Friends of Tamborine National Park (formerly 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.
Esme Lahey Park - Near Cliff Rd entrance to park
Esme Lahey Park - Near Cliff Rd entrance to park.
Esme Lahey Park - Corner of park. junction Cliff Rd. & Esme St
Esme Lahey Park - View of park from junction Cliff Rd. & Esme St
Esme Lahey Park - Park walking track information signs at Esme St entrance
Esme Lahey Park - Park walking track information signs at Esme St entrance
Esme Lahey Park - Native Cordyline in fruit
Esme Lahey Park - Native Cordyline in fruit
Esme Lahey Park - Cyathea cooperii ( native tree fern) next to walking track in park
Esme Lahey Park - Elephant ears plant. Alocasia brisbanensis
Esme Lahey Park - Native vines encase tree
Esme Lahey Park - Jim - Regeneration volunteer
Esme Lahey Park - Walking Track
Esme Lahey Park- Walking Track
Esme Lahey Park - Friend or Foe Story
Esme Lahey Park - TM Landcare tree tag system . No longer in use.
Esme Lahey Park - Park entrance Licuala St. side
Esme Lahey Park - Creek crossing under the road,Licuala St. side
Esme Lahey Park - Creek a bit dry
Why does attentiveness to nature matter? In a very fundamental sense, we are what we pay attention to. Paying heed to beauty, grace, and everyday miracles promotes a sense of possibility and coherence that runs deeper and truer than the often illusory commercial, social "realities" advanced by mainstream contemporary culture. ... Our attention is precious, and what we choose to focus it on has enormous consequences. What we choose to look at, and to listen to--these choices change the world. As Thich Nhat Hanh has pointed out, we become the bad television programs that we watch. A society that expends its energies tracking the latest doings of the celebrity couple is fundamentally distinct from one that watches for the first arriving spring migrant birds, or takes a weekend to check out insects in a mountain stream, or looks inside flowers to admire the marvelous ingenuities involved in pollination. The former tends to drag culture down to its lowest commonalities; the latter can lift us up in a sense of unity with all life. The Way of Natural History, edited by Thomas Lowe Fleischner and published by Trinity University Press (Texas)