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The Crows Nest District
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal September 2022 Image above: Bald Hills Creek at Hartmann Park Crows Nest, roughly 44km north-east of Toowoomba up on the range, at an elevation of 543 metres, has a handful of very interesting reserves close to town that are...
Promoting Native Plants for Six Decades
Author: Lawrie Smith, AM - former Displays Officer Published: Journal June 2022 Part Two Researching the history of the many and varied displays organised by the Society over the first 12 years since 1957 has been illuminating and fascinating – this was...
Jandowae and Jimbour
. . . wildflowers, mud and mozzies in profusion Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal June 2022 When the spring rains continued and became summer rains, we realised that the herbaceous species on the Darling Downs would be having an extended flowering season....
Myall Park Botanic Garden 16 – 19 July 2021
Author: Noreen Baxter Published: Journal June 2022 Background At the Eremophila Study Group Queensland meeting 10 October 2020, ESG member Dick Harding discussed the restoration/revival work he was planning for the Eremophila beds in the Myall Park Botanic Garden and...
The OGRES of Mount Etna
Author: Bob Newby, Rockhampton Branch Photos: Bethlea Bell Published: Journal June 2022 Attendees at the 2016 Yabba hosted by the Rockhampton Branch of NPQ visited a revegetation site at Mount Etna National Park that had been the site of a limestone quarry for many...
Scratching the Surface at Durikai State Forest
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal June 2022 Image above: Recent rains have greened up Durikai and filled creeks and melon holes After many visits to Durikai State Forest now in the past few years, I realise I’ve only scratched the surface of this amazing area....
Linville Landcare Festival
Author: Barb Paterson, Kingaroy & Districts Branch Published: Journal June 2022 Saturday November 6, 2021 The Branch accepted an invitation forwarded by Erica Richardson to participate in an event arranged by Brisbane Valley – Kilcoy Landcare. They had received...
Book Review: A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Australia
Book Review by Phil Trickett A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Australia By Andrew Brown & Bevan J Buirchell This update of the 2011 first edition is a superb publication, making it an essential purchase for lovers of Eremophila. Structured the same as...
Propagation & Pot Culture of Boronia Species
An old and still evolving method used by Don Sands for the propagation and pot culture of Boronia species (now including Cyanothamnus spp.) Notes taken by Maurie Tucker & Glenn Leiper, November 2021. Photos by G. Leiper Published Online Only: April 2022 Don’s aunt...
Wandering around Wondul Range
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal March 2022 Image above: A higher jump-up at Wondul Range National Park It was winter 2021 and I’d heard from a couple of friends that after some good rains, the wildflowers around Millmerran and Inglewood, particularly Wondul...