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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
Platypuses Are Dying in These Nets – Ban Them NOW, Queensland! This appeal comes from the Platypus Alliance, a group of organisations working together to protect Australia’s air-breathing semi-aquatic wildlife such as platypus, rakali, water dragons, and turtles from drowning in enclosed … 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
Welcome to new members: A special welcome to Michael, who some of us met on our Cape Cleveland trip last month, and to Helena and David who also joined in March. Monthly Field Outings – Last month’s hastily re-arranged trip to … Continue reading
The following President’s Report was presented at the Branch AGM on 27th March. Membership: The Branch ended the year with 57 members, six more than last year, and included 14 new members, so we are gaining more than we lost. Non-members … Continue reading
In this heat, “warm welcomes” are probably the last thing anyone wants so let’s wish our newest member, Ron from Charters Towers, a cool but warm-hearted (and somewhat belated) welcome to the Townsville Branch. Joining towards the end of … Continue reading