September Outing - Flagstone Creek, Coochin Coochin

A gathering of Field Nats, at the last outing. See you at Flagstone Creek.

Meeting Place:  Park your cars 50 metres inside the gate at 1719 Boonah-Rathdowney Road which is on the left going south from Boonah. There will be a marker put in place before the flood-way sign just before Flagstone Creek. (If you go through Flagstone Creek causeway then you’ve gone too far.)

Time:  8.30 am for a 9.00 am start. Upon arrival, please register in the Attendance book and pay the $2 per person participation fee.

Level of Fitness: Another outing for everybody. This field trip is on level knee-high grassland and a creek bed of flattish rock with a gentle upward slope.  Two barbed wire fences need to be negotiated. We’ll see the local birds, flora, fauna, insects, butterflies and the Scenic Rim in the western distance.

Planned Activities: We’ll walk a vehicle track initially – go along a fence line to the creek then along the side of the creek on the northern side which should be good for seeing the birds – through a barbed wire fence then along the side of the creek again and on another track to the bed of the creek. –this could be the morning tea stop – then “up the creek” on flattish rock with some careful stepping on some slippery areas – through the fence across the creek and up a little further until we junction with another creek – from there on it gets a little too rough with no real benefit for us. When we come out of the creek on the way out, we’ll take a slightly different route after we’ve gone back through the barbed wire fence. The trip should be around 2.5 km.

Carry morning tea with you and we’ll return to the vehicles for lunch. There are no after lunch plans so we could take our time and have a late lunch.

We have permission from the three landholders.

What to bring: Morning tea, lunch, water, binocs, cameras, and your favourite repellents & sunscreens.  Also your tables and chairs for lunch.