Connection Through Conservation
Join local communities restoring and protecting our national parks
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Find and join a Friends of Park group near you
Protecting wildlife
Championing and supporting conservation projects across southern Queensland
Our Mission
We bring communities together to protect and restore Queensland’s national parks.
Through hands-on conservation, research, and education, we support the people and places that sustain these landscapes.
Protect Parks
Protecting Queensland’s national parks and wildlife through habitat restoration, education, and threatened species programs.
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Grow Community
Supporting diverse local Friends of Parks community groups as stewards of the natural environment.
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Stronger together
Creating volunteering opportunities, collaborations, and partnerships to protect and enhance our biocultural heritage.
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Our 2025 Collective Impact
Our Events
Friends of Parks events and activities are diverse – ranging from broad scale habitat restoration, to fine-scale threatened species research surveys. Events are predominantly in-person, encouraging connection to place and to provide an opportunity for the community to give back to the environment. Click an event type below to find upcoming events.
Habitat Restoration
Citizen Science
Workshops & Training
News
Welcome to the new Friends of Parks Queensland Website
We’ve created a better way for people to connect with parks, volunteering, and conservation. Over the past few months, we’ve been working behind the scenes to create a website that better supports the incredible community of volunteers, Friends groups, park supporters, and conservation advocates helping care for Queensland’s protected areas. Our new website has been…
Friends of Burleigh Knoll Conservation Park Make Their Return
There’s something special about seeing a community come together for the place they love — and that’s exactly what happened on Sunday the 22nd of February as we celebrated the official reboot of Friends of Burleigh Knoll Conservation Park. Around 30 enthusiastic community members gathered under the leadership of Chris Smith, marking an exciting new…
Innovative Traps Save Queensland’s Iconic Potoroos
Long-nosed potoroos might be small, but they play a big role in keeping our forests healthy. As they dig for underground fungi, they turn over soil and spread spores that help plants grow – making them true ecosystem engineers. But these mighty mini macropods are under serious pressure, and many South East Queensland populations have…
Make an Impact
You don’t need to attend an event to make an impact – though that certainly helps! Our work is made possible thanks to generous financial contributions and project partners or sponsors.
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