MARCH 2021 BRANCH UPDATE
A salute to our members, new and old: We would like to welcome 3 brand new members Emma, Carol and Pam, as well as “recycled” members Chris and Alastair who have both come back to us after a break of a … Continue reading
A salute to our members, new and old: We would like to welcome 3 brand new members Emma, Carol and Pam, as well as “recycled” members Chris and Alastair who have both come back to us after a break of a … 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
Look Local: Our first field outing of the year – Sunday 21st February. Our first walk of the year will explore a section of the riverbank, including some impressive post-flood regrowth which local residents have been fostering. Rocking and Rolling at … 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
Sunday October 25th – this month’s field outing will visit a section of lower Crystal Creek (below Paradise Lagoon but above the highway) which we will be accessing by Lound Road, Mutarnee. This will be a morning trip but anyone wishing to … 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
Welcome to Spring everyone – and a special welcome to new members, Chantelle and Kerry. I hope everyone’s spirits have been lifted, in this annus horribilis, by the coo-ee calls of the koel and the softer coo-oo calls of the … 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