Tin Can Bay Coastcare

Winter Edition 2001
Cooloola Coastcare
c/o PO Box 155, Gympie 4570

Published with the assistance of Coastcare - a cooperative Commonwealth/State/Local Government program supporting communities caring for our coast.

Cooloola Environmental Awards

Andrew Collins, Donna Richardson, Maree Piror, Jan Olley,
Ann Aitchison and Lee Bubb with the Environmental Award for Community Group which was awarded to Tin Can Bay Coastcare and Greenbiz.

Jan Olley Left talking to students

Coastcare had a display at the Children's Environmental Expo which was held at the Gympie Civic Centre on the 15th of June. Coastcare's display illustrated the impact of pollution on our coasts.

The May Coastcare general meeting held at the Tin Can Bay Hall identified a number of new project ideas as well as changes in current Coastcare operations. It was decided that Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach groups would join to form an incorporated Cooloola Coastcare group. Being incorporated will allow us to access greater funding opportunities, sponsor training programmes and assist other groups with funding applications.

The united group would continue with current weed removal, plant propagation and revegetation projects, as well as the training of volunteers in the monitoring of seagrass, water quality and wader bird counting. It was also identified that foreshore management plans for the region should be assessed and updated.

The Greenbiz work for the dole team has been busy weeding and revegetating various sites in the Cooloola area. An application has been made to continue the successful work of this group for another 6 months.

Autumn was a busy season for our group. The NatureSearch week at Camp Kerr was lots of fun with some exciting finds (see Eva's report). The Waterwatch programme has commenced with members identifying sites at Cooloola Village and Tin Can Bay for monitoring. We are now members of the Society for Growing Australian Plants, which will benefit the Wallum Study Group. A weed identification display is currently at the library. The display has also been present at two market days and our AGM. Again we have entered the Clean Beach Challenge.

Thirty people attend our annual general meeting held on April 9th. Jan Olley gave an overview of the history and projects of the group. Ross Chapman from Cooloola Shire Council gave an informative talk on The Gross Pollutant Trap and Sonia Edwards (Regional Coordinator) talked on the Coastcare Programme. Andrew Collins presented projects suitable for Coastcare funding. These include; fauna, flora and water monitoring, revegetation projects, community awareness projects, a management plan for Mullin's Creek and a review of the Tin Can Bay Foreshore Management Plan.
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