February Group Weed - Tickle Park (behind skate park), Coolum at 8:30am on Thursday 2 Feb - followed by sausage sizzle. All members and friends welcome!

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Association News

King tides and coastal ecology …

31 January 2012 Association News

What is a king tide and why do they occur? What impact do they have on our beaches? What is our development of a built environment doing to our coastal dunes? For answers to these questions, and more information about how coastal processes work to preserve and replenish the coastal zone, check out the information [...]

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Help wanted … to monitor and preserve the endangered water mouse …

16 January 2012 Association News

Throughout 2012, Queensland Parks and Wildlife will be working on the protection of the water mouse population found along the Maroochy River. This will involve activities to locate active water mouse nests, monitoring these populations, and protecting their habitat, in target areas along the tidal areas of the river. To do this, they will be [...]

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Coolum District Coast Care 2012 calendar – only a few left …

7 January 2012 Association News

There are only a few calendars remaining. If you are a member and you haven’t collected your free copy, or if you have realised that one simply isn’t enough, get in touch with Stephanie (info@coolumcoastcare.org.au or 0412 904 216) as soon as possible. Don’t miss out! Earlier this year, we held the Clean Waves and [...]

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Summer weeding hours …

19 October 2011 Association News

Most of our weeding groups start and finish earlier during the summer – to take advantage of the cooler mornings. Yinneburra weeding group Now that it is really warming up, we will start at 7:30am on Thursdays. Stumers Dunes Bush Regeneration From 20 October, we will be working our ‘summer hours’ – starting at 7:30am [...]

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Myrtle Rust fungus – important information

22 February 2011 Association News

Myrtle Rust is a serious fungal disease that affects plants in the Myrtaceae family, including plants such as bottle brush, eucalyptus, and tea trees. It infects new growth, and can kill the host plant. Myrtle Rust has been found in a number of locations in South East Queensland – nurseries, public parkland, revegetation sites, and [...]

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Coolum area coral reefs

30 September 2010 Association News

Ever wondered what the Coolum area coral reefs look like? To learn about recent research on the coral reefs of the Sunshine Coast and see some stunning photography visit the NICA website. The page contains some articles and short films about the state of our local reefs. The are excellent educational material, and well worth [...]

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