Environmental Park

Environmental Park Precinct

This area of the University of Queensland's Gatton Campus is being developed to:

  • Provide a natural outdoor teaching and research space;
  • Improve the amenity and aesthetics of the Gatton Campus;
  • Provide a feature that will help attract future students to the Campus;
  • Provide a facility that promotes the reputation and integration of the University into the community;
  • Provide a cultural link between teaching and learning and the local ecology; and
  • Provide habitat for a range of native animals.

The project to develop the Environmental Park has included the establishment of two bird hides, walking tracks, boardwalks and importantly planting of a range of species to form a number of plant communities
That will provide different habitats for fauna endemic to the region.

Greening Lockyer a partnership of Powerlink and the Councils of Gatton, Esk and Laidley were the major
sponsors of Stage II of the Environmental Park.

Environmental Park

Bird Hide

This bird hide was originally one of two Angora goat boxes (the other is at Lake Galletly). These were constructed for a research project and were no longer required. To preserve these buildings they were relocated and renovated on campus to provide...

Bird Species

Lake Lenor

Lake Galletly

This lake was created in 1980 specifically as a habitat and haven for waterbirds. It is named after Jim Galletly, a former student in the 1940...

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