Backing Onto Bush | Mount Glen Rock
Date: Friday 24 October
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Francis Terrace, Esk, QLD 4312
Address: Park along Frances Terrace - look out for event signage to the meeting spot (Base of Mount Glen Rock)
Backing Onto Bush workshops are a half-day session for peri-urban and rural residential landholders to learn about fire ecology and what keeps the bush healthy.
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This half-day session includes:
- An in-classroom general bushfire safety and preparedness discussion.
- An interactive bushwalk and talk.
Walk away from the workshop with the ability to:
- Observe the health of your local environment.
- Identify vegetation types and key habitat.
- Understand fuel loads.
- Recognise fire history.
- Monitor vegetation and wildlife.
- Follow regulations for your area.
Please come prepared for the bushwalk and talk! Make sure you have:
- Closed in shoes.
- Long pants, long sleeves.
- Reusable water bottle.
- Hat.
- Sunscreen.
- Rain jacket (if necessary).
Catering and supporting material will be provided for all participants.
This is a free workshop.
For more information, contact Hannah Etchells from Healthy Land & Water's Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium on
The event is being delivered by the Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium in partnership with Somerset Regional Council through funding from the Queensland Government.