Queensland Day 2025 at Nudgee
A regular item on our calendar is the annual Queensland Day Celebrations at Nudgee. Perfect weather, great community, lots of good conversations.
Many thanks to Richard, Jenny, and Brendon for helping on the stall and the Banyo District Community Group for organising the event. As well as talking with many community members, we reconnected with local residents from the Banyo District Verge Gardeners.
We also had a good chat with Leanne Linard MP, local Member for Nudgee and Queensland Shadow Minister for Environment, Science, Innovation and Climate Change and Shadow Minister for Youth.
Those native tubestock plants Richard and Jenny are holding in the photo were from the stall of a major sponsor of the event.
Mitchell and his colleagues from the Alex Fraser Group had lots of information about how they recycle different materials for reuse in building roads and other infrastructure - a key part of sustainability and a circular economy.
Alex Fraser Group were giving away free native tubestock plants:
Coronidium elatum (Tall Everlasting Daisy)
Synostemon albiflorus (Snowbush)
Pavetta australiensis (Butterfly Bush)
Dianella caerulea (Blue Flax-Lily, Paroo Lilly, Blueberry Lilly)
Alpinia caerulea (Native Ginger)
These will increase the biodiversity in many gardens in the surrounding suburbs and help our native bees and other pollinators. We were very pleased with our selections.
Coming up
Planning Meeting - June 15th
If you are new to the group or are interested in being more involved, please come along. RSVP essential.
When: Sunday 15 June 2025, 03:00pm - 05:00pm
Where: Bracken Ridge Library
Afternoon tea provided.
Verge Visit - June 21st
This month we’ll be visiting Jenny’s verge. It is a very large verge at the beginning of a conversion. No concrete path adds to the challenge. The initial steps have been to plant around the new street trees and along the fence.
It was a delightful family event for all ages on a superb Queensland Winter's Day in a beautiful setting. It was encouraging to learn of The Frazer Group's efforts recycling glass, concrete and asphalt to make roads which last longer, save materials from contributing to and being wasted in landfill and don't require as much in the way of new resources. Wins like this contribute to preserving our environment.