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Throughout spring and the first month of summer a magnificent wildlife spectacle was on display around dusk each evening at the Townsville Palmetum, when thousands of flying foxes would fly out from their daytime roost. The densest part of the colony … Continue reading
What a great way to wrap up our renewed series of field trips for 2012 – a gentle morning cruise on Lake Ross, aka Ross River Dam, aboard the MV Kathleen Mary. A group of fifteen gathered at 8.15 before … Continue reading
One of the founding members of the Townsville Branch of WPSQ and an honorary life member of the Society, Andrée Griffin – social worker, birdwatcher extraordinaire, conservationist and friend – passed away peacefully on 29 October aged 95. In the … Continue reading
Those of us who were able to get along to the Bush Garden on 20th October had a great time getting down and dirty alongside Greg Calvert and his team from Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare. Greg gave us a short rundown … Continue reading
In July this year we received a briefing from Marty McLaughlin, Operations Manager with QPWS at Pallarenda, on plans to extend walking tracks on the Town Common and do other work to facilitate access and recreational use of the Common. … Continue reading
Forty-five years ago, in October 1967, the Innisfail Branch of the Wildlife Preservation Society, under the leadership of John Busst, went to court to oppose an application to mine nearby Ellison Reef for limestone. John Busst, WPSQ and their many … Continue reading
Brisbane may have its Riverfire festival every September but here in Townsville we have our very own Festival of Fireflies right now, along the lower reaches of the Ross River. An article in the Townsville Bulletin last week alerted me … Continue reading
There was certainly a feel of approaching summer on our September field trip to Mount Elliot’s Cockatoo Creek. As we followed the track through the open woodland, upstream from the look-out, it was hot and still, with little shade. Recent … Continue reading
News that shooting of flying foxes by fruit-growers was once again to be permitted in Queensland came, with tragic irony, on September 7th, National Threatened Species Day – a day set aside to raise community awareness and involvement in preventing … Continue reading
Even though it has been in existence for quite a number of years the Booroona walking trail seems to be a well-kept secret, as few of the 15 adults who turned up for the walk knew of it or had … Continue reading