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Cedar Creek gets a boost

Details: Created: Friday, 10 March 2017 11:22; Written by Web Manager DS

Cedar Creek section of Tamborine National Park is popular destination and has one of the highest visitation rates of any national park in south east Queensland. It has also been in the news with parking not being adequate for the number of visitors. While most visitors cannot wait to get to the pools at the bottom of the waterfall, some visitors come to have a quiet picnic and take in the sounds and smells of the forest. Their visit recharges their feeling of wellbeing and they leave with great memories of Cedar Creek.

FoTNP volunteers help injured Tamborine forest

Details: Created: Tuesday, 22 March 2016 16:14; Written by Web Manager

Some 150 metres downhill behind the old stone chimney, the remains of Jack’s Cabin, on Knoll Road, Tamborine Mountain, the Friends of Tamborine National Park discovered a wound in the forest about half a hectare in size. Many years ago a forest giant died and made a hole in the rainforest canopy. What’s the problem with that you might ask? Isn’t that just a natural process? Well yes but the problem with this event is that as soon as there is a break in the canopy and enough light on the forest floor, the invasive weed species step in. Lantana and privet are the first to colonise this wound in the forest. The native pioneer plants that would heal the wound and restore the forest to healthy biodiversity do not get a chance. The invasive exotic weeds grow fast and out-compete the native trees. Once lantana has a hold, it stops the natural succession and regeneration of the forest.

What’s in a name?

Details: Created: Saturday, 05 March 2016 12:42; Written by Web Manager

The Tamborine Bush Volunteers has commenced the year with a new revegetation project in The Knoll Section of Tamborine National Park.

This dedicated group has been working on Tamborine Mountain for 28 years and has removed introduced weeds from 20 national park plots and replanted with rainforest species. Some plots have taken on the appearance of mature rainforests.

Tamborine Bush Volunteers Moving In

Details: Created: Saturday, 03 September 2011 09:33; Written by Len Lowry

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.

Main Street Blitz Phase 2 - A Willing and Accomplished Crew

Details: Created: Saturday, 04 June 2011 00:00; Written by Len Lowry

Fair mountain weather was used to great advantage by the volunteer crew of the good ship T.M. Joint Project for the Main Street Blitz Phase 2 on Saturday morning 4th June. The hearties of the Tamborine Bush Volunteers (TBV) and Tamborine Mountain Landcare (TML) achieved a significant amount of restoration work in the National Park strip adjacent to the RSL War Memorial.

By the time shipmates Laurelle and Judith had set up a delicious morning tea at 10 a.m. a small sea of white tipped wooden stakes marked the sites where native gingers, endemic clumping grasses and local palm trees had been planted, fertilised, mulched and watered. Foreign pest plants had flourished before Phase 1 of the Blitz, but now it won’t be too long before the area becomes very attractive to native birds and animals. All plants used were supplied by Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and were certified pest and Myrtle Rust free.