Category: News
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Highfields Heart Community Meeting
A community meeting is scheduled for 30th April at 5:30 pm at the Highfields Cultural Centre, encouraging local community members to have a say in the town’s development. Guest Speaker -Ed JohnsonGM PlanningToowoomba Regional Council Join us for a community meeting covering the topics of, regional plans, council projects, town centre development – be in the ‘know’…
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Nest Box Workshop
Sunday, 19 April 2 pm – 4 pm at Buru Dain Dan Eco Hut 1A Hellyer Street, RANGEVILLE Tiffany Gesler will lead a workshop building medium-sized nest boxes designed to support local wildlife, including parrots (like king parrots and lorikeets), galahs, owls, and even some small mammals such as possums. With so many trees coming…
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Landholder workshop 9 May
All interested persons are invited to an upcoming Backing onto Bush workshop being run by the Qld Fire & Biodiversity Consortium on 9 May from 9:00am to 1:00pm. This event will be held at the Toowoomba Regional Council Perseverance Office (820 Perseverance Road, Crows Nest, 4355). This half-day workshop is for peri-urban and rural residential…
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Community Grant Workshops
Toowoomba Regional Council will be hosting Community Grant Writing workshops in May in the following areas: All are welcome to attend. Registration link is included in the flyer below.
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Toowoomba Bird Observers Mar 26
Toowoomba Bird Observers‘ March newsletter is out. Bird of the month is the Brahminy Kite. It includes a report of the February outings to Applegum Walk in Crows Nest and West Creek and a March outing to Redwood Park.
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DDEC News Apr 26
Darling Downs Environment Council has published its April Newsletter. It features news about upcoming events, the Homes and Trees: Planning a Liveable Toowoomba Region event, koala map posters and tea towels, and more.
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Carnival in the Bush
In 2026 Friends of the Escarpment Parks will host Carnival in the Bush as our contribution to the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. It will be hosted in J E Duggan Bushland Park on Sunday 20 September and will include a variety of activities. All Carnival in the Bush activities are FREE for participants but, to ensure…
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HOPE E-News Apr 2026
Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment Inc. has published its June newsletter. It has information about the benefits of volunteering, sustainability, CSIRO, recycling, and more.
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Open Day – Sep 26
This is a Date Claimer for our next Open Day which will be held at Duggan Park on Sunday 20th September from 8.30am to 12pm. This year the Open Day will be included in the Carnival of Flowers programme. It will be well advertised in the Carnival of Flowers booklet and also on the Carnival website. We…
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Park visit – Rainforest Gully
Our next Park visit on 11th April, and the first for the year, is to Rainforest Gully which is situated within the Picnic Point Parklands. Rainforest Gully is the most recent bushland park to be worked by FEP, and Deb and Michael have taken on the task of regeneration. It is1.5 hectares of remnant dry rainforest. It…