The club has outings on the second Saturday of each month. These outings are led by someone having a particular interest in or knowledge of the area visited.
There are usually no excursions in January, July and August. In July we have a “show and tell” indoors, and August is the month for our AGM.
2026.
11th APRIL – PARADISE PLAINS – ORIGINS OF BUTTONGRASS MOORLANDS ETC. – IAN THOMAS leader
Meet in Ringarooma, opposite the library on the swimming pool side of the road at 10 am. From there it’s a relatively short drive up onto Mathinna Plains where we can inspect some aspects of buttongrass ecology. Turning West onto Ben Ridge from the Mathinna Road will take us to the botanically interesting Paradise Plains. In the middle of the Plains, evidence will be shown concerning the age and origin of the grassland. Pleasant ambling along a vehicle track will bring us to a well-known A-Frame shelter where we can have lunch (bring a thermos) before walking past rainforest patches back to our cars. We expect to arrive back in Ringarooma no later than 3.30pm.
Reminder: many will remember the snow and sleet visited upon us last time we were there, so, please come prepared for all kinds of weather.