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Events Calendar

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Video Collection

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Links for Tamborine Mountain

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Walk Groups of NHA

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Walks conducted by

Tamborine Mountain Natural History Association Inc.

(TMNHA)

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naturalhistory.org.au

TMNHA members may join one or more TMNHA walking groups:

Please find a membership form here.

WALK GROUP	GALLERY	TRACKS
Bushwalkers	Gallery Link	Track kml files
Birdos	Gallery Link
Nature Walks	Gallery Link	Tracks Database (& kmls)

Please use any track information responsibly by using this guide:

Walk Softly: Please refer to QLD Government guidelines on Walking Softly to protect the environment.
Walk Safely: Tracks may not be well maintained so you should only walk the track with good gear (Example quick reference list) and bush-walking experienced support (Refer AAS) and not alone. Closed tracks are closed for a reason which usually is that it is considered UNSAFE for the public and would be dangerous to use.
Track Accuracy: Due to GPS Device data inaccuracy in forest canopy cover and other issues, the kml track files may be a rough drawn on mapping software by reference also to other public mapping data.
Access Rights: The track information may include locations subject to restricted access. It may not be open to the public and you would not be authorised to visit the location without approval of the landowner. Our walking groups obtain permission where required for these walks. Click here for a useful legal guide on Entry Access Privacy from legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au
Source & Copyright: TMNHA walk information such as track kml files are provided by members to Tamborine Mountain Natural History Association Inc for local natural history information and displayed at their website subject to their Copyright Restrictions.
Walks conducted by Tamborine Mountain Natural History Association Inc. (TMNHA)
- All participants in activities organized by TMNHA participate at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety.
- The TMNHA accepts no responsibility for any injury that participants may suffer as a result of their participation in activities organized by the TMNHA.
- The TMNHA, it’s Management Committee, Organizers and Leaders are not liable in respect of any Injury to the person or loss or damage to property, howsoever caused as a result of participating in activities organized by the TMNHA.

TMNHA ANNUAL REPORT 2015

Details: Created: Tuesday, 03 November 2015 06:24; Written by Nadia O’Carroll

Firstly I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to another successful year for our Association.

Visitors Information Centre
We have been implementing plans to modernise our displays in the VIC include upgrading our presentation in our interactive screen which assists us educate general public about nature and our association. Thanks to everyone who assisted in this project.

Scenic Rim Biodiversity Strategy Submissions

Details: Created: Wednesday, 10 June 2015 20:46; Written by Web Manager DS

The Scenic Rim is an international biodiversity hotspot containing World Heritage Areas, National Parks and nationally, regionally and locally significant biodiversity. However there are also pressures of population growth, urban sprawl, land degradation, habitat removal and changing climatic conditions.

To manage these issues and protect biodiversity Council is developing a Biodiversity Strategy that will inform Council in its planning and operational activities, initiatives, targets and policies. Council is inviting public comment on the draft Scenic Rim Biodiversity Strategy which is a 10 year plan for the conservation of biodiversity in the region and articulates Councils vision for our region’s biodiversity. Feedback is invited during the consultation period concluding COB 30 June 2015.

You can obtain a printed copy from customer service centres or view or download from http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/have-your-say

Submissions can be in writing Biodiversity Strategy Submission, c/- CEO, SRRC, PO Box 25, Beaudesert, QLD 4285. Submissions can be emailed Quoting Biodiversity Strategy to mail [AT] scenicrim [DOT] qld [DOT] gov [DOT] au or via the Have Your Say portal on Council’s website.

Nature Walks on Tamborine Mountain

Details: Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2014 07:58; Written by Web Manager

Learning about nature on the mountain

The Tamborine Mountain NHA nature walks are short walks on Tamborine Mountain to discover local nature in birds, animals, insects, plants, fungi and general natural history. They are usually held once a month meeting at the Visitor Information Centre (Map) and finishing between 10 a.m and Noon. Bring binoculars, cameras, insect repellent, a drink and something for morning tea.

Our Walk Reports

The nature walk reports here may indicate Report in Progress where it may take some time to complete the report awaiting feedback to establish species names. They remain displayed for photos and other information which may be useful to some readers in the meantime.

