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Lysiphyllum hookeri — A Tale from Outback Queensland
Author: Donald Lawie, Cairns Branch Published: Journal December 2022 On the 29th of March 1904, 24 year old Nellie Ryan died of a lung disease, in a tiny Gulf Outback town named Almaden. Nellie suffered from phthisis and was returning to her Georgetown home after...
Mt Mee: A Botanical Wonderland on Brisbane’s Doorstep
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal December 2022 Image Above: One of myriad dirt roads criss-crossing Mount Mee through Scribbly Gum forests My first introduction to Mount Mee was back in the early 1980s when I was a keen young enthusiastic member of ANGFA...
Ballon Forest Road, Barakula State Forest
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal December 2022 Image Above: Some of the seemingly sculpted Mouse Plants Homoranthus melanostictus If you’re visiting the Miles and Chinchilla districts, Barakula State Forest and Gurulmundi State Forests are well known for their...
Isla Gorge National Park
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal December 2022 On a recent trip with a mate heading along the Leichhardt Highway, we stopped off at Isla Gorge National Park for a few hours of exploring. Isla Gorge NP, an area of 80 square km, is 515km by road north west of...
Walkabout in the Parklands
Author: Wendy Benfer, Kingaroy Branch Published: Journal December 2022 It was an opportunity too good to miss! An outing with the Garden Design Study Group and a guided tour of Roma Street Parklands by Lawrie Smith. Lawrie is the leader of the GDSG and was a...
Jan Sked Reserve
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal September 2022 After weeks of rain, we decided that most areas that were saturated during that time, might have finally dried out enough for us to explore some bushland without ending up with boots 15cm thicker with layers of...
Wet Season Wander at Townsville’s Cape Cleveland
Author: Stuart Worboys Published: Journal September 2022 I've rarely had the opportunity to explore the Townsville region in the wet season, so with a short stopover in 'Mount Isa-by-the-sea' planned for mid-February I touched base with NPQ Townsville Branch to...
Mount Widgee
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal September 2022 Image above: The shed and barely visible tower on the summit back in 1998 Revisiting a much-loved old bushwalk that you haven’t walked in over 20 years, can be a shock to the system. Not only has the forest...
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...
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....