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Town Common update : the Freshwater Lagoon loop trail

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Townsville Brolga

  As you will know from previous posts on this site, there have been some interesting developments on the Town Common. The following information and photographs have been received from Marty McLaughlin, the Area Manager for National Parks in our … Continue reading →

On the mountain top – Field trip to Mt Stuart February 2013

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Townsville Brolga

A sunny morning greeted our group of ten for the first trip of the year starting with an attractive 9km drive to the summit of Townsville’s impressive mountain backdrop, passing through bush greened-up by recent showers. After enjoying the spectacular … Continue reading →

Let’s not flap about flying foxes!

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Townsville Brolga

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 →

Cruising Lake Ross – Field Trip November 2012

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

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 →

Farewell Andrée Griffin 1917-2012

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

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 →

Getting down and dirty in the Bush Garden – October 2012

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

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 →

Town Common update

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

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 →

45 Years of Saving the Great Barrier Reef

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Townsville Brolga
Margaret Thorsborne holds a self-portarait of reef campaigner John Busst at his Bingil Bay memorial plaque

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 →

Fireflies light up the river

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

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 →

Field trip to Mount Elliot – September 2012

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Townsville Brolga

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 →

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