SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2024 | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Mount Morgan School of Arts, 33 Morgan St, Mount Morgan QLD 4714

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.

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 the Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium on hannah.e@hlw.org.au or 0447 189 765.

The event is being delivered in collaboration with Rockhampton Regional Council and supported by the Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium, through funding from the Australian Government’s Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program.