Events
Here are our upcoming and past events. Please RSVP (so we know many people are coming) by emailing us through our Contact Form.
Toadbust Event
Date: Friday 16th January 2026
Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Location: Pooh Corner Reserve – 100 Wolston Road, Wacol
FREE Community Event
Bring: Gumboots or enclosed shoes, headlamp or torch, rubber or garden gloves, pick up stick (optional)
- Guidance and support from experts
- Meet like-minded locals
Join the Fight Against Cane Toads!
Learn how to safely spot, catch, and humanely remove cane toads from our bushland, and find out how you can make a difference in the fight against this
invasive species.
Hosted by Wolston and Centenary Catchments Inc. in partnership with Watergum – for more information, visit the Watergum website to see tips, guides, and images of past events.
Past Events
Spring Community Planting
Date: Sunday 26th October 2025
Time: 8.00am – 11.00am
Location: Sanananda Street Park, Centenary Village, Darra.
- Free Planting Event
- Free coffee
- Tools and gloves provided but please bring your own gardening gloves if you have them.
- Please wear enclosed shoes, long pants, long sleeves and hat
- Bring your own drinking water
- An adult family member or friend must accompany all children
Seedlings for Change – Community Planting Day
Date: Sunday 29th June 2025
Time: 9.00am – 12.00pm
Location: 137-157 Wolston Rd, Wacol.
- Free Planting Event
- Free sausage sizzle
- Free coffee
- Free Wildlife Show
- eDNA Project Launch
- Tools and gloves provided but please bring your own gardening gloves if you have them.
- Please wear enclosed shoes, long pants, long sleeves and hat
- Bring your own drinking water
- An adult family member or friend must accompany all children
WaCC Meeting – Simplified Catchment Action Plans
Date: Thursday 19th June 2025
Time: 5.00pm for 5.30pm start
Location: Pooh Corner Environment Centre (PCEC) 100 Wolston Rd, Wacol.
- Be part of developing a Simplified Catchment Action Plan (CAP) — a practical, high-level guide to align the efforts of BCC, WaCC, and other Groups across our local catchments.
- Our Guest Speaker, Natalie Costanzo, A/Senior Coordinator, Community Conservation Partnerships, BCC
- This living document will be reviewed every 3–5 years, helping to:
✅ Set shared goals
✅ Identify gaps
✅ Support effective on-ground action - Supper provided
World Environment Day Celebration
Date: Sunday 1st June 2025
Time: 8.00am – 12.30pm
Location: Pooh Corner Environment Centre, 100 Wolston Rd Wacol.
- Hosted by WaCC and funded by Cr Sarah Hutton, Jamboree Ward.
- Free BBQ and coffee van
- Children’s activities
- Photo competition
- Australian native animal show
- An adult family member or friend must accompany all children.
Planting for Platypus – Reviving our Riverbanks Together
Date: Sunday 25th May 2025
Time: 8:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Spine St Park, 15 Wolston St, Sumner, 4074.
WaCC is partnering with BCC to organise a fun morning with a range of stalls and events. This event is funded by the Federal Government Urban Rivers Grant.
- Join us for our Planting for Platypus event – reviving our riverbanks together
- Get a free coffee, free ice cream and free sausage sizzle
- Free wildlife show with a koala
- Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony by the Yugara Dancers
- Help us plant 2000 native plant seedlings in the pre-dug holes
- Tools and gloves are provided, feel free to bring your own if you have them
- Please wear enclosed shoes, long pants, long sleeves and hat
- Bring your own drinking water.
- An adult family member or friend must accompany all children.
Fauna Monitoring Workshop – Find our Local Bushland Critters
Date: Sunday 18th May 2025
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: Pooh Corner Environment Centre, 100 Wolston Rd, Wacol.
WaCC is partnering with Dr Tamielle Brunt to teach locals how to locate suitable sites for placing monitoring equipment.
- Join us for a free event an learn the value of monitoring fauna.
- Attendees need to have a level of fitness that will allow them to walk unaided through tall grass in the local bushland; this will involve departing from the walking tracks.
- This event is not suitable for young children.
RSVP to president@wacc.org,au
Pooh Corner Environment Centre 10th Anniversary and Let’s Talk Platypus
Date: Thursday 15th May 2025
Time: 5:00pm arrival for a 5:30pm start
Location: Pooh Corner Environment Centre, 100 Wolston Rd, Wacol.
Agenda
- 5:00pm to 5:30pm – mingle with snacks
- 5:45pm – PCEC Anniversary Celebration, cake cutting and short presentation on PCEC.
- 6:30pm to 7:30pm – An information session about boosting habitat for our precious platypus (Burrandul) along Bullockhead Creek with the Urban Rivers Grant – BCC.
- 7:30pm to 8:30pm – WaCC member’s meeting (optional).
RSVP info@wacc.org,au or president@wacc.org,au
Presentation: “The Invasive Species Front Line”
Who: Guest Speaker, Reece Pianta
Date: Thursday 20th February 2025
Time: 5:30pm
Location: 100 Wolston Rd, Wacol.
- Invasive species as a cause of biodiversity and habitat loss are a primary driver of extinction.
- Reece Pianta is Advocacy Manager at the Invasive Species Council.
- Reece holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Central Qld University and is an experienced public policy campaigner in both government and non-government roles.