Upcoming Events - notified by email if you request addition to the email group via the Contact Us Form here.
In the report articles, if you click on the images you will get a larger pop-up image display. Images used in the reports are also added to the Web Gallery here
For older reports the "Preview" box opens a pop-up of the PDF version of the report that you can download with the menu link at its top right. Or you can see and download all PDF files of Nature Walk PDF reports here.
The list of noted species is at the base of the report or its own Tab in more recent reports. Green linked words take you to Wikipedia for those words but not all species details are available there.
Eventually, all noted species will be added to our Observations records in our Web Database. (No link yet as currently restricted access but hopefully members can access later this year)
Visit our Map of our walk reports where clicking on a place marker gives a pop-up introduction and link to the report and a directions finder box.

About Us

Background - The Tamborine Mountain NHA Nature Walks are short walks on Tamborine Mountain to discover local nature in birds, animals, insects, plants, fungi and general natural history.

Experts - We seek to have one or more attend each walk. Previous experts on our walks: - Mike & Elizabeth Russell, Julie Lake, Judy Roland, Bill McDonald, Glen Leiper

Attendees - Numbers vary between 5 & 12 on a walk with a regular core of people attending. The email list has 28 NHA members and 8 non-NHA members. Due to co-ordination load, we have not advertised the Walks to get more attendees.

Timing - Initially it was the last Friday morning of month but it has begun to vary according to issues of location access, expert attendees availability and cordinators' health.

Many thanks to Species experts on the walks and to Valerie Hoare, Jim Inglis and several others for Species list taking on the walks and Mike Russell for additional post walk identification verifications.

Data Collection

The following data is stored in the Gallery, Maps Library, Database Species Observations and Walking Tracks Lists and NHA Vimeo/NHA Website Video library. The data is plugged in to Article Reports as relevant but available for usage elsewhere in NHA Website articles or other content.

Species Noted and to be added to Database - > 1000. Eventually, all noted species will be added to our Observations records in our Web Database. Currently the observations records are restricted access. New Species are added to our Database Species List.

Species List: Please also note that we have our Tamborine Mountain Species list searcheable by several parameters like Specie Type. If you have any photos of some of the species, please consider submitting them for adding to that list.
Photos - (not including small videos) approx 2,200 stored in NHA Website under Nature Places Gallery category. These photos will also be used for the Species List Database where relevant.
Walking Tracks List - The Walking Tracks list is database for Tamborine Mountain. It is a work in progress and there are a number of other tracks listed but not viewable until verified (but can be viewed by logged in members). See the Tracks Tab or visit the Walking Tracks database here for Tamborine Mountain.
Track Maps - 28 Tracks and Maps for use in our Website Maps and to be available for Downloads to mobiles for local map use.
Nature Places Reports - The Website menu Nature Places is an ongoing collection of data from the walks and other activities that are relevant to each Nature Place so far visited on TM (albeit latest ones may be delayed due to detail in preparation).
Nature Walk Reports - The Nature Walks NHA Website menu "Walk Reports" has reports on all the walks (albeit latest ones may be delayed due to detail in preparation). These Reports include data from the website collected for that walk or related to the location such as Species noted on the Walk and previous walks and surveys, Photos, Maps and Tracks.
Activity Map - Visit our Activity Map of our walk reports where clicking on a place marker gives a pop-up introduction and link to the report and a directions finder

Tracks

Walking tracks that may be used by NHA members for bushwalking, birding and nature walks.

All users can see additional information on each track by selecting its name or using the right magnify icon on the record. This may include track map, descritive details, photos, videos and other links. TMNHA members may see additional limited access track information when they are logged into the website. NHA members please contact your NHA group leader if you can help complete or correct any of this track data.

Please note that as our NHA is based on Tamborine Mountain, we have broken down what might otherwise have been a region in itself to instead be a number of regions named with "TM -". This helps us with our greater focus on our local locations and tracks. A sketch of the Tamborine Mountain Regions and Locations

This List is in Development so not all data has been completed

On or Off TM	Track Name	Location	Difficulty Level (Estimated)

