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| Nic's 8th birthday |
Suzy started full-time work on 7 April. We were happy to fill the gap after school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until her contract ends on 27 June. After that, we plan a long trip around Australia and she will need to use after-school care each weekday if other work arises.
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| Hazel knows how to dress for an occasion! |
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| Trying to teach Hazel what sleeps looks like |
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The QNC Easter camp was held at Apsey, near Inglewood, with current status of Proposed National Park. It is sandstone country with a woodland of eucalypt and cypress, and some brigalow along the creeks. 48 members including 12 under the age of 8 camped near 2 small dams in perfect weather. Highlights
included finding many specimens of Macrozamia
machinii, a cycad listed as vulnerable. A single individual
of the Homoranthus vagans was also seen. This myrtaceous shrub is endemic
to the property and it is estimated that
only a few hundred individuals exist in the wild. Harry Hines
and Melanie Venz set funnel traps, Elliott traps and a single
harp trap. 273 Elliott trap nights yielded a
yellow-footed antechinus and a common dunnart. Five bats
were captured in the harp trap: Gould’s
long-eared bat, lesser
long-eared bat, a broad-nosed bat
Scotorepens cf. greyii and chocolate wattled bat. 67 species of birds were seen, including the
beautiful plum-headed finch.
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| Looking at mammals |
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| Broad-nosed bat |
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| Chocolate wattled bat |
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| Gould's long-eared bat |
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| Common dunnart biting Harry |
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| Yellow-footed antechinus also biting Harry |
This camp was our first trial of the new Cub camper-trailer and we were happy with it. David has yet to install the electric water pump and internal 12V lights but everything fitted in with room to spare.
