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Springbrook Weedbusters Springbrook W**dbustersare a local community group that get together to learn plant identification and tackle invasive plants here in the National Park.

Three crews, two days and plenty of w**ds that won’t pull themselves. Spend your weekend with the people protecting Loga...
19/10/2026

Three crews, two days and plenty of w**ds that won’t pull themselves. Spend your weekend with the people protecting Logan and the Gold Coast’s bushland.

Springbrook W**dbusters
🌿THURSDAY, 22nd October | 7:00am to 8:30am
It’s Bird Week, so Springbrook W**dbusters’ Monitoring & Maintenance (M&M) crew are celebrating with two 20-minute bird surveys for BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count, one at the Carricks Creek restoration site and one along the track to Purlingbrook Falls. No experience needed, though experts are very welcome.
📍 Springbrook National Park
📩 RSVP: springbrookw**[email protected]

Daisy Hill Natural Area Volunteers
🌿SATURDAY, 24th October | 8:00am to 11:00am
Your local bushland needs you, and Daisy Hill Natural Area Volunteers make giving back feel like belonging. Pull on your gloves and help protect Daisy Hill Conservation Park, one w**d at a time.
📍 Daisy Hill Conservation Park
📩 RSVP: Jim, [email protected]

Friends of David Fleay Conservation Park
🌿SATURDAY, 24th October | 8:30am to 12:00pm
Wild koalas, wallabies and rare plants all call David Fleay Conservation Park home, and Friends of David Fleay Conservation Park need hands to protect them. Help remove invasive species and meet the local conservation community along Tallebudgera Creek. Park at the David Fleay Wildlife Park carpark.
📍 David Fleay Conservation Park
📩 RSVP: Friends of David Fleay Conservation Park

Friends of Burleigh Knoll Conservation Park
🌿SUNDAY, 25th October | 8:00am to 10:00am
Care for this special patch of Queensland alongside Friends of Burleigh Knoll. Bring your gloves, your curiosity and a love for the land, and all are welcome.
📍 Burleigh Knoll Conservation Park
📩 RSVP: Friends of Burleigh Knoll

Your local bushland won’t restore itself. Pick a working bee, grab your gloves and come along.

Even with the rain turning the tap on and off and keeping us on our toes, we managed to get a few things done… some ring...
18/10/2026

Even with the rain turning the tap on and off and keeping us on our toes, we managed to get a few things done… some ring barking around the Chinese Privets and some Easter Cassia understory removed. It’s the little things that end up making big differences!

Keen to join our events? Email springbrookw**[email protected] to get on our email list

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Check out some of the great work our volunteers have been doing lately. Can you spot the volunteer in the first pic? The...
15/10/2026

Check out some of the great work our volunteers have been doing lately. Can you spot the volunteer in the first pic? They are absolutely embedded in the w**ds doing the patient work of sawing each Tobbaco trunk. Swipe right for the after and pretty much all the To***co is gone!

Whilst Wild To***co can provide some shade for natives to grow, in this case we had a thick and fast growing understory of native saplings. It was time to accelerate the succession and let the natives shine. This is a patch that is almost connected now to another patch of regrowth thanks to the past efforts of some dedicated volunteers.

Keen to join in? We meet every third Sunday of the month. This Sun 18th Oct we will be meeting at the Settlement Day Use Area at 9am to work at Carricks Creek (an important yet degraded creek that runs right into Purlingbrook Falls).

Bring:
👩🏽‍🌾 Gloves
💦 Water bottle
🧢 Hat
🦺 Long sleeve shirts and pants
🥾Closed in toe shoes
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To be on our email list so you never miss out on our events, email springbrookw**[email protected]

Last month we learnt about how Springbrook W**d Busters can support the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS...
15/09/2026

Last month we learnt about how Springbrook W**d Busters can support the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS)'s Springbrook Rainforest Restoration project, 'From Grass to Gondwana'. This month, we will be working on a few demonstration plots for the competition to give the teams in the competition an idea of what bush regeneration and restoration techniques might be used in this landscape. We will be working on 3 different plots in different parts of the landscape, each offering different benefits and challenges. As such, we will incorporate a variety of techniques in the plots including planting, creating habitat and structure, and w**ding. If you are keen to be a part of this fun competition, make sure you come along and share your ideas or learn from others in the group.

Please take note of the new meeting spot for this meet up
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🚙 8:55am - Half way up Bilborough Ct in front of the National Park sign on the right hand side (if there is not enough parking here, please park at the top of the street in the cul-de-sac)

🌿 9am-11am - Bush regeneration and planting of seedlings at the ARCS competition site.

What to bring:
👩🏽‍🌾 Gloves
💦 Water bottle
🧢 Hat
🦺 Long sleeve shirts and pants
🥾Closed in toe shoes

For more info, please email: springbrookw**[email protected]

See you in the field!

🏆 Announcing our Outstanding Friend Award recipient for 2026: Emma Hawthorne 🎉At our Annual General Meeting last Saturda...
03/09/2026

🏆 Announcing our Outstanding Friend Award recipient for 2026: Emma Hawthorne 🎉

At our Annual General Meeting last Saturday, we were proud to present Emma Hawthorne from Springbrook W**dbusters with our Outstanding Friend Award. This award is given to only one person per year from the Friends network, to recognise outstanding leadership and dedication.

Emma stepped up as W**d Busters coordinator while completing a Masters of Conservation, keen to put her new skills into action and collaborate with the group's most experienced members.

