FEBRUARY 24 2018

Hello all,

Please join us for our first Saturday 24 February Club Outing at the SC Council’s Scarffe Road Reserve at Glenview. Please meet at 7am and join Ken Cross & John Birbeck who will lead the walk.

One of the Council’s new reserves - Scarffe Road Glenview. This reserve is fenced off and not open to the public, it includes a large quarried lake including adjoining maintenance roadways and is surrounded by riparian rainforest. It also adjoins existing Mooloolah River Esplanade Reserves. The entrance gates are located at the end of Scarffe Road before the bridge (private property), there is plenty of parking along Scarffe Road.

To get there:

Enter Mooloolah Connection Road off Steve Irwin Way, then enter Scarffe Road (WHICH IS NOT SIGNPOSTED) off Mooloolah Connection Road at Glenview. Scarffe Road is the first road on your right. If you have reached Stevens Road you have gone approximately 300 metres too far. Public toilets are located about 1.3 kilometres down Mooloolah Connection Road at Ewen Maddock Dam Reserve.

As usual please remember to bring a chair, cuppa etc for the bird list post walk. And remember to be sun safe.

MID FEB NEWS

Dear all

Just a quick note about upcoming events.

MIDWEEK WALK – WEDNESDAY 14 February, 2018 - Kureelpa Falls Walk with John Kooistra

Kureelpa Falls track: Meet at the very end of Kureelpa Falls Rd for a 7.00 am start.

Park along the road verge and leave space at end of road for cars to turn around. There is also a private driveway here, we do not want to block access. There are no toilets. Closest facilities are at Kanyana Park near Dulong Lookout.

Please bring chair, water, thermos etc for post walk bird call.

YANDINA CREEK WETLAND SURVEY 

Thursday evening the 22 February – Please email your interest in participating in this survey to Ken at friarbird43@bigpond.com ASAP. Please remember that access to this Unity Water Property is only with approved surveys conducted by Birdlife Australia. Priority will be given to those members who have attended the workshop.

HERVEY BAY WEEKEND AWAY

This weekend away is being held on the 22 – 24 June however it is being filled now as to ensure our group can be accommodated at the same motel. Below are the 14 people who have signed up;

Ken & Megan Cross, Steve & Carol Popple, Ray Devine, Jamie Walker, Michelle Grant, Alison Skelhorn, Marilyn Shrapnel, Bernadette Jeffrey, Vince Lee, John Kooistra, Tom Corrigan and Russell McGregor.

We have room for only two more – if you would like to join this trip please email Ken at friarbird43@bigpond.com ASAP.

MCSR OUTINGS CONTINUE

Our bird walks at Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve continue. These are free for Birdlife members. The schedule is below;

17/02/18 Saturday – Steve Grainger

21/02/18 Wednesday – Russ Lamb, Robyn Combes

March - 03/03/18 Saturday – Maggie Overend, Robyn Combes

07/03/18 Wednesday – Jamie Walker, Robyn Combes

17/03/18 Saturday – Robyn Combes

21/03/18 Wednesday – John Malings

31/03/18 Saturday - Robyn Combes

Many thanks to all of those people listed above who have given their time to lead these walks. Please assist in publicising these walks to friends and family. The booking page is  https://events.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Event?eventID=13572

MINI CONGRESS – MAY 26, 2018 - Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden – Arts and Ecology Centre – MORE DETAILS VERY SOON…..

FINAL OUTING FOR FEBRUARY – SCARFE ROAD  RESERVE – SATURDAY, 24 FEBRUARY, 2018 – KEN CROSS AND JOHN BIRBECK

Cheers now and any questions, comments, complaints, suggestions or praise please email me,

Ken

Ken Cross | Local Branch Convenor                       

Sunshine Coast Branch

BirdLife Southern Queensland

PO Box 375                                       

Annerley QLD 4103                 

southernqld@birdlife.org.au |birdlife.org.au                   

ABN 75 149 124 774                           

birds are in our nature

Tel: 0754457881

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