Nundah State School Catchment Kids at 7th Brigade Park busily planting.

  The famous Brisbane Batty Cruises are coming soon.
  See our flyer with details on how to go batty around bats!

Kedron Brook Catchment Tour for members and network volunteers. Our ‘get-together and share experiences’ tour. Sunday 22 August 8.45 am Meet at car park behind Stafford Central (UBD Map 139 ref M5) for bus departure at 9.00 am.
  See Restoring Corridors regeneration examples at Upper Kedron, weed removal at Pony Club Bend at Mitchelton and progress achieved at our Kalinga Park Restoration project.
  As seats are limited and for catering, please contact Philip Rowland on 3260 5779 or on 0439 788 459 if you are coming.

Northern Seminar Series Wednesday 4 August at Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, 815 Rode Rd. McDowall. Finger food from 6.30 pm and presentation 7 pm till 8 pm.
   Russel Denton gives an insightful and passionate audio-visual presentation,'The spiders of Boondall Wetlands and Downfall Creek' See the flyer (154 KB pdf)
  Places are limited so RSVP by Tuesday 3 August to the Creek Ranger by email or phone 3407 0925.

  Nick Chilton, student at Nundah State School, plants his quota of trees with advice from Creek Ranger Anna Bourke at 7th Brigade Park, Chermside on 30 July.
  Students from classes 5/6K from Nundah SS previously went on a bus tour of Kedron Brook catchment. They obtained a better knowledge of catchment management and ways in which they could become involved in monitoring and improving the health of our natural environment in balance with our community needs.

Our next General Meeting and Network Meeting will be held on Wednesday 18 August 2010 at Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, 815 Rode Rd. McDowall. Pre-meeting drink with finger food at 7.00 pm with meeting 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm. RSVP by Tuesday 3 August to the Creek Ranger by email or phone 3407 0925.
  Dr. Sheldon Navie from the Centre for Biological Information Technology and School of Land, Crop and Food Sciences (UQ) will attend the meeting and talk about new and emerging weeds.

Bird Sightings - 2010
  The next outing is planned for 7.00 am Sunday 1 August Meet at Cassimarty Park (opposite BP Service Station, Ferny Grove) to also cover Arbour Park and possibly Brook Park Refer UBD 137 ref. L1. See the 2010 Program for full details. See our news item for 2010 with details of our past outings.   Watch this page for sudden changes where necessary. Contact by email for further details.

Groups and Organisations

   Find out all about our bushcare groups in our Bushcare Groups section together with details of plantings continuing this year. Link also to Habitat Brisbane where our catchment groups are detailed amongst the Northern groups

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