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Tamborine Bush Volunteers are a group of volunteers for Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. Whilst not a member group within Tamborine Mountain Natural History Association Inc, it is proud to support their work for our local native biodiversity.

Tamborine Bush Volunteers Moving In

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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.

Main Street Blitz Phase 2 - A Willing and Accomplished Crew

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Saturday, 04 June 2011

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.

Main Street Blitz Phase 2: Buds, Birds and Butterflies

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Saturday, 07 May 2011

The partnership between Tamborine Mountain Landcare and Tamborine Bush Volunteers in restoring the strip of rainforest along Main Street near the RSL War Memorial is set to continue with Phase 2 scheduled for Saturday 4th June from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.

Main Street Blitz

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Saturday, 02 April 2011

Tamborine Bush Volunteers and Tamborine Mountain Landcare are partners in restoring the strip of rainforest along Main Street near the RSL war memorial. A regeneration blitz is about to begin next month, to return this weed-contaminated swathe of the National Park fronting Main Street to be returned to its former natural glory. Phase one of the project begins on Saturday 2nd April at 8:00 a.m.

Geissemann Drive Project

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Sunday, 14 November 2010

The Tamborine Bush Volunteers have been working on a section of Tamborine National Park which borders Geissmann Drive. Lantana clearing and revegetating the area with rainforest trees is slowly taking place in the area behind the remnant rainforest. At our last working bee we were very visible and attracted a lot of interest from the passing traffic.

National Tree Day

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Saturday, 14 August 2010

news_2010-aug_img_2909c National Tree Day, coordinated by Planet Ark, was celebrated on Tamborine Mountain. The Tamborine Bush Volunteers supported National Tree Day and did our bit to assist in planting 1 million trees as part of this event. Our efforts will help create a cleaner and healthier environmental for the next generation.

Planting in the Rain

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Saturday, 06 March 2010

The Tamborine Mountain mist has put a dampener on the Tamborine Bush Volunteers working bees in 2010. If this is Climate Change at work, the rainforest is not complaining. On both working bees the members have put in a sterling effort under showery conditions. At the Geissemann Drive project weeding was the task while this month planting in the rain at Pirralilla Section did not seem so bad. If you would like to join these activities, new members are made to feel welcome.

Geissemann Drive

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Monday, 06 July 2009

Vines, vines , vines everywhere. If you have been living on Tamborine Mountain for a number of years you may have noticed sections of our native vegetation being covered by a creeping mass of vines. Vines native to Tamborine Mountain are usually a single vine growing up a tree. A mass of vine growth covering a large areais usually an introduced plant.

Joalah Section

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Sunday, 08 February 2009

The Tamborine Bush Volunteers (TBV) welcomed Kelly, Margaret and Jessie to our last working bee at Joalah section Tamborine National Park. Planting a tree for the future is always a popular activity when revegetating the national park. Behind this activity lies many hours of work; clearing weeds, lantana, creepers and other introduced plants.