Tuesday 8th April

This is a Citizen Science event open to individuals, families, schools, nature photographers and whoever else would like to be involved. Over a 48 hour period (day and night), we will seek and identify as many animals, plants and fungi as possible on private and Council land, taking care to cause minimal disturbance. Experts will…

Dr John Stanislic will be presenting: “Australian native land snails: Nature’s Mycologists” Australian land snails are poorly understood by the general public mainly due to their experiences with a small group of about 50 introduced snails and slugs that infest suburban backyards and gardens. These introduced species generally feed on soft, leafy foliage such as…

This foray has been cancelled due to the dry weather and lack of fungi. 65 km north of Brisbane and linked to the mainland by road bridge, nearly a third of Bribie Island’s land area is protected by National Parks. As a sand island, it has a unique ecosystem and this will be reflected in…

Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges, Lake Eacham Qld. This will be led by the world renowned Truffle expert and all round good guy, Dr Jim Trappe, who will be teaching us and identifying our finds. Jim has been traveling to Australia for the last 30 plus years hunting and identifying our truffle species.  He is very…

Speaker – Ed Kerr – Wild Yeast for Fermentation 7.00-9.00pm FM Bailey room Queensland Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha.

Please note that no more workshops are planned for 2014. For more details, go to our Calendar of Events.