Next Bushwalk: August 27th, 2.00pm -4.00pm

CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Scribbly Gums Conservation Area

Join us to explore this bushland known for its wildflowers and wildlife.

Meet at the end of Coburg St West, Cleveland UBD 185G18.

Remember closed-in footwear, sun smart clothing and drinking water.

KAG members and friends enjoyed early spring weather and a great afternoon of bushwalking at Native Dog Creek Reserve in the Carbrook Wetlands Environmental Park in late August, last year.

Colourful wildflowers were abundant beside the easy walking track which gave us an opportunity for a closer inspection of the delicate and complicated petal structures of these native beauties.

Boronia was in its glory – other standouts were the yellow phyllota (beaked parrot pea), the white leucopogon (a heath), coastal banksias (Banksia integrifolia) and native iris (Patersonia glabrata).

Another point of interest along the way for the group was the crumbling remains of a stone hut believed to have been built around the turn of the century.

It was interesting to note that there were no traces of koalas on any of the scribbly gums that we looked at. This is not surprising as we know that koalas that use scribblys need to have other species such as tallow woods to balance their diet and there appeared to be no tallow woods in the area.

However, it was interesting to see so many Planchon’s stringybark (Eucalyptus planchoniana) as they are considered fairly rare in South East Queensland. Unfortunately, they are not koala food trees.