Travel
Fire on Mount Lindesay: the aftermath
Author & Photos: Michael Meadows Published: Journal December 2020 We all watched in horror last November as wildfires devastated eastern Australia. Quite apart from the human cost, the fires wiped out 3.8 million hectares of mostly temperate forest and an...
The Story of the Supreme Court of Queensland and Lxora timorensis
Author: Lawrie Smith Published: Journal December 2020 In 1977 the SGAP Queensland Region President was returning home late one night after a Region Council meeting. He jumped the fence of the Supreme Court of Queensland, in George Street Brisbane, and took cuttings...
Extinct Plant Rediscovered
Author & Photos: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal December 2020 Back in 1944, during the bleak years of WWII, the Government Botanist Cyril Tenison White, known affectionately by everyone as 'C.T.', collected a small herbaceous whiteflowered daisy north-west of...
Where have all the flowers gone?
A tale of the decline of the Giant Waterlily (Nymphaea gigantea) Author & Photos: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal September 2020 Image above: Nymphaea gigantea at Adare near Gatton Once a common and widespread water plant here in Queensland, found from the Edward...
Celebration of 250 Years – First Australian Botanical Collection
Author: Beth McDonald, Gold Coast Branch Published: Journal September 2020 (extracts from NPQ Gold Coast's newsletter, May-June 2020) This year marks 250 years since Captain James Cook sailed up the eastern coast of Australia. It is sad that these celebrations could...
Plant Collecting along the Australian East Coast in 1770
Author: Lawrie Smith Published: Journal September 2020 Image above: King Parrot eating an immature fruit from a Diplocyclos palmatus vine The commemorative events to mark the 250th anniversary of the voyage of discovery in 1770 by Lt James Cook in command of HM...
New Technologies for Conservation of Endangered Species
Author: Bonni Yee, Conservation Officer Published: Journal September 2020 As the new Conservation Officer for Queensland Region NPQ, I would like to bring to our members' attention, two new technologies being developed by Prof Neena Mitter’s group at the Centre for...
JCU Greenhouses and Glasshouses
Author: John Elliott, Townsville Branch Published: Journal June 2020 On the 15th of March, 2020, the Native Plant Society visited the Townsville James Cook University (JCU) campus to tour the greenhouses, glasshouses and some of their higher profile landscaping to...
Region visit to QUT SERF/Samford Eco-Corridor
Author & Photos: Peter Storer, Samford Branch Published: Journal December 2019 Image above: Aerial view of QUT SERF (courtesy QUT) On 25 August Samford Branch was very privileged to be able to host the NPQ Spring Quarterly Region meeting at the Queensland...
Conservation Report – December 2019
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal December 2019 Image above: Upper slopes of Bahrs Hill Firstly, some good news to report …. The Logan City Council has purchased two properties at Bahrs Scrub (near Beenleigh) for conservation purposes. These properties, 47...