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This was not an area we had explored previously and most of us hadn’t been down Gumlow Road before. This is marked as a private road but we had permission to enter and do some bird-watching. Beside a culvert over … Continue reading
Next outing 24th July This will be at Bicentennial Park in Hermit Park. This is an uninspiring park on the old Queens Road landfill site, with some even less inspiring surroundings. However there is a path that runs alongside the river … Continue reading
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
Welcome to new member Bill, who joined up after attending the early morning Town Common walk led by Queensland chief scientist, Hugh Possingham, and then returned to the Common for our May field outing. Sunday June 26th outing: Bohle Plains: We will … 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
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