Events Diary
2026 Cane Toad Bust
Join us for the 2026 Cane Toad Bust - and there will also be a lighsheet to attract night-time insect visitors and spotlighting.
Bushcare: Cicada Park
Help us continue the creek-side improvements at this park.
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Family Forest Sundays: ‘Butterflies’
Bookings are essential; places are limited.
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Drop-in morning tea
Bring a plate of nibbles to share. Cool drinks on offer too! Enjoy a relaxed morning with a great view from the Hut verandah and good company.
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Birdwalk: Mount Ommaney Boardwalk
Exploring the birdlife near the reservoir. Note the winter start-time!
Monthly Meeting: Chris Turnbull
Join us to hear Chris share his experience with the Verroa mite that’s hit the bee-hives of the Brisbane recently.
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Drop-in morning tea
Bring a plate of nibbles to share. Cool drinks on offer too! Enjoy a relaxed morning with a great view from the Hut verandah and good company.
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Bushcare: Mother-of-Millions
Let’s stay on top of this weedy invader!
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Bushcare: Cicada Park
Help us continue the creek-side improvements at this park. Wear protective clothing and footwear.
Reptiles Revealed
Holiday Forest Time for children aged 5-12.
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Drop-in morning tea
Bring a plate of nibbles to share. Cool drinks on offer too! Enjoy a relaxed morning with a great view from the Hut verandah and good company.
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2025 Wrap-up meeting
Wrap-up meeting for 2025 - socialise, share observations, try out the new equipment you can borrow!
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Butterfly Hilltopping 20 year Celebration
Celebration of 20 years of the Butterfly Bushcare (Hilltopping) group Mt Coot-tha
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Drop-in morning tea
Bring a plate of nibbles to share. Cool drinks on offer too! Enjoy a relaxed morning with a great view from the Hut verandah and good company.
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Family Forest Sundays: Scavenger Hunt
Sundays in the forest.
Bookings are essential; places are limited.
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Bushcare: Butterfly Hilltopping
Looking after the host-plants and beating the weeds at this butterfly meeting spot!
THECA visit to Samford Ecological Research Facility (SERF)
A unique opportunity to visit SERF! (Click the image for more details).
Bushcare: Cicada Park
Help us continue the creek-side improvements at this park.
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Monthly Meeting: Angela Webb
Join us to hear Angela describe her PhD study “The Role of Urbanisation on the Emergence of Reptile Fungal Pathogens in Australia”.
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Drop-in morning tea
Bring a plate of nibbles to share. Cool drinks on offer too! Enjoy a relaxed morning with a great view from the Hut verandah and good company.
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Family Forest Sundays: Bees
Sunday in the forest.
Bookings are essential; places are limited.
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Art Show 2025 - ‘The Wild and the Beautiful’
Open 9 to 4 pm over the weekend and Monday - free admission.
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Art Show Opening Night
At The Hut, 47 Fleming Road, Chapel Hill
‘The Wild and the Beautiful’ Art Show Opening Night (Wine and cheese along with early viewing). $10 per person
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Get Arty: Spring Special
THECA and ACF Brisbane West are teaming up for this art even for children aged 5-12.
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Office Tidy-Up
Help us make room in the office for new equipment and to prepare for the Art Show! If you can spare any time between 9 and 12 it would be a huge help. Lunch will be provided as your reward - please sign up here so we have an idea of numbers.
Bushcare: Butterfly Hilltopping
Looking after the host-plants and beating the weeds at this butterfly meeting spot!
Bushcare: Mother-of-Millions
Let’s stay on top of this weedy invader!
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Forest Foray Art Workshop with Sandra Pearce
Join Sandra Pearce, local artist and editor of the 'Wetland Wanderings' guide, to explore the natural world and our local habitat through expressive drawing.
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Bushcare: Cicada Park
Help us continue the creek-side improvements at this park.
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Monthly Meeting: ‘The Intruiging World of Aromatic Plant Molecules’ - Jankees van der Have
Join us this month to hear from Jankees van der Have discuss what he has learnt from decades studying the aromatic characteristics of native plants.
In addition to his local volunteering with the Meri-Meri bushcare group, Jankees serves as a Director of the Binna Burra Foundation, and a background in biochemistry and microbiology.
Bushcare: Butterfly Hilltopping
Looking after the host-plants and beating the weeds at this butterfly meeting spot!