Tonight we went along again to the Toowong Rotary members meeting. We got to hear about Len Hepburn’s personal profile and his involvement in Rotary which was very interesting and I even won the raffle!

I had a wonderful meeting on Saturday with the Climate and Energy Club at UQ about Greenbrand.org. Keerthi, Mateo, Dinalka and Jagdeesh were all curious, asked me heaps of questions and full of suggestions and feedback. And I learned about the activities the club organises, from problem solving Hackathons to Mentoring. I feel the future is in good hands.

Today was bush care and we planted various plants around kings and surrounding areas

Today we had bushcare, we planted various plants near Kings boatshed.

rCBI had the pleasure of being invited to celebrate NAIDOC Week with the Centre Education Programme (Youth+ Kingston). 🖤💛❤️ On Friday, the 1st of August, one of our rCBI members, Niki, joined the Rotary Club of Brisbane International to engage with the incredible students and teachers at ‘The Centre Education’ (Youth+ Kingston)!✨ It was a heartwarming afternoon of connection, culture, and community. From meaningful conversations to shared activities, it was a privilege to be part of the celebrations and support such an important event.🫶 We’re grateful to the Youth+ team and the Rotary Club of Brisbane International for the warm welcome and the chance to be involved in such a wonderful afternoon!!

Once a month at the Rotary and Rotaract Club of Brisbane International - we feed up to 100 people with a home cooked meal and have conversations with the less fortunate on the last Wednesday of every month at the above location. This was completed on 30 July 2025.

Eight local species experts and nine Jabalbina rangers joined QTFN for a two-day biodiversity survey of Lot 83 on Eastern Kuku Yalanji Country on May 1-2, 2025. Through on-ground surveys, acoustic recorders, and camera traps, we recorded at least 529 new species records for the property. A highlight was 14 tree kangaroos found through thermal drone surveys, including two mums with young at foot. There were many geographically-restricted, undescribed, and already one new invertebrate species found.

At the District 9620 Interact Conference on Sunday 20 July 2025, we talked to inspired Interact members about the world of Rotaract and the different Rotaract club's we have in District 9620. We connected with them for a couple of hours and had a blast. We were proud to represent the Rotaract Club of Brisbane International at this district event in connecting with students, teachers and district leaders.

I came back after a month to see the result of cutting the invasive vine next to the pedestrian bridge. I’m happy. Trees saved!!! The video below shows it best.

Volunteering as a business mentor might not plant trees, but it definitely stops people printing 47 versions of a terrible business plan. So while I settle into my new role as Associate Director of Student Wellbeing here at King's and get so much wonderful mentorship from everyone around me to find my feet, I support new entrepreneurs on the other side of the globe get it right the first time and save forests from death-by-spreadsheet ;) I've mentored Celine since the beginning of the year to start her own business supporting uni students write Bachelor and Master's theses effortlessly. We meet once a month for an hour but I swear the happiness we both gain from it lasts a lot longer :)

Today from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, I took part in a weeding session around the basketball courts. We focused on a fence that had become completely overgrown with vines and weeds. Over the course of the morning, we worked to carefully remove all the vegetation covering the fence, helping to clean up and improve space.