Since then she's helped lead habitat restoration events across Springbrook National Park, and says her favourite moment is watching a tree she planted grow taller than her, then spotting a bird land on it as a perch. 🦅

Her advice for anyone thinking about volunteering: "Give it a go! Even if you have zero experience, we always need hands that are willing to learn and take action."

When she's not out w**ding, Emma does science communication for BirdLife Australia and swears by a dirty chai on volunteer mornings.

Congratulations Emma, and thank you for everything you do for Springbrook National Park and our community.

Join us in wishing Emma a big CONGRATULATIONS in the comments below 👇

What a beautiful morning we had with our Springbrook W**d Busters: School Edition. Yes we removed bags and bags of w**ds...
16/08/2026

What a beautiful morning we had with our Springbrook W**d Busters: School Edition. Yes we removed bags and bags of w**ds but we also got to chat and connect in the morning winter sun. ☀️

As part of our Monitoring & Maintenance initiative (also known as the M&M crew), we joined with staff, parents, and local community members of Springbrook State School in de-w**ding their native plant garden. We will be engaging and educating the students about w**ds later in the year to get the young ones hooked on caring for nature too!

If you missed this one, join our newsletter to find out all the details of our upcoming events by emailing springbrookw**[email protected]

Wanting some wild time in nature? Then come hang out with the Springbrook W**d Busters this weekend!🌳Bilborough Court Bu...
12/08/2026

Wanting some wild time in nature? Then come hang out with the Springbrook W**d Busters this weekend!

🌳Bilborough Court Bush Regeneration Meet Up with talk from Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS)

📆 Sun Aug 16th
9-11am
Reconnecting regrowth to remnant Springbrook National Park site at the top of Bilborough Court. Also featuring special guests AJ Brown and Dr Clyde Wild from Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS) talking to us about their exciting new project 'From Grass to Gondwana Competition' that Springbrook W**d Busters will be supporting later this year. This is a great opportunity to learn about some of the history of Springbrook, its ecosystems and restoration efforts.

🚙 8:55am - Meet at the cul-de-sac of Bilborough Ct

Then the team will walk in by foot to the regen site

What to bring:

👩🏽‍🌾 Gloves
💦 Water bottle
🧢 Hat
🦺 Long sleeve shirts and pants
🥾Closed in toe shoes

See you in the green behind the gold!

For all enquiries, please reach out to springbrookw**[email protected]

04/08/2026

Calling all bush regenerators! Springbrook World Heritage Rainforest Restoration are looking for teams to compete in their rainforest restoration competition in Springbrook National Park. If you are interested, check out the details below.

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👀 Can you spot our volunteers? Whilst it might look like our volunteers are lost in the towering w**ds, what is really h...
14/07/2026

👀 Can you spot our volunteers? Whilst it might look like our volunteers are lost in the towering w**ds, what is really happening is some clever w**ding. Thanks to those who attended our bush regeneration event at Bilborough Ct last month. It was a great turn out with much To***co and seeds removed, making way for the natural regeneration already occurring on site. Yet as always, there is more to do so we are staying up the mountain this month as well to do a follow up. Keen to get in the green? Check out how you can get involved below:
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Bilborough Court Bush Regeneration Meet Up with talk from Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS)

Sun July 19th

9-11am

W**d Buster and environmental educator, Ben Kober will be leading this session to continue these amazing efforts. We will also have special guests AJ Brown and Dr Clyde Wild from Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCs) talking to us about their exciting new project 'From Grass to Gondwana Competition' that Sprringbrook W**d Busters will be supporting later this year. This is a great opportunity to learn about some of the history of Springbrook, its ecosystems and restoration efforts.

Please take note of the new meeting spot for this meet up at the cul-de-sac of Bilborough Ct

See you there!

💌 To hear about our upcoming events please contact springbrookw**[email protected] to receive our monthly newsletters

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Hello Springbrook W**d Busters!We have our monthly bush regeneration meetup this Sunday 21st June and we are at a NEW LO...
18/06/2026

Hello Springbrook W**d Busters!

We have our monthly bush regeneration meetup this Sunday 21st June and we are at a NEW LOCATION! We are moving up the mountain to higher altitudes for the next few months, so please take note of our new site.

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Bilborough Court Bush Regeneration Meet Up
Sun June 21st
9-11am

We are moving up the mountain to Bilborough Ct to help connect some regrowth to remnant. This is a site that one of our individual members, Ceris Ash has been working on for many years. You will be able to see her inspiring work and what can be achieved by a few hands! If you haven’t yet met Ceris, you are in for a treat! Ceris is an eco-warrior of the mountain with extensive ecological knowledge of Springbrook and a dedicated advocate for protecting nature.

Please take note of the new meeting spot for this meet up
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🚙 8:55am - Meet at the cul-de-sac of Bilborough Ct - see map location https://maps.app.goo.gl/47sF6JJofUSWu2SdA?g_st=ic
Then the team will walk in by foot to the regen site

🌿 9am-11am - Bush regen at the Bilborough Court site to tackle predominantly To***cos to assist the naturally occurring regen at the site.

What to bring:
👩🏽‍🌾 Gloves
💦 Water bottle
🧢 Hat
🦺 Long sleeve shirts and pants
🥾Closed in toe shoes

If you have any queries on the day or if there is wet weather and you want to check whether the event is still going ahead, please email springbrookw**[email protected]

Cheers!

Cheers!

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Carricks Road, Springbrook
Gold Coast, QLD
4213

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