Event Category: Social

Social outings are a great way to meet new like minded people, or to spend time with loved ones, friends and colleges. Come join the fun with a relaxed social event.

90 years ago in April, Romeo Lahey and Arthur Groom met with a group of like-minded people and established the National Parks Association of Queensland (NPAQ). The goals of the association were to “preserve intact in their natural condition the existing national parks of Queensland and to secure the reservation of other suitable areas before… Read More...

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Category: Social

Please join us on 29th July from 2-4pm at Frew Park (Frew Street, Milton, near the tennis centre) for a casual member’s catch up. There is no need to register for this event – just turn up! Read More...

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Category: Meeting
Category: Social

The Brisbane City Council is creating activities in their reserves that are clean and green. The information centre at Raven Street Reserve has a good display to demonstrate what we should all be doing. This Wednesday walk will take in the Raven Street, Milne Hill and Chermside Hills Reserves. These Reserves are part of the… Read More...

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Category: Social

Gold Creek Reservoir was built in 1886 as Brisbane’s second water supply. The water was supplied to Kenmore by a gravity main pipe until 1919. A tunnel was constructed from Gold Creek to Enoggera Creek and the two reservoirs were operated as a single connected storage reservoir. The dam spillway is the world’s first concrete… Read More...

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Category: Social

Report on the Twilight Celebrations on 14 February 2021 On a fine but cloudy afternoon 26 members met at Leslie Patrick Park, Everton Hills, we set up in an exclusive corner of the park with a treed backdrop of Kedron Brook. After the formalities of the signing of the Attendance Sheet and the Covid enquiries,… Read More...

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Category: Social

Registrants assembled in readiness for this activity, but due the onset of a storm, for safety reasons, the activity was cancelled. ……………………………………………. On this 3 kilometre walk we will explore the southern part of Spring Hill to learn some on the history of the area. We will note the changes that have occurred over the… Read More...

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Category: Social