Category: Event
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FEP Open Day – 8 March
FEP Open Day for Parks Week 2025 will be at Williams Park, Highfields. There is a full program for the day with something to interest people of all ages and backgrounds. Knowledgeable guides will lead walks to observe birds, insects, local geology, and nocturnal animals.
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Amaroo microforest maintenance – 9 March
On 11th November 2023 Amaroo Environmental Education Centre planted approximately 900 seedlings in a micro forest. It now needs some maintenance, so if you have an hour to spare to remove weeds and add mulch please come along. Details and registration via Facebook event.
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Backing onto Bush Workshop – 1 March
Backing Onto Bush workshops are a half-day session for peri-urban and rural residential landholders to learn about fire ecology and what keeps the bush healthy. This half-day session includes: Walk away from the workshop with the ability to: Location: Steve Jones Community Centre, 1 Honan St, Withcott QLD 4352 Time: 9:00 – 1:00pm RSVP and…
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FEP Open Day – 8 March
The Friends of Escarpment Parks is hosting our Open Day at Williams Park in Highfields this year on Saturday, March 8th as part of Toowoomba Regional Council Parks Week. FEP has recently started working there and although it is not a large park, it has the added interest of Klein Creek running through the middle.…
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SOLD OUT – Redwood Park Madeira Weed Challenge
SOLD OUT – 31 January 2025 Fifteen volunteers are invited to clear a half acre of rampant, smothering Madeira Vine. Redwood Park is home to many vulnerable species and has great biodiversity. Friends of the Escarpment volunteers are unable to bring this particular area under control on their own. They need 4 hours of your…
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Puffins to Penguins
On Wednesday 22 January at 10.00am Toowoomba Bird Observers member, Ann Alcock, will be doing a presentation titled “Puffins to Penguins” at Cobb & Co Museum. Ann will be talking about these birds as well as others she photographed on a recent trip to the Sub-Antarctic Islands to the south of New Zealand. Everyone welcome…
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2025 Open Day – Date claimer
Each year in March Toowoomba Regional Council celebrates Parks Week. FEP participates by hosting an Open Day in one of the parks where FEP members work. In 2025 TRC Parks Week will be 3 – 10 March. FEP will host its Open Day event at Williams Park in Highfields on Saturday, 8 March. The event…
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FEP Christmas Party
The committee would like to thank members for their wonderful work and contributions in 2024. We appreciate the time and care you spend in caring for the environment and our natural heritage. Please join us at our annual FEP Christmas Party. All food and drink provided. We hope you can come and celebrate our good…
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Koala count
NOVEMBER is TOOWOOMBA REGION KOALA COUNT MONTH THIS SATURDAY, join like-minded KOALA LOVERS to find, observe and record WILD KOALA sightings around the Crows Nest township. We use the iNaturalist app for our koala observations – download to your mobile phone. https://www.inaturalist.org/…/toowoomba-region-koala…
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End of year get together – 7 December
DDEC Hall Heller St Rangeville Saturday 7 December 11.00- 13.00 Hope to see you all there