October Camp: Cullendore High Country, 21st, 22nd,23rd, & 24th October

Moss and ferns on the rocks at Cullendore

Cullendore is located on a 4000 acre working cattle property adjoining the Maryland National Park and located high in the mountains of the Great Dividing Range. To make the most of the peace and tranquillity, campsites are scattered throughout the forest.  Each campsite has its own firepit, and hot showers and flushing toilets are provided nearby. 

Cullendore has one of the largest populations of the rare and elusive Spotted Quoll in Australia.  Wallabies, wallaroos, kangaroos and birdlife abound.

   

Please do your own research on this property on their website www.cullendore.com and, if you are attending, download some of the maps, fauna and bird lists.

Fringed Lily
Thysanotus tuberosus

Cullendore High Country is about 38 kms from Warwick travelling first towards Killarney and then turning onto the Cullendore Road. The trip to the property takes approximately 1 ¾ hrs from Boonah.

Come along and join us at this High Country Campground in granite country. Non-members, please contact us via email for more information.

Stinkhorn Fungi Aseroë rubra

Cullendore Camping

Photos: N. Crepin, A. Podlich, L. Beaton

Camp Report - Cullendore, NSW

Cullendore High Country is an ideal spot for a field naturalists camp. Overlooking the Maryland National Park on the Qld-NSW border, it is at high altitude, and on the edge of the Granite Belt. This means there are different species of fauna, flora and fungi that we don't always get in the western Scenic Rim. We had a great time walking and driving the tracks. There was so much to see and do. Here's some photos which show what we got up to.

Species lists follow the photos.

All images are by members of the Fassifern Field Naturalists Club.

Fassifern Field Naturalists at Cullendore High Country

Matty's Dam, Cullendore High Country

 Australian Bluebells (Wahlenbergia sp) with wasp pollinator

White Patch Bark Moth (Scioglyptis lyciariap)

Russell’s Greenhood (Diplodium russellii)

White Stemmed Wattle Moth

Beautiful waterlilies

Ringed Xenica (Geitoneura acantha)

Water Snowflakes (Nymphoides indica)

Unknown insect (probably Tipulidae sp.) but several found flying close to the leaf litter in Maryland National Park

More Craneflies Tipulidae sp.

Morning Tea Reflections - stunning!

Species List: compiled by the Club Recorder from members’ sightings.

Birds Australian Wood Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Australasian Grebe, Bar-shouldered Dove, Wonga Pigeon, White-faced Heron, Straw-necked Ibis, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Purple Swamphen, Dusky Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Masked Lapwing, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Galah, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Musk Lorikeet, Little Lorikeet, Australian King-Parrot, Crimson Rosella, Eastern Rosella, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Azure Kingfisher, Laughing Kookaburra, White-throated Treecreeper, Brown Tree-creeper, Satin Bowerbird, Superb Fairy-wren, Variegated Fairy-wren, White-browed Scrubwren, Western Gerygone, Brown Thornbill, Striated Thornbill, Buff-rumped Thornbill, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Eastern Spinebill, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Red Wattlebird, Brown Honeyeater, White-cheeked Honeyeater, White-naped Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Grey-crowned Babbler, Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike, Golden Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, Black-faced Woodswallow, Dusky Woodswallow, Grey Butcherbird, Pied Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Pied Currawong, Grey Fantail, Willie Wagtail, Torresian Crow, Restless Flycatcher, Magpie-Lark, White-winged Chough, Apostlebird, Jacky Winter, Eastern Yellow Robin, Silvereye, Welcome Swallow, Mistletoebird, Double-barred Finch, Red-browed Finch, Australian Pipit. 

Mammals Red-necked Wallaby, Common Brushtail Possum, Rufous Bettong, Common Ringtail Possum, Brown Hare

Reptiles Carpet Python, Red-bellied Black Snake, Wall Skink

Amphibians Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog, Striped Marsh Frog, Beeping Froglet

Ants Jumper Ant (Myrmecia nigrocincta), Many more but couldn’t identify them.

Butterflies Greenish Grass-dart, Small Grass-yellow, Glasswing, Lesser Wanderer, Wanderer, Common Brown, Ringed Xenica, Common Grass-blue (unconfirmed Shouldered Brown)

Moths White Stemmed Wattle Moth (Chelepteryx chalepteryx), White-patch Bark Moth (Scioglyptis lyciaria)

Dragonflies Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum)

Native Orchids - In Flower: Dark Mosquito Orchid (Acianthus exsertus), Common Wasp Orchid (Chiloglottis diphylla), Russell’s Greenhood (Diplodium russellii). 
Not In Flower: Pink Rock Orchid (Dendrobium kingianum, now with a taxonomic name change - Thelychiton kingianus), King Orchid (Dendrobium speciosum, also a name change - Thelychiton speciosus), Climbing Orchid (Erythrorchis cassythoide

April Camp

Our annual April camp will be at Cullendore High Country. This privately run campground is on a 4000 acre cattle property, 2000 of which is reserved for camping. See Cullendore High Country for more details.

We'll be there from Saturday to Monday morning with the option for people to stay until Anzac Day on the Tuesday.

We have booked our group into the Greygums Campground which is suitable for tents, trailers and caravans. Fire pits are provided – bring your own wood or purchase on site. Flush toilets and hot showers are available nearby. 

We are really hoping to be lucky enough to see a quoll, but there's plenty of wildlife to suit everyone.

Just an example of Cullendore campsites

Tranquil setting at Cullendore High Country

Contact us through our email address for more information.