The Fassifern Field Naturalists Club Inc. would like to acknowledge the Yugarapul People, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our Club is founded, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present, their languages, customs, culture and connection to this wonderful country.

Gallery


Here are some images of local flora and fauna, past Fassifern Field Naturalists Club outings, and scenes from the Fassifern area. These will be added to from time to time. For a larger view click on any image.
Photos are taken by FFNC members.

Boisduval's Autumn Moth Oenosandra boisduvalii
(female) - Inverell camp April 2024

Fossicking for gemstones at Swanbrook Bridge
- Inverell camp April 2024

Striated Pardalote - Inverell camp April 2024

Fan-tailed Cuckoo - Inverell camp
April 2024
Dusky Woodswallow - Inverell camp April 2024

Wattle Cup Caterpillar (Calcarifera ordinata)
Coulson Feb 2022

Orange Ringlet (Hypocysta adiante)
Waterfall Creek Reserve Feb 2022


Spectacular Crab Spider (Thomisus spectabilis),
white female and brown male
Boonah Jan 2022

Splendid Ochre (Trapezites symmomus),
Cunningham's Gap Jan 2019

Rock Slab Garden, Foxbar Falls May 2021

Native Geranium (Geranium solanderi),
Foxbar Falls May 2021
Golden everlasting daisy (Xerochrysum bracteatum),
Foxbar Falls May 2021
 
Lichen, Foxbar Falls May 2021
Grey-crowned Babblers,
Foxbar Falls May 2021
A brilliant pop of colour in the bush,
Helidon Hills April 2021
Chloanthes parviflora,
Helidon Hills April 2021
                                                         
                  
Pomax umbellata under the microscope 
Helidon Hills April 2021

Mud structure of unknown origin,
Helidon Hills April 2021
Mud structure from above, 
Helidon Hills April 2021

Not just natural interest at Helidon Hills, April 2021 

Joseph's Coat Moth (Agarista agricola) - Boonah, Feb 2021

Joseph's Coat Moth (Agarista agricola) - Boonah, Feb 2021

Cardamyla carinentalis - Boonah, Jan 2021

Croker’s Moth (Amerila crokeri) - Boonah, Mar 2021

Forest floor, Mt Colliery - Feb 2021

Mosses & ferns at Mt Colliery, Feb 2021

Robber fly species - Mt Colliery, Feb 2021
Blue Tiger at Wyaralong, January 2021

Leaf Art at Wyaralong, January 2021
Black Tree-ticker (Birrima varians), Wyaralong January 2021


Longicorn species (Rhytiphora diva) at Wyaralong, January 2021

Palm Grove, Mt Tamborine November 2020

Dead Man's Fingers Fungi, Mt Tamborine
November 2020


Lake Coolmunda Camp, October 2020
Mosquito Creek Rd, Coolmunda Camp October 2020

Little Eagle at Bracker Creek
Female Grey Spotted Wave Moth (Dithalama cosmospila) - Boonah

Bush Stone-curlew seen in Bunburra area late 2017

Emerging cicada No. 1 (Cicada photos by Scott Crepin)
Emerging cicada No. 2 
Emerging cicada No. 3
Emerging cicada No. 4

Caterpillar of the Golden Notodontid, Neola semiaurata, at Wyaralong 
(the moth is very dull)
Caterpillar of the Mottled Cup Moth at Wyaralong (another dull moth)
Probably Variable Mistletoe (Amyema congener)
Black Thorax Wasp Moth (Amata trigonophora) - Lilybrook, October 2019
Narrow-leaved or Queensland Bottle Tree
(Brachychiton rupestris) 

Problepsis sancta photographed in Boonah, September 2019
World's End Pocket, Aug 2019
Kholo Gardens, June 2019

Christmas Orchid (Calanthe triplicata)
Cunningham's Gap Jan 2019

Orange Antlion (Callistoleon erythrocephalus)
Spicers Gap Jan 2019

Caper White (light form), Wyaralong Dec 2018

Caper White (dark form), Wyaralong Dec 2018

Newly fallen leaf , Liston - October 2018
Wheat-leaved Orchid, Bulbophyllum shepherdii, Liston NSW - 2018
Cadging a lift up the hill, Liston - 2018
Cullendore Camp - April 2017

Waiting for frog calls, Burnett Creek - 2017
Goomburra Camp
Epiphytes on The Murray Scrub Walk, Toonumbar camp
April 2016
Ruby Bonnets fungi at Toonumbar camp, April 2016
A tangle of buttress roots, Toonumbar camp
April 2016 
Con's Plains, August 2014
Lunch in the rain on return from Con's Plains, 2014

Squiggles of the Red Triangle Slug (Triboniophorus graeffei)

Angle-headed Dragon (Lophosaurus spinipes) at Wilson's Peak,
November 2013

Wilson's Peak outing, November 2013
Flinders Peak and Mt Welcome from Kerwin's Knob, 2010
Enjoying the view, July 2010


Relaxing after the climb, August 2008

7 legged Lean Lynx Spider, Oxyopes macilentus 

Mt Barney from Dugandan


The picnic grounds on Reynold's Creek below Moogerah Dam. This is a good spot for naturalising - birds, butterflies, dragons, dragonflies, damselflies, turtles and more!
Slender Hyacinth Orchid, Dipodium variegatum
Fairy Lanterns, Corybas barbarae
Copper Beard Orchid, Calochilus campestris
Looking towards Mt Moon from Mt Greville



Evening light over the Mt French foothills


Lizard Point on Main Range with the rugged slopes of Mt Bangalora in front


Slender Green Orb Spider, Araneus talipedatus, on gate catch

Minto Crags from the east with the Great Dividing Range behind
Lycid Beetle   

White-banded House Jumper, Hypoblemum albovittatum
Overlooking Kalbar from Mt French, Fassifern Scrub in foreground 
Australian King Parrot, Alisterus scapularis
Bugs, beetles and moths; studying insects in the brigalow scrub









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