Display # Total: 33
TAMBORINE(1)
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Off TM	Plunkett	Plunkett Reserve	See Description	View
TM - GUANABA(3)
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Off TM	Hollindale Family Park	Guanaba Area	Grade 2 - <10km, gentle hills, formed track, signs, some steps	View
On TM	Kaiser Road	Kaiser Road	See Description	View
On TM	Cliff Way	Cliff Road	Grade 2 - <10km, gentle hills, formed track, signs, some steps	View
TM - Unspecified(1)
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Off TM	Niches Corner	TamborineMt - Unkown	See Description	View
TM - NORTHERN ESCARPMENT(3)
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On TM	North Forest Reserve – West	North Forest Reserve	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	North Forest Reserve – NE	North Forest Reserve	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	North Forest Reserve – North	North Forest Reserve	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
TM - PALM GROVE(2)
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On TM	Palm Grove TNP - Jenyns Circuit	Palm Grove	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Palm Grove TNP - Palm Grove Circuit	Palm Grove	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
TM - PLATEAU EAGLE HEIGHTS(5)
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On TM	McDonald TNP - Rainforest Circuit	MacDonald-TNP	Grade 2 - <10km, gentle hills, formed track, signs, some steps	View
On TM	Botanic Gardens	Botanic Gardens	Grade 2 - <10km, gentle hills, formed track, signs, some steps	View
On TM	Kinabalu Prospect & Areca Gully Regen Sections	Kinabalu Prospect	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Contour 1	Contour Rd Area	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Ohia Court Reserve	Ohia Court Reserve	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
TM - PLATEAU MT TAMBORINE(1)
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On TM	Rosser Park Street Surrounds	Rosser Park and Surround	Grade 2 - <10km, gentle hills, formed track, signs, some steps	View
TM - PLATEAU NORTH TAMBORINE(3)
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On TM	Knoll Rd – Tamborine Mtn Rd	Knoll Road North	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Esme Lahey Environmental Park	Esme Lahey Park	Grade 1 - <5km, flat, wellformed, signs, no steps	View
On TM	Dickson Park	Dickson Pk.	Grade 2 - <10km, gentle hills, formed track, signs, some steps	View
TM - THE KNOLL(2)
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On TM	The Knoll TNP	The Knoll TNP	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Beacon Rd – North	Hendersons Knob	Grade 1 - <5km, flat, wellformed, signs, no steps	View
TM - UPPER CEDAR CK(6)
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On TM	Joalah TNP - Access Track	Joalah	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Cedar Creek Falls TNP - Rock Pools	East Cedar Ck-TNP	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Old Mill Site - Joalah	Joalah	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Cedar Creek Falls TNP - Lookout	East Cedar Ck-TNP	Grade 1 - <5km, flat, wellformed, signs, no steps	View
On TM	Joalah TNP - Curtis Falls Track	Joalah	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Joalah TNP - Lower Creek Circuit	Joalah	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
TM - WESTERN SHELF(2)
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On TM	Lepidozamia Grove TNP	Lepidozamia-TNP	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Laheys Lookout	Laheys Lookout	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
TM - WITCHES FALLS(3)
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On TM	Witches Falls TNP - Witches Chase	Witches Chase	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Witches Falls TNP - Witches Falls Circuit	Witches Falls	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
On TM	Manitzky Park	Witches Falls	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View
TM - WONGAWALLAN RD(1)
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On TM	TM - Deerbrook Track	Wongawallan Rd	Grade 3 - <20km, short steep hills, some obstacles, signs, many steps	View

Natural History Association

Details: Created: Sunday, 29 April 2007 08:04; Written by Web Manager

The aim of the Association is, to encourage an understanding and appreciation of the environment and national park values and provide interpretative information for visitors.

The Association was formed in 1975 by concerned and far sighted locals to assist the National Parks and Wildlife Service in protecting the parks and providing interpretation and education about our environmental heritage. At the same time as our formation other Natural History groups were started in Binna Burra, Green Mountains, the Bunyas and Lake Broadwater, all with the same aim - to educate the public on our National Parks. All built and run information centres.

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Upcoming Events

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About

Articles about the Natural History Association and its member and affiliated groups.

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News (TMNHA)

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Quick Info

Our list of quick general information on Tamborine Mountain Natural History matters:

(Our website contains substantially more data in articles, photos, mapping, and videos along with species and location database records. However, their quantity is best displayed on a larger screen than a mobile device and where you do not have additional data charges from your internet provider. Our longer term goal is put more of this infoprmation in a Mobile App for extended mobile access.)

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