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Dickson Park has had extensive regeneration work over many years and leads into a small creek that flows to the North-West end of Tamborine Mountain.
The Park is located between the east end of Freemont Drive and the Northern end of Sierra Drive. Parking is best for access at either the South-East corner of the Park on Eastern end of Freemont Drive or at the end of Sierra Drive. There is also a open grass area walk through an easement across Sierra Drive towards Sequoia Drive.
The following is an exerpt from an article written by John Aagaard in 2000 for the Tamborine Mountain Natural History Association (TMNHA) magazine:
“The land (i.e. the environmental reserve) – most of it covered by kikuyu grass and weeds, with a few eucalypts and Blackwoods (Acacia melanoxylon) – lay idle for some years. In 1983 the Tamborine Mountain Field Naturalists’ Club (TMFNC) approached the Council with a proposal that the Club plant up this area with rainforest trees. This was agreed to by Council.”
The TM Natural Histpory Assoc. took over in the late 1990s and then Tamborine Mountain Landcare a few years later. For a more detail history see the History of John Dickson Conservation Park. In August 2001 the reserve was officially named the John Dickson Conservation Park in recognition of the foresight and hard work of John Dickson and his industrious group of Field Nats.
Celastrus australis (Staff Vine): Identified by Julie, "Though my d=specimen is definitely not toothed. Alas, I lost my little spike of dead flowers - most of it had fallen to bits anyway but from memory it's NOT Rhodosphaera I don't think - just checked book and they are more clustered than in a raceme. And certainly not Elaeocarpus Mike because those are all "fringed lampshade" type. I'd be looking in the Rutaceae I think, if you kept your spray. Like the Flindersias. Where the flower stalks are held clear of the foliage."
and Mike: "We should have got Staff Vine but for the total lack of any teeth on the edge of the leaf. Yes Elaeocarpus flowers are little ‘fringed lampshades’ as in Blueberry Ash but I didn’t pick up any of the flowers so aren’t sure what we are uncertain about."
More details to be added after work being done on photo species naming.
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Dickson Park Nature Walk
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Dickson Park Nature Walk - Scentless Rosewood in flower
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Scentless Rosewood (Synoum glandulosum) in flower
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Scentless Rosewood in flower
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Scentless Rosewood (Synoum glandulosum) in flower
Dickson Park Nature Walk - South Entrance Sign
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - South Entrance Sign
Dickson Park Nature Walk
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Dickson Park Nature Walk - hoop Pine 1985
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Labelled Hoop Pine planted in 1985
Dickson Park Nature Walk - John Dickson Plaque
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Plaque commemorating John Dickson and the TMFNC
Dickson Park Nature Walk
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Dickson Park Nature Walk - John Aagaard walking track
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - The John Aagaard walking track
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Corky Acronychia
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Corky Acronychia (Acronychia suberosa) – 2 trees
Dickson Park Nature Walk
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Dickson Park Nature Walk
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Dickson Park Nature Walk - Fruit of White Beech
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Fruit of White Beech (Gmelina leichhardtii)
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Seedlings of White Beech
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Seedlings of White Beech
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Morning Tea
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Morning tea at the picnic table
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Deep Yellow-wood
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Deep Yellow-wood (Rhodosphaera rhodanthema) with Monkey Rope Vine (Parsonsia straminea) in left foreground
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Deep Yellow-wood showing fruit
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Deep Yellow-wood showing fruit
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Wheel of Fire in flower
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Wheel of Fire in flower
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Wheel of Fire in flower
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Wheel of Fire in flower
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Tree Lomatia in flower
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Tree Lomatia in flower
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Fruit of Cheese Tree
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Fruit of Cheese Tree (Glochidion ferdinandi)
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Cheese Tree showing fruit
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Dickson Park Nature Walk
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Dickson Park Nature Walk - Large-leaved Staff Vine
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Description: Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Large-leaved Staff Vine (Celastrus subspicata)
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Large-leaved Staff Vine
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Dickson Park Nature Walk - Small-leaved Tamarind
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Description: Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Small-leaved Tamarind (Diploglottis campbellii)
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Headache Vine
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Description: Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Headache Vine (Clematis glycinoides)
Dickson Park Nature Walk
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Dickson Park Nature Walk - Black Bean seedlings
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Description: Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Black Bean (Castanospermum australe) seedlings
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Black Bean seedlings
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Description: Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Black Bean (Castanospermum australe) seedlings
Dickson Park Nature Walk - View SE across the glade
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Description: Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - View SE across the glade
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Staghorn fern
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Staghorn fern
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Flooded Gums
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Description: Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Flooded Gums (Eucalyptus grandis)
Dickson Park Nature Walk
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Dickson Park Nature Walk - The track at the Sierra Dr end
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - The track at the Sierra Dr. end.
Dickson Park Nature Walk - Pink Laceflower
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Description: Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - Pink Laceflower (Archidendron grandiflorum)
Dickson Park Nature Walk - View across glade
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Dickson Park Nature Walk on 2014-04-25 - View across glade near North entrance off end of Sierra Drive
Celastrus australis - Large-leaved Staff Vine fruit
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Celastrus australis - Large-leaved Staff Vine fruit
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Dickson Park has had extensive regeneration work over many years and leads into a small creek that flows to the North-West end of Tamborine Mountain.
The Park is located between the east end of Freemont Drive and the Northern end of Sierra Drive. Parking is best for access at either the South-East corner of the Park on Eastern end of Freemont Drive or at the end of Sierra Drive. There is also a open grass area walk through an easement across Sierra Drive towards Sequoia Drive.
The TM Natural Histpory Assoc. took over in the late 1990s and then Tamborine Mountain Landcare a few years later. For a more detail history see the article at the TMNHA Website. In August 2001 the reserve was officially named the John Dickson Conservation Park in recognition of the foresight and hard work of John Dickson and his industrious group of Field Nats.
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Book - Mistletoes of Subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria
Copies of the excellent & definitive “ The Mistletoes of Subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria” by local authors John Moss & Ross Kendall now on sale at $27.50 from Mike Russell (5545 3601).
Book - Flora and Fauna of Tamborine Mountain
TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN FLORA & FAUNA by Russell, Leiper, White, Francis, Hauser, McDonald & Sims is now on sale at local outlets for $15.
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