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| Event title | Date | Details |
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| Dr Matt Colloff ‘Flooded forest and desert creek: the fascination of the River Red Gum’ | Thursday, 10 September 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Matt will talk about the ecology and history of the River Red Gum, Australia’s most widely-distributed eucalypt species. |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Dr Mark Wallace | Monday, 7 September 2015 - 10:30am to 11:30am |
Place: Theatrette, ANBG Topic: 'Genetic relationships in a sedge threatened by mining in WA' Speaker: Dr Mark Wallace, currently working with the Australian National Herbarium, Canberra. |
| Black Mountain Nature Reserve, Weeding Working Party | Saturday, 5 September 2015 - 9:00am to Sunday, 6 September 2015 - 11:45am |
We will be removing woody weeds in Black Mountain Nature Reserve. Meet: Belconnen Way entry to Black Mountain Nature Reserve (see balloons). Bring Enthusiasm, your family and friends, water, (and your favourite pruning saw and/or loppers, if you wish). Everyone is welcome. For more details, including booking information, click on the underlined heading in the left-hand column. |
| Parkcare Display at Jamison Centre | Friday, 4 September 2015 - 9:00am to Sunday, 6 September 2015 - 4:30pm |
Parkcare Friends in Belconnen suburbs of Canberra will showcase the beauty and diversity of the bush in the Bush Capital from 4 to 6 September 2015. The annual display involves seven volunteer groups. The display may be viewed from 9.00am to 4.30pm each of the three days, Friday to Sunday, in Jamison Plaza shopping centre. You will see photos of the beautiful valley selected for the nation's capital, cryptic wildflowers, eucalypt forest, box-gum woodlands and endangered grasslands. Our enthusiastic volunteers will provide brochures, field guides, guided walks and interpretive signs to uncover bushland secrets.The Indian Myna trap is always a draw-card. Groups involved include Friends of Aranda Bushland, of Black Mountain, of Bruce Ridge, of Mount Painter, of The Pinnacle, of Grasslands and Canberra Indian Myna Action Group. The Parkcare groups and display are supported by Jamison Plaza management and ACT Parks & Conservation Service. This is not a Friends of the ANBG event. Information is provided for the interest of our members. |
| Catriona Anderson ‘What a lot about Wattles: Wattles in the Pictures Collection of the National Library of Australia’ | Thursday, 3 September 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Catriona will talk about images of wattle that are in the Picture Collection of the National Library of Australia by different artists and for different purposes, in recognition of Wattle Day. |
| Meredith Cosgrove ‘Oh the humanity: rarity in plants, with examples from the ACT flora’ | Thursday, 27 August 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Many things can make plants rare. In this talk Meredith will give an overview of the process that threaten plants, give concrete examples from the local flora, and explain what is being done to save them. Meredith, author of ‘Photographic Guide to the Native Plants of ACT, will illustrate her talk with photographs of some of the 327 native species featured in her book. Many things can make plants rare. |
| Dr Brian Cooke ‘A rabbit’s progress: from the Crusades to Barwon Park’ | Thursday, 20 August 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Brian will describe his research at CSIRO into control and management of wild rabbits in Australia’s arid zone and on sub-Antarctic islands. His recent book “Australia’s War Against Rabbits: The Story of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease” uses rabbit haemorrhagic disease as an important case study in understanding how animal populations adapt to diseases. |
| Lori Gould,‘Re-greening the Capital Region: Engaging the Community in Bushfire Recovery and Sustainable Farming’ | Thursday, 13 August 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Lori, scientist with Greening Australia, will talk about community and land-holder engagement in Boorowa River recovery and Canberra's recovery from bush-fire. |
| Walk in the Rainforest with Toby Golson | Thursday, 13 August 2015 - 10:00am to Friday, 14 August 2015 - 9:45am |
Friends are offered an opportunity to see and hear about the 92 collections made by Toby Golson and Julie Percival on their trip north to Queensland rainforest last September. As a thank you to Friends for the assistance given to the expedition Toby will take us through the Rainforest. Bookings via email to:events@friendsanbg.org.au (or leave a message on the Friends phone 6250 9548) giving your name, email and phone number. This is a repeat of yesterday's walk. |
| Walk in the Rainforest with Toby Golson | Wednesday, 12 August 2015 - 10:00am to Thursday, 13 August 2015 - 9:45am |
Friends are offered an opportunity to see and hear about the 92 collections made by Toby Golson and Julie Percival on their trip north to Queensland rainforest last September. As a thank you to Friends for the assistance given to the expedition Toby will take us through the Rainforest. Bookings via email to: events@friendsanbg.org.au (or leave a message on the Friends phone 6250 9548) giving your name, email and phone number. This same walk is repeated tomorrow, Thurs 13 August.
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