Late Lunch at border to SCA- western end of Gum Ridge Trail – Penny Todman 
A Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus. Stock image 
The walkway to the lookout at Hassans Walls. Photo Nigel Hobden 
Helmut – flow on Summer Creek 
Dung roundhead – Protostropharia semiglobata – Marita Sydes 
Large Duck Orchid, Caleana major (photo Hai Wu) 
Noisy bush choir 
The excursion group on Snow Grass Trail with view to the south west – Rosemary Stapleton 
mossy rock plate- Rosemary Stapleton 
liverwort Riccia lamellosa found at the stony slope on Snow Grass trail – Rosemary Stapleton 
purple-copper-butterfly-paralucia-spinifera
Next Meeting & Excursion
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Read more: 2026-10-08 – Thursday 8 October – Acoustic monitoring of Koalas in the Clifton Grove area 2025
Find out more about how acoustic monitoring is expanding our knowledge of koala populations in our Central Tablelands area. Specifically, in November 2025 an acoustic koala monitoring project was run in the Clifton Grove area of Orange.
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2026-10-11 – Sunday 11 October 2026 – Birri Birri Burial Stone Site and Clear Creek Cliffs Excursion
Read more: 2026-10-11 – Sunday 11 October 2026 – Birri Birri Burial Stone Site and Clear Creek Cliffs ExcursionThe excursion to the Birri Birri Burial Stone Aboriginal Site in the Turon State Forest. The significance of the site will be discussed, and time will be spent locating and looking at the known stone mounds. This is an area of heath with the ground covered in lichen and mosses. There may be orchids flowering.
Future Meetings & Excursions
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Read more: 2026-11-12 – Thursday 12th Nov 2026 – The role of climate on nest morphology in Superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus).Studying the Superb fairy-wren, we tested whether nest traits (such as nest height, entrance diameter, roof thickness) were associated with weather conditions (temperature, solar exposure, and rainfall) experienced by the birds immediately prior to and during nest-building. Results highlight the flexibility in nest building behaviours where many selective pressures can shape avian nests during the…
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Read more: 2026-11-15 – Sunday 15th November – Wambool Nature Reserve
This excursion will be to Wambool Nature Reserve to look for unusual orchids. Wambool is known as an orchid hotspot. It is 30 minutes east of Bathurst and then south on Timber Ridge Road.
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All Planned …
- 2026-10-08 – Thursday 8 October – Acoustic monitoring of Koalas in the Clifton Grove area 2025
- 2026-10-11 – Sunday 11 October 2026 – Birri Birri Burial Stone Site and Clear Creek Cliffs Excursion
- 2026-11-12 – Thursday 12th Nov 2026 – The role of climate on nest morphology in Superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus).
- 2026-11-15 – Sunday 15th November – Wambool Nature Reserve
General Meetings: are held on the second Thursday of each month (February to December) at Nguluway Ngurang Senior Citizens Centre (on opposite side of Woolworths carpark to Harris Farm). Meetings begin at 7.30 pm. Visitors are welcome to attend.