Minnippi Parklands Bird Walk

🌈 Queer Bird Walk - 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨

Join us for our first (official) social bird walk, hosted by Magandjin (BNE) Queer Birders! This event is a gentle and inclusive morning in nature, open to LGBTQIA+ folks and allies of all experience levels. Whether you’re a seasoned twitcher or just curious to learn more about the birds in your local area, we’d love for you to join us.

📍 Where: Lagoon viewing platform of Minnippi Parklands, at 157 Stanton Rd West, Tingalpa QLD 4173. Parking available at Porter's Paddock Park.

Please note by default Google Maps will navigate you to the southern end of the park - whis is a little far from where we are meeting! To reach the car park at Porter's Paddock Park, drive to the end of Stanton Rd West, Tingalpa QLD 4173. You will pass the Model Aero Club.

🗓️ When: Saturday 19, July 2025

⏰ Time: 7:30AM - 11:30AM (approx.)

🚶‍♀️ Distance: This is a 4KM return low-impact walk suitable for beginners.

Accessibility: Porter's Paddock Park has wheelchair-accessible toilets. There is shade, benches, water taps and bubblers. Please reach out if you have any specific access needs or concerns.

About the Walk

Situated within the Bulimba Creek catchment, Minnippi Parklands is a mosaic of wetland, woodland and riparian habitats - home to a variety of water birds, woodland birds and seasonal visitors. This month eBird users have logged up to 57 species.

We’ll meet at the lagoon viewing platform on the north end of the parkland. After checking out the water birds, we will take the paved lagoon circuit. Reconvening at our meeting point, anyone who’d like to keep birding is welcome to join us for an optional second walk further north, where we’ll try to cross off additional species.

At the end of the morning, we’ll finalise our group checklist so everyone can record what we saw and heard together!

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• Water bottle and snacks for morning tea

• Hat and sunscreen

• BYO binoculars or camera with a telephoto lens - if you don’t have either, we’ll do our best to share sightings with you

• Comfy walking shoes

• Your field guide of choice, or bird ID app

• Please note this is a pet-free event!

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We'll be logging our sightings via the eBird app.

Beginner birders are encouraged to check out eBird as well as the Merlin Bird ID app.

Why Join?

Birdwatching is a beautiful way to slow down, connect with nature, and build community. As we appreciate the local avifauna, we also reflect on the histories of this land and our shared responsibilities in protecting it.

🌈 This event is for the LGBTQIA+ community and our allies. 🌈

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As this walk takes place on the stolen, unceded lands of the Yuggera and Turrbal peoples, we invite all birders to walk with mindfulness and respect.

Though ecological discourse in so-called Australia has been shaped by Western science and colonial legacies, First Nations peoples are the first ecologists and ornithologists, holding deep, reciprocal relationships with birds and Country since time immemorial.

Magandjin Queer Birders pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their enduring connection to land, skies, and waters.

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To RSVP:

This event is FREE. RSVPing helps us get an idea of how many birders to wait up for!

We can’t wait to bird with you! 🌈