CLEAN-UP for the Hatchlings 2026 is an annual conservation event, held across Sunshine Coast beaches to remove marine debris and thus ensure a safe journey for turtle hatchlings to the ocean. The event this year was held on Sunday, January…
Vanessa Hall Editor A COMMUNITY environmental volunteer was saddened to see that a picnic table was deliberately vandalised when arriving to weed along the watercourse which runs off Stumers Creek road recently. The picnic table, which provides shaded respite for…
THE INSURANCE Council of Australia (ICA) has released figures from 2025 with extreme weather events tallying up to almost $3.5 billion in insured losses from 264,000 claims – the late November storms in our region accounted for a staggering $1.4…
VANESSA HALL EDITOR IT WAS swift and intense, and at around 3.30 pm on Monday, November 24, a destructive storm system lashed the local region with widespread damage along the Sunshine Coast, with parts of Coolum, Mt Coolum and Peregian…
AT THE Thursday, October 16 Ordinary Meeting, Sunshine Coast Council adopted the Sunshine Coast Shorebird Conservation Plan 2025–30, which outlines a strategic roadmap to protect the region’s declining shorebird populations. Council has described the plan as a balanced approach which…
IN RESPONSE to the recent marine life entanglements in shark netting off the coast in South East Queensland, a group of several hundred concerned people gathered in Noosa Heads on Saturday, October 4, to voice their frustration and to call…
VANESSA HALL Editor A SWIFT call to action was organised on Saturday, September 20, in response to recent whale entanglements in shark netting off the coast at Noosa and Marcoola, with the concerned community members asking the State Government…
This diagram shows the net components (floats, shackles and acoustic alarms) and net dimensions. Image: Qld Gov Department of Primary Industries Vanessa Hall Editor THE CRISAFULLI Queensland State Government has expanded the Queensland Shark Control Program (QSCP) with more nets…
Fauna inside one of the recently audited nest boxes. The work being conducted by Coolum and North Shore Coast Care has been providing data on local fauna for 25 years. Community Update COOLUM AND NORTH SHORE COAST CARE Landcare Australia…