Free Plants for Schools

It’s that time again!!  Last year Free Plants For Schools had such a wonderful response from the schooling community right across the Sunshine Coast, and with Schools National Tree Day coming up on the 26th July, we thought we had better have another go at it.

Coolum Community Native Nursery is offering free native plants for Sunshine Coast Schools from 9th July, 2013.  The nursery is producing large quantities of quality local native tube stock plants, and it’s time we gave some away free of charge to our fantastic community of kids (and their parents and teachers!)

Here’s how it works:

  • A representative of the school contacts the nursery to discuss the schools local native plant needs
  • The nursery donates plants to schools as they require, especially advanced stock that is sufficient quality for enhancing school grounds
  • Plants to be collected as soon as possible (by the 31st July if possible) by the school to clear the stock from nursery
  • School reports the donation in its newsletter and other publicity material
  • School receives nursery bookmarks and “Our Locals are Beauties” brochures for promotion of the nursery and education of students, staff and parents
  • Plant quantities are subject to availability and at the discretion of nursery manager
  • Schools are welcome to purchase additional stock when they come to collect their free plants
  • Offer