2012-03-31: Chermside Hills Foray

After an extremely successful foray last year, QMS will be returning to Bellthorpe for an entire weekend of fantastic fungal fun. Situated west of the Glass House Mountains, Bellthorpe is about 98 km (or 90 min drive) north-west of Brisbane CBD. The site features pristine rainforest and farmland. Bookings are essential and places are filling…

The meeting scheduled for 11th November has had to be postponed to Tuesday 18th November. The venue will still be Qld Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. Apologies for any inconvenience. Vanessa Ryan will be presenting Tasmanian Fungi. Vanessa and her husband, Chris, went on a two week holiday to Tasmania in June/July of this year….

Various Speakers – A Year of Forays and Reports PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME 4.00-6.00pm FM Bailey room Queensland Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha.

Donna Davis will be speaking about her art and latest exhibition ‘Unseen : symbiotic worlds’. Donna uses a mixed range of materials and media to represent connections and relationships within the natural world in a way which evokes curiosity and reflection. She believes that the art/science field provides a powerful catalyst to challenge our discourse,…

The Annual General Meeting. Susie Webster will report on the FUNNZ foray at Glenorchy. Fran Guard will give a short report on the AMS Conference, Queenstown. Patrick Leonard will given an update on the Red List from the AMS Conference. Fran Guard will then report on the Cooloola foray. Dr Tony Young was to be…

Foray Reports will be presented for Bellthorpe and Girraween National Park. Members are asked to bring something of interest, for example a book, or to speak briefly about such things as an interesting web site or a favourite species, etc..