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28 January - Larapinta Falls
Bushwalkers - News (Bushwalkers)
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Leader Colin - Phone 55804941
Meet at the VIC at 7:30am
Car Pool - $15.00
We will try once more (weather permitting) to get up to Larapinta Falls after arriving at Westray's Grave.
The start of the walk up to Westray's Grave is from the end of Christmas Creek Road. To get to Christmas Creek Road we go out past Beaudesert. Off mountain residents can meet at Canungra or Beaudesert.
The aim is to arrive at Westray's grave for lunch and then those who wish to can attempt the scramble further along the creek to Larapinta Falls. Those who do not wish to attempt the scramble (less than 2km) can opt for a longer lunch until the Larapinta Falls visitors return.
Please note that the backup walk in case this walk is once again cancelled due to inclement weather will be a walk up at O'Reilleys such as Morans Falls, Python Rock, Pats Bluff and Lukes Farm. So there WILL be a walk on.
2011 11 19 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Python Rock_Pats Bluff
Bird Group - News (Bird Group)
Wednesday, 07 December 2011
At the junction of the Python Rock and Pat’s Bluff track we heard the Paradise Riflebird calling again. Julie tried to mimic him but the female riflebird wasn’t fooled. Ros spotted the male displaying to the female. We all watched in awe as he swished his wings up swaying his body side to side putting on a great performance for her. It was magic !!!
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2011-11-02 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Dickson Conservation Park
Bird Group - News (Bird Group)
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
On Wednesday 2 November I led a small group of birdos through John Dickson Conservation Park, a 3.57ha Council park in the Forest Park area of North Tamborine. This park was set aside as a condition of approval of the subdivision of the area in about 1980.
For ten years from 1984 the TM Field Naturalists’ Club worked to convert the open kikuyu paddock into a natural area by planting native plants. The Club disbanded in the mid-1990s and no work was done in the park till a local community group began work there again in 2000.
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2011-10-05 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Plunkett & Cedar- Creeks
Bird Group - News (Bird Group)
Monday, 31 October 2011
Our second Wednesday walk this year on Tamborine Mountain started as usual at the VIC. Along with our British visitor, we walked down Geissman Road and into Youngman Park between the landcare re-vegetation work and the dog walking park.
We followed the track through the re-vegetation and up Roslyn Ct where we skirted the school playing fields (permission obtained) to access Cedar Creek.
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2011 09 17 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Illinbah & Tabletop
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Friday, 23 September 2011
We were all surprised how cold it was on valley floor – much colder than our Mountain we were ‘blowing smoke’.
It was so cold in fact that we all needed to have a brisk walk uphill in
the sun to get comfortable as no-one had brought jumpers. We had a hot cuppa about 8am which helped. It was bizarre as we knew how hot it was going to get later in the day.
One thing that struck us all was the large number of Grey Shrike-thrushes we saw all during the day. One even perched on our car side mirrors – even while we were in the car inches away!
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2011 09 07 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Panorama Point & Botanical Gardens
Bird Group - News (Bird Group)
Saturday, 10 September 2011
We met 7am and headed out towards Panorama Point. Just passed Kinabalu Dr we parked our cars & started our bird walk. Not before long, a great discovery, two nesting Collared Sparrowhawks being annoyed by a female satin bower bird. We stayed a while to watch the Sparrowhawks leave the nest and return again, several times.
We ventured down a side track, where we stopped to hear a mimicking Albert’s Lyrebird, and discovered Yellow ground Diuris orchid - D.aurea
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Tamborine Bush Volunteers Moving In
Bush Volunteers - News (Bush Volunteers)
Saturday, 03 September 2011
The Tamborine Bush Volunteers (TBV) are moving in. The TBV have been regenerating sections of Tamborine National Park for 23 years. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service has provided a toolshed on leased land in Beacon Road, North Tamborine for the group to store tools and equipment. The toolshed is the first step in re-establishing the group’s rainforest nursery to continue propagation of rainforest plants for national park regeneration. This was an activity the group was involved in at the old Knoll Road QPWS site for 13 years.
2011 08 20 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Christmas Crk to Beaudesert
Bird Group - News (Bird Group)
Saturday, 27 August 2011
We watched a pair of Striated Pardalotes entering and leaving their nest hole in the side of the creek bank. We all wondered why such a tiny bird would choose to dig a tunnel (40-90 cm long according to Michael Morcomb’s Fieldguide) and build a nest at the end of it. One of natures’ mysteries.
The Dusky Woodswallow (pictured above) was a delightful find...
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2011 07 16 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Christmas Creek Valley
Bird Group - News (Bird Group)
Sunday, 07 August 2011
CHRISTMAS CREEK VALLEY
Talk about Mad Dogs and Englishmen! Everyone (? sensibly) piked out due to the weather, except for Dawn and me. It drizzled all day and was quite cold but with our wet-weather gear and jumpers we soldiered on and actually had a great day. We left at about 7.15 am and joined the Fassifern Field Nats at Cave Rock Cottages picnic area at 9.00am. There were twelve of us altogether. Dawn and I saw quite a lot of birds beforehand on the way out, including a White-bellied Sea Eagle, Brown Quail, Black-shouldered Kite, Common Bronzewing and Buff-banded Rail.
2011 06 18 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Biddadaba
Bird Group - News (Bird Group)
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Susan couldn’t bear not to have a bird walk after the Lyrebird Survey which we took part in the same morning. We had started at 6am and it was all over by 10am so a few of us decided why not also go on our scheduled bird walk for the day? It was a perfect Qld winter’s day, with a bit of a south- westerly blowing. How could we resist?
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Membership renewal time again - due July 2011 .... please click below 'membership form' to download. Form is for new members and renewals. Post or email completed form back with cheque or direct debit payment.
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