Category: Redwood Park
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Redwood Madeira Challenge – Winter
Our next Redwood Madeira Weed Challenge – WINTER is on Saturday 6 June from 8.00 am – 11.00 am. We would love to have your assistance to work in a patch which was initially worked on 18 months ago. With regrowth, we are having trouble keeping this area clear. Details about the event are on…
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Redwood Madeira Challenge – Winter
Our next Redwood Madeira Weed Challenge – WINTER is on Saturday 6 June from 8.00 am – 11.00 am. We would love to have your assistance to work in a patch which was initially worked on 18 months ago. With regrowth, we are having trouble keeping this area clear. Details about the event are on…
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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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Redwood Madeira Challenge – Cancelled
Due to the wet weather we have CANCELLED the Madeira Weed Challenge tomorrow morning (7th March). The regular Friends of the Escarpment volunteers work at Redwood Park every Monday and Friday morning from 7.00 – 9.00am followed by a convivial morning tea. (From April the work hours will be 7.30 – 9.30am). You don’t need…
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Redwood Madeira Challenge – Autumn
Our next Redwood Madeira Weed Challenge – AUTUMN is on Saturday 7thMarch from 7.00 – 10.00am. We aim to clear Madeira which is starting to return in areas which were particularly badly affected 12 months ago. Our regular volunteers are unable to bring this area under control on their own and would love three hours of…
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Eagles Nest
Eagles Nest was a depression era camp in the upper part of what is now Redwood Park. Feb 15, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Step back into Toowoomba’s past with our first Regional Trust Talk of 2026! Local historian Bruce Arthur brings the story of the heritage-listed Eagles Nest Camp to life—a unique site established during the Great…
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Redwood Madeira Challenge – Summer
Thank-you for your support in the past. Our next Redwood Madeira Weed Challenge – SUMMER is on Saturday 29th November from 7.00 – 10.00am. We aim to clear a 10-metre-wide strip of Madeira Vine, Cats Claw and Climbing Asparagus along the Redwood Forest Walk. Our regular volunteers are unable to bring this area under control on their…
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The Escarpment Park Friend – May 2025
This issue has news from the committee, plant list for Williams Park, report on the Redwood Park Madeira Vine challenge, information about distinctions among Native, Indigenous and Endemic Plants, and more.
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Redwood Madeira Weed Challenge – WINTER
After the success of the Autumn Challenge, thirty volunteers are invited to assist with clearing half an acre along the Redwood Forest Track on Saturday May 31st from 8.00-11.00am. Registration through Trybooking is essential.
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Toowoomba Bird Observers: Mar 25
Toowoomba Bird Observers have distributed their March newsletter featuring as bird of the month the Whimbrel. Details of two forthcoming walks during April are included along with information and images from recent walks. Other items of interest include images and description of an Oriental Cuckoo in Redwood Park and a piece about recording bird sounds.