Who is ECOllaboration?

We are a registered environmental charity based in Yandina, with a focus on conservation, education, training and community engagement.Our purpose is to bring people and nature together through learning, collaboration and action.We specialise in ecological restoration, bush regeneration and land management services which help restore native flora and fauna populations and maintain healthy waterways. We also offer a range of environmental education services to schools and provide traineeships to help disadvantaged local jobseekers enter the conservation workforce.All profits made from providing our for-fee services are put back into the community through our impact projects such as this event, our platypus and frog surveys, our River Patrol volunteer team which collects rubbish from the Maroochy River, planting days and our 30+ year old water monitoring program.

Is this event child friendly?

Maybe leave the kids at home for this one, as the content of the event is primarily designed to help adults deal with day to day mental health stressors. Thanks for understanding!

Is this event wheelchair accessible?

Please contact us if you require wheelchair accessibility, as some, but not all areas of Buderim Forest Park that are used during the event will be accessible.

Branching Out 2026

Name: Branching Out 2026
Start: 2026-05-31T07:30:00+1000
End: 2026-05-31T12:00:00+1000
Location: Buderim Forest Park (Upper Carpark - Quorn Close)

Sun, 31 May, 7:30am - 12pm AEST

Buderim Forest Park (Upper Carpark - Quorn Close)

Buderim QLD, Australia

ECOllaboration LTD

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More rustle, less bustle!

Event description

Learn how to relax amongst the trees with this unique forest-based health & wellness workshop

We’ve all done the weekend nature speed run to try to loosen up and shake off the stress of the week, only to find ourselves feeling exactly the same.

But what if you could learn how to properly engage with the environment on your weekend walk and head home with that real sense of inner peace you were searching for?

If this sounds like the you you want to be, join us for a very special morning at Buderim Falls to learn nature-based skills for building mental health resilience and developing coping strategies that you can adopt into your daily life to combat stress and anxiety.

These are proven techniques for improving health and wellbeing, delivered by locals who are experienced and passionate about their work with the community, including a clinical counsellor with a special interest in creative media therapies, and a certified nature and forest therapy guide.

What is involved?

Immersed in the forest, we will be walking, journalling, painting, drawing, snacking and learning!

The morning will include workshops on:

grounding and meditation techniques
relational nature and forest therapy practices
arts based mindfulness including nature illustration and painting

Not a great artist? Perfect, that makes two of us - welcome to the judgement free zone. We are creating healthy minds, not masterpieces!

Not up for a hike? Don't worry - it's about the experience, not the distance. There will only be a short, sheltered walk of around 1km or so. Heads up, there are some rock paths/stairs and a small creek crossing, so you will need to be a bit surefooted.

We will finish up with an amazing tasty tucker picnic for lunch whilst our friends from other environmental not-for-profits showcase fun ways you can connect with nature and help save the planet in the process.

You even get a goodie bag to take home that includes your own nature journalling kit and colouring book set, a native plant plus some yummy treats and resources to help you continue your wellness journey.

When: Sunday 31st May 2026, 7.30 am-12.00 pm

Where: Buderim Forest Park, Quorn Close, Buderim Qld 4556

We will meet at the Quorn Close entrance at the top of Buderim Forest Park at 7.15 am for check-in.

To Bring: Water bottle, hat, smart phone, comfortable clothes for sitting/lying down, enclosed walking shoes that you don't mind getting wet or a little muddy (we may be walking near/through shallow parts of the creek at times)

Cost: $25.00 per ticket - includes picnic lunch and goodie bag

For more information, please contact emma@ecollaboration.org.au or phone (07) 5476 4777

A special thank you to our supporters- the BUPA Foundation and Atlas Periodontics & Implant Dentistry, for making this event possible.

FAQs

Who is ECOllaboration?

We are a registered environmental charity based in Yandina, with a focus on conservation, education, training and community engagement.
Our purpose is to bring people and nature together through learning, collaboration and action.
We specialise in ecological restoration, bush regeneration and land management services which help restore native flora and fauna populations and maintain healthy waterways. We also offer a range of environmental education services to schools and provide traineeships to help disadvantaged local jobseekers enter the conservation workforce.
All profits made from providing our for-fee services are put back into the community through our impact projects such as this event, our platypus and frog surveys, our River Patrol volunteer team which collects rubbish from the Maroochy River, planting days and our 30+ year old water monitoring program.
Is this event child friendly?

Maybe leave the kids at home for this one, as the content of the event is primarily designed to help adults deal with day to day mental health stressors. Thanks for understanding!
Is this event wheelchair accessible?

Please contact us if you require wheelchair accessibility, as some, but not all areas of Buderim Forest Park that are used during the event will be accessible.