Tag: FEP
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FEP Stall – 17 Aug
FEP will be sharing a stall with Condamine Country Plant Group this Sunday 17 August from 8 am – 1 pm at the Queens Park Craft Market. We will have our plant books for sale and will be very happy to chat about the work FEP does. Members and their friends and family may like…
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FEP AGM – 30 August
You are invited to attend FEP’s 2025 AGM: When: 10 am on 30th August 2025 Where: Darling Downs Environment Council Buru Dain Dan Eco Hut Address: 1A Heller Street, Rangeville We are pleased to advise the speaker will be Greg Spearritt who will talk about a project he is undertaking as part of the Condamine Country…
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Local Field Trip Opportunities
All FEP members are invited to join Crows Nest Community Nursery volunteers in plant field trips, led by Lisa Churchward. Lisa is the manager of Crows Nest Community Nursery, and a very experienced and knowledgable plant person. Trip 1: Goombungee Tip: Thursday 7 August. Please meet Lisa at 1.20pm at the Goombungee Bottle Tree Park toilet block. We will…
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Renaming of Park in honour of Dr Swarbrick
Friends of the Escarpment Parks approached Toowoomba Regional Council to request that a 2000m2 piece of land opposite Lovers Outlook on Prince Henry Drive be renamed in honour of FEP founder, Dr John Swarbrick. Members and friends of FEP are encouraged to support the renaming by responding to the Council using the QR code or…
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Leopard Ash park visit
FEP will be hosting a Park Visit to Leopard Ash Bushland Park on Saturday 14th June at 9 am. For more details about the park including a map click on the link above. Leopard Ash Park is a small bushland park (0.5ha) located between 16 and 18 Charmaine Court in Kleinton. It was saved from the bulldozers when the…
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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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FEP park visit
We are planning a Park Visit to Leopard Ash Bushland Park on Saturday 14th June at 9am. Leopard Ash Park is a small bushland park (0.5ha) located between 16 and 18 Charmaine Court in Kleinton. It was saved from the bulldozers when the surrounding sub-division was created and is a unique remnant of endangered dry…
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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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A Rocha bird survey
Toowoomba representatives of A Rocha Australia have recently completed a report on observations of bird life in Duggan Bushland Park undertaken during 2024. The report has been linked from the Duggan Bushland Park page along with earlier reports and is available here:
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CANCELLED – FEP Open Day
The FEP Open Day for Parks Week which was to be held at Williams Park on Saturday, 8 March has been CANCELLED in response to Cyclone Alfred. Toowoomba Regional Council has advised that Council’s urban parks, sporting facilities, and Bushland Parks will close from Friday, 7 March for the purposes of keeping the public safe…