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  • Fire ant alert – Cabarlah area

    Fire ant alert – Cabarlah area

    Fire ants have been found at Borneo Barracks in Cabarlah. The National Fire Ant Eradication Program has posted an alert with advice about how to identify and report fire ants.

  • AABR E-news Oct 26

    AABR E-news Oct 26

    The Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR) has posted its October newsletter with articles about adapting regeneration to climate change and a variety of relevant activities.

  • HOPE photo competition

    HOPE photo competition

    HOPE (Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment Inc) has announced a photo competition: What would you like your neighborhood to look like by 2040? More trees, less waste, thriving wildlife or a community garden? We’d love to hear your ideas. Inspired by HOPE’s Imagining 2040: Pathways to Flourishing Futures podcast, we invite you to share…

  • Media training

    Media training

    The Climate Media Centre team will be in Toowoomba on Friday 30 October for an in-person full day media training session. When: Friday 30 Oct 2026, 9am – 3:30pmLocation: TBA (it will be somewhere near the centre of Toowoomba) Cost: Free (includes morning tea and lunch) Our media training sessions are free for all participants, and aim to help…

  • 2026 Qld Landcare Awards

    2026 Qld Landcare Awards

    Queensland Water and Land Carers (QWaLC) has published the list of winners in the 2026 Landcare Awards. Read about it in the QWaLC newsletter:

  • FEP AGM minutes

    FEP AGM minutes

    Minutes of the FEP Annual General Meeting held on Saturday, 12 September have been posted on the website. The document includes reports from the President, Treasurer, and Parks Coordinator. Access is via the Member area and requires login.

  • Tall Trees Community Picnic

    Tall Trees Community Picnic

    Protect Trees Toowoomba has organised an event to celebrate our trees. When: Saturday, 10 October 3 pm – 5 pmWhere: Peacehaven Botanic Park, 55 Kuhls Road Highfields Free, all welcome

  • Toowoomba Bird Observers Sep 26

    Toowoomba Bird Observers Sep 26

    Toowoomba Bird Observers‘ September newsletter is out. Bird of the month is the Dusky Moorhen. Events in October are a walk at Lions Park, Hodgsonvale on Wednesday, 14 October with Charles Dove and the census on 24-30 October. There are reports, with photographs, of walks at Lake Dyer, Laidley and Jondaryan.

  • National bush regenerator forum

    National bush regenerator forum

    The countdown to Australian Association of Bush Regenerators 4040 Forum is on. The event in Sydney on 27 November will celebrate 40 years of bush regeneration and look ahead to the next 40. More information is available on the AABR website.

  • DDEC News Oct 26

    DDEC News Oct 26

    Darling Downs Environment Council has published its October Newsletter. It has news about upcoming events including Tall Trees celebration picnic on 10 October, tree planting at Gummingurru on 17 October, Gowrie Creek clean up on 31 October, and much more.