Come and join us exploring nature together! Jenny White, long time volunteer at the Mackay native plant nursery and Australian plant enthusiast will be leading this walk.

This walk forms part of our series on Australian Trees. Jenny will be giving us some insight into our beautiful gum trees, particularly the poplar gum that grows in Sandringham. She will be focussing on the bark of trees, as Eucalypts have such a variety of interesting barks.

Sandringham Bay Conservation park is near Alligator creek. I'll add details of our meeting spot closer to the time.

We will be doing some nature journaling together - where we draw or write about what we saw. We encourage parents to get a nature journal as well and learn alongside your children.

Afterwards, we enjoy snacks together and have time to play. Stay for as long as you like, or head off to after school sports and activities.

What to bring:

Sunhat, sunscreen

Bottle of water

Snacks

Nature journal (A5 blank page book)

Pencil

Optional:

Watercolour pencils or paint

Small paintbrush

Please take a look through our community values and chat with your children about these before the walk.

Parents are responsible for the safety of their own children, and need to be present with their children during this activity.

Nature walks are usually held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, except during school holidays. They follow a pattern of a short presentation, walk to observe nature, journaling, and then snacks and free play. This is part of our series this year on Australian trees. 

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