue reading
This was different from our usual walks, as it involved driving slowly down empty roads with numerous stops to look at birds and plants. We met at Wordsworth Park and checked out toilet wildlife: several Litoria caerulea frogs (behind door and … Continue reading
Welcome to our newest member, Gareth Moorhead, who re-joined us last month after a long absence ‘down south’ and hopes to now spend more time in Townsville Hope the unseasonal rain and temperature haven’t dampened your return to the ‘dry’ … Continue reading
This was a last minute change of destination for 16 people as the section of Alligator Creek we planned to walk down still had too much water flowing. Whichever storms had filled the Alligator Creek catchment in the preceding weeks … Continue reading
THIS IS OUR REVISED TRIP FOR MARCH – IT REPLACES THE ONE PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED On 20th March, we will spend the morning exploring the lowland section of an unnamed creek (we call it ‘Cleveland Creek’) on Cape Cleveland. This sandy … Continue reading
Our last outing for the year was to Cungulla, a small township off the AIMS Road at the mouth of the Haughton River. We hoped to see some waders so arrived as the tide was going out in the middle … Continue reading
It could be called the carpark circuit as it starts from the north end of the carpark and the graves are close to the south end, but you get there in roundabout fashion by an easy 2 km walk through … Continue reading
This area of state land was where some of us had been setting camera traps for mahogany gliders since the end of 2020 but had never had time to just walk around exploring the area. We were asked to concentrate … Continue reading
Only six people turned up to walk along the wall along Ross dam. A fair number of bird species were added to the list (below) as we gathered in the car park where noisy friarbirds and both black and white … Continue reading