Tag: FEP

  • FEP Open Day – 8 March

    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.…

  • Member documents updated

    Member documents updated

    Recent uploads to the Members only page include a copy of the recently developed partnership agreement with Toowoomba Regional Council, certificates of currency for insurance policies, and 2025 annual work plans for parks. Members who volunteer in parks will want to download and read the FEP Safe Work Procedures Manual which is an updated replacement…

  • SOLD OUT – Redwood Park Madeira Weed Challenge

    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…

  • Puffins to Penguins

    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…

  • 2025 annual work plans

    2025 annual work plans

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  • 2025 Open Day – Date claimer

    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…

  • The Escarpment Park Friend – Dec 2024

    The Escarpment Park Friend – Dec 2024

    This issue includes news about new membership features on the website, work on reducing Cat’s Claw Creeper at Highfields Falls, local native plants, interesting archival material, a study on aquatic insects in streams, adoption of Williams Park at Highfields by FEP, and farewell to Coral Sharrock who worked thousands of hours on several parks.

  • Implementing members only access

    Implementing members only access

    A recent email message to FEP members outlined plans for the weekly email update summarising posts on this blog and for registering members on the site to facilitate access to ‘members only’ content, discussion on posts, and potentially other features in future. The weekly email updates were implemented a couple of weeks ago. There were…

  • DRAFT – TRC partnership agreement

    DRAFT – TRC partnership agreement

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  • FEP Christmas Party

    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…