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Reconnect with Nature this Festive Season
As this festive season approaches why not take a break from the hustle and bustle of daily life and immerse yourself in nature. With sprawling landscapes, diverse flora and fauna, flowing creeks and some tranquil trails, make it a point to explore the hidden gems around Logan City.
Explore and discover the different canoe and kayak trails through the city, discover new parks in your local area or become a citizen scientist in your own backyard and log your sightings on the iNaturalist app.
Looking for free environmental activities across the city? Check out our Environmental Events Program. To find out what’s on and register for an activity, visit our environmental events calendar. If you want to be the first to know when you can register for events, visit Eventbrite and click Follow to receive notifications.
Stay safe this festive season, keep hydrated, keep sun safe and stay natural disaster ready.
FEATURED NEWS
2024 World Environment Day Calendar - Available now
Copies of the 2024 World Environment Day calendars are now available for free at our Libraries and Customer Service Centres.
See the creative and impactful artwork from primary aged students across the City of Logan. In line with this years theme 'Connection to Country - This Land is Me’
Help I'm Stuck
Did you know koalas have drowned in backyard swimming pools when they are looking for water to drink? Although koalas can swim, if there are no assisted ways for koalas to climb out, they will eventually drown. Leaving a rope, escape ramp or flotation device could save a koala's life if they fall in.
For ideas on how to help koalas move safely through your backyard download our Koala friendly backyard diagram (PDF 29 MB)
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Park After Dark: Spotlighting - 2 December
Many of Australia’s native species are nocturnal and can be best discovered after dark!
Come along as we journey through Logan's natural environment to see what night-time creatures we can spy under torchlight - you never know what we might see in a different light! Learn tips and tricks from guides on how to spot different species and safely observe them.
Registrations required for all attendees - spaces are limited!
Toad Busting - 8 December
Join us for a cane toad busting activity with the family and help hunt for one of Australia’s most unwanted pests!
As we explore the site, you will learn all how to identify cane toads, how to collect them by hand and then how to remove them from the environment. You may even spot some of the nocturnal native wildlife we are preserving the environment for!
Registrations required for all attendees - spaces are limited!
Creek Explorers: Discovering Healthy Waterways - 10 December
Our waterways are home to some unique and wonderful creatures that not only rely on us for survival but rely on each other. Come along with the family and start at the bottom of the food chain then work your way up to learn how everything links together!
Registrations required for all attendees - spaces are limited!
Leap into Frogs: Habitat Workshop - 12 December
Join us for this hands-on workshop to learn all about our native frogs and what you can do to help them in your garden!
This workshop, that both kids and adults will thoroughly enjoy, includes an introductory presentation that will help you to identify your hopping friends and learn all about their specific needs. You’ll also be guided through how to make a frog hotel that will then be placed in the local park so that everyone can come back and check for froggy friends.
Registrations required for all attendees - spaces are limited!
Community Gardens in Logan
Want to get your hands dirty? Join a local community garden and help us plant a greener Logan, one garden bed at a time! 🍓🌼🥕 Community gardens are a great way to learn about gardening and connect with like-minded people. We have 10 incredible community gardens right here in Logan.
🌻 Beenleigh Community Garden
🌻 Crestmead Community Garden
🌻 Eagleby Community Garden
🌻 Elm Park Community Garden
🌻 Hyperdome Community Garden
🌻 Jimboomba Community Garden
🌻 Jimbelungare Community Garden
🌻 Kingston East Neighbourhood Centre Community Garden
🌻 The Little Vege Patch at Springwood
🌻 Yarrabilba Community Garden - This garden is accessible for wheelchairs and walkers.
To find your local garden or for more information about how to get involved visit: Community gardens – Logan City Council.
GROW ME INSTEAD
Help protect local native ecosystems by removing weeds from your backyard and replacing them with native plants. To learn more about weeds check out Weeds of Logan.
REMOVE WEEDS
Madeira vine
Anredera cordifolia
GROW NATIVES
Common waxflower
Hoya australis
#LoganWildlife
Celebrate Logan's diverse native wildlife and contribute to research by submitting your wildlife sightings. Each month we'll feature a photo.
Koala
Phascolarctos cinereus
Conservation Status Endangered
Suburb Loganlea
Fun Fact! Koalas have 4 thumbs! Their front paws have 2 thumbs each to help koalas climb up smooth barked tree
Photo and wildlife submission by Charmaine Jennings.
ONE SMALL CHANGE, ONE BIG IMPACT
Get the kids out in nature these school holidays to learn about our natural environment through the Agents of Discovery.
Play, explore and connect with nature using the free educational mobile gaming app, Agents of Discovery. This place-based app uses smartphone technology and augmented reality to encourage children to get active, engaged and learning about the world around them.
Join Agent Buneen, the Echidna, as he leads you on an adventure mission to discover Logan’s natural environment and solve challenges along the way.
New missions set to launch at Darlington Parklands and Cornubia Forest Park on 11 December!
Grab your water bottle and sunscreen and get ready to learn all about our local habitats, and the plants and animals that call the City of Logan home.
LEARNING THE YUGAMBEH LANGUAGE
The Yugambeh language is one of the local languages used within the City of Logan. Each month we will share a new word that you can learn. For a full list of words download the Yugambeh dictionary.
Summer = Nungalgiri
DECEMBER ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR
8 December: Toad Busting - Eagleby Wetlands
10 December: Creek Explorers: Discovering Healthy Waterways - Jimboomba
11 December: New Agents of Discovery Missions - Yarrabilba & Cornubia
12 December: Leap into Frogs: Habitat Workshop - Park Ridge
Every Tuesday: Garden Club – Logan Central
Every Wednesday: Plogging and more! – Beenleigh
Every Friday: Bush Play Playgroup – Loganholme
KERBSIDE CLEANUP
4 December 2023 to 18 December
Hillcrest, Boronia Heights, Forestdale
Logan City Council
Health, Climate and Conservation
environment@logan.qld.gov.au
Ph: 07 3412 4491
Logan City Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways across the City of Logan. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.