Connection Through Conservation
Join local communities restoring and protecting our national parks
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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
National Volunteer Week: Gold Coast Conservation Volunteers Recognised
As part of National Volunteer Week, Queensland Minister for the Environment, Science, Tourism and Innovation, Andrew Powell joined Member for Burleigh Hermann Vorster at Tallebudgera Creek Conservation Park to celebrate the incredible contribution of local conservation volunteers working to protect the Gold Coast’s natural environment. The visit highlighted the important work being carried out by…
Endangered Species Day: Volunteers Help Protect a Critically Endangered Native Guava
Today is Endangered Species Day, a reminder of both the challenges and the hope surrounding conservation of our environment in Queensland. Our state is home to more than 1,000 threatened species, many facing pressures from habitat loss, invasive species, disease, and climate change. Across Queensland, Friends of Parks volunteers dedicate countless hours each week to…
Discovering Wildlife at Dularcha National Park
May 2026 marks the launch of the Dularcha Discovery Project, an exciting new community conservation initiative bringing volunteers together to uncover the hidden wildlife of one of the Sunshine Coast’s most overlooked natural areas.
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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