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Once again we outsourced our agonising over where to go for the next trip, and joined with our friends from Cassowary Coast and Hinchinbrook Branch on their outing to Tyto Wetlands at Ingham on a pleasantly overcast day. The bats … Continue reading
Small and unprepossessing, the Rowes Bay Wetlands nevertheless had small numbers of ten different waterbird species present even at a time when there are many other areas available in the district. A boardwalk and viewing areas keep people above the … Continue reading
The first outing for the year was a pleasantly shady stroll from Rossiter Park to Aplin’s Weir. We started on the paved path but then moved onto the informal track close to the river bank. This often ran through much … Continue reading
As with the previous couple of trips, we were looking for shade, water and hopefully birds. Although we had visited Rollingstone in November 2019, we thought it would still be a worth another look to note any changes. A small … Continue reading
We have previously visited other areas of Crystal Creek at higher altitudes and at the mouth, but this was the first time we’d gone just upstream of the bridge on the highway. We have no plans to check out just … Continue reading
The creek has no sign with its name and no one has tracked down a map with it named, but it is a small one on Cape Cleveland a few km south of the AIMS gate. Fifteen people arrived where … Continue reading
Elliot Springs is a fairly recent sub-division forced onto bushland on Townsville’s southern outskirts. Bindal Ridge seems to be the developer’s name for the low hills behind the residential area, not called that by the Bindal people themselves. However given … Continue reading
We’d come close to Broadwater Forest Park in Abergowrie State Forest before, when we walked the western end of the Dalrymple Track some years ago, but had never visited Broadwater itself, at least in recent memory, even though at 47 … Continue reading
The cancelled March outing to Bushland Beach was revived for June, when Covid restrictions eased and 20 people were allowed for outdoor gatherings. Low tide was conveniently mid-afternoon again and 12 people turned up to wander. There had been the … Continue reading
The reason Townsville Branch was lured into applying for a state government CSAG* grant in 2017 was the opportunity to survey some properties to the north of Townsville for Mahogany Gliders, something we had intended to do years earlier, before … Continue reading