Logan and Albert Conservation Association

  Pre-Expo bird-walk with Birds Australia members Sheena Gillman and David Stewart.

Meet at entry to Beaudesert Racecourse.  A great opportunity to learn from the experts - finding and identifying birds and learning about their behaviour

 7.45 am – 9.15 am

 LUNCH ARRANGEMENTS

Subway and Chinese takeaway orders – place your order and payment at the WPSQ display for takeaways to be delivered to the Info Centre at approximately 12.30pm

9.25 am - 11.25 am

 Treasure Hunt forms available from WPSQ and other stands, also raffle tickets of sugar glider painting by well-known wildlife artist Sandra Temple

9.25 am –

3.00 pm

 Opening remarks – Cr. Dave Coburn, Deputy Mayor, Scenic Rim Regional Council

Feeding wildlife – Q&A, Michelle Plant, drawing on her doctoral studies on the feeding of wild birds, will be on hand (near the native plants stall) to answer questions on when to feed and when not to, what kind of feeding is appropriate, how to avoid ecological, behavioural and health problems etc.

9.45 am –

10.45 am

10.30am – 11.30am  A beginner’s guide to nature photography:   presentation by John McCann, a conservation-minded  wildlife photographer of over 30 years’ Australian and international experience, published in Geo, inflight magazines, On the Road etc.

 LUNCH ARRANGEMENTS

Final chance for lunch orders (see board near entry of Info Centre) –orders will now be taken into town for Subway or Happy Valley Chinese takeaways.

 Live display of local wildlife – Martin Fingland (former National Park ranger) of Geckos will present live mammals, birds and reptiles found in the Scenic Rim, with information on their ecology and behaviour

 Tree identification walk with Peter Poropat (author of book and poster on rainforest tree identification using bark and trunks

You have decided to plant for wildlife, what next? Kay Montgomery of Ecological Connections. How to find out Regional Ecosystems and what they mean, determining reasons for planting and what is most appropriate for your site

 Live display of local wildlife (different species from those in the first show) – Geckos

   The use of biodiversity art in environmental education – Andy Reimanis, Caldera Art

  Animals have to move: why and how local native animals move daily, seasonally and as need arises, problems and how we can help. Dr Ronda Green (WPSQ Scenic Rim)

Wildlife and highways – Anne Page (Logan & Albert Conservation Association) Highway developments and wildlife problems in Logan Shire are an example of what could happen elsewhere including the Scenic Rim

 Sketching wildlife – tips for young artists, Ronda Green

 Winners of Great Wildlife Discovery Challenge, today’s treasure hunt and painting raffle

Close of Expo

Meeting of Scenic Rim branch of Wildlife Preservation Society of Qld, visitors welcome

4.30 pm