Category: News

  • Tavern Talk – 30 Oct

    Tavern Talk – 30 Oct

    Friends of Peacehaven Botanic Park Inc. have announced October Tavern Talk which is open to all. Speaker: Robert CampbellTopic: The Big Picture: Council & Community collaboration at Peacehaven Park — Past, Present & FutureDate: Thursday 30 October 2025Time: 6 pm for 7 pm presentationPlace: Highfields TavernCost: No charge (but purchase your own dinner and drinks) …

  • Red Goshawk presentation

    Red Goshawk presentation

    The Toowoomba Bird Observers AGM will be held Tuesday 21 October 2025 at St Anthony’s Parish Centre Community Hall, 3 Memory Street, Toowoomba at 6.00pm. The guest speaker, Chris MacColl, will kick off proceedings with his presentation entitled“Shedding light on the elusive Red Goshawk: A woodland-breeding tropical raptor with occasional forays into the arid zone“.…

  • Imagining 2040

    Imagining 2040

    Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Inc. is promoting a podcast series – Imagining 2040 – Pathways to Flourishing Futures. The series targets an identified future vision public imagination deficit. It seems that a majority of everyday citizens are not visualising plausible pathways which could help achieve better futures. Better futures which could be…

  • Cranley Escarpment – Have your say

    Cranley Escarpment – Have your say

    Toowoomba Regional Council invites you to Have Your Say on Cranley Escarpment Park!  Cranley Escarpment is a large bushland reserve that offers recreation, open space and bushwalking trails.  Upgrades have been scheduled by Council to meet local park recreation standards, to activate and enhance the park area through minor embellishments that provide opportunity for social…

  • An evening with the Koalas

    An evening with the Koalas

    The Protect Trees campaign supported by Darling Downs Environment Council is promoting a special event in support of local wildlife. Event Details:📅 Date: Friday 17th of October 6pm📍 Location: 1a Heller St Rangeville at the Buru Dain Dan Eco Hut Tickets: $10 (kids under 12 free)

  • Toowoomba Bird Observers Sep 25

    Toowoomba Bird Observers Sep 25

    Bird of the month is the Grey-crowned Babbler. Read reports of recent outings and check details for upcoming events. There are details of the annual census (October 25 – 31) which will use this check list.

  • Land for Wildlife August Topics

    Land for Wildlife August Topics

    Land for Wildlife South-East Queensland has published a newsletter. Topics include:

  • DDEC October News

    DDEC October News

    Darling Downs Environment Council has published its October newsletter. It includes news about the recent Connecting Culture with Country event, current campaign activities, and upcoming events.

  • Hancock Street Microforest

    Hancock Street Microforest

    The signs are up promoting the Microforest Open Day which will be held on Saturday, 4 October from 10 am to 2 pm. As the project evolved from inception in 2022 to final planting in 2024 and the upcoming celebration the story was recorded by Ann Alcock in a blog. The material from that blog…

  • TRC National Tree Day Planting

    TRC National Tree Day Planting

    Location: Black Gully Park 3, Newtown (83A Holberton Street) Best parking at: 1A Clearview Street (signage will be placed on the day) Date: Saturday, 11 October Time: 8:00am – 11:00am Each year, communities across Australia come together to celebrate Planet Ark’s National Tree Day—the country’s largest tree planting and nature care event. Since 1996, this…