|
|
|||
 |
 |
 |
|
After two consecutive weekends of cold, wet and windy weather how lucky were we to score a perfect north Queensland winter day for our Hinchinbrook cruise! Our group of ten assembled at Dungeness in time for a quick snack in … Continue reading
From time to time members send me photographs of their backyard wildlife and it seems a shame not to share them. So why not have a regular (or irregular) post on the blog to include some of these sightings? Here … Continue reading
It was a pretty last minute decision but for the first time in many years the Townsville Branch had a presence at the 2014 Ecofiesta in Queens’s Gardens. We decided it would be an excellent opportunity to present a display … Continue reading
Last month saw an excellent turn-out of walkers and beautiful weather for our long hike on the Town Common’s celebrated “Under the radar” trail – what more could we ask for? Several of us have been wanting to walk … Continue reading
The last time I visited Keelbottom Creek was sometime back in the 1980s – I’m not even sure if the bitumen extended that far back then, there was certainly no big bridge across the creek, just a causeway that one … Continue reading
Having postponed this trip from February, our excursion to Big Crystal Creek proved to be worth waiting for and despite concerns that the threat of rain might put people off, it was in fact the rain that stayed away … Continue reading
Undeterred by possible showers and probable mosquitoes, eight members and friends met on the banks of the Ross River on an overcast morning. It was a pleasure to have two new faces, Malcolm and Glenda, joining us and I … Continue reading
Do you have the feeling this is a make or break year for the Reef? Seems everywhere you turn there is another appeal, another petition, another news headline (mostly bad, some very very bad), another list of reasons about why … Continue reading
Thank goodness for the breeze! What could have been an uncomfortably hot walk was made bearable by the sea breeze which strengthened progressively through the morning, fanning us briskly and making the sea dance with gleaming white-caps. Despite this we … Continue reading
Sometimes by sheer stupidity …. These shocking pictures show the devastating results of stupidity and carelessness when a fire, lit by a thoughtless landowner north of the city, in strong winds and the very dry conditions of early November, spread … Continue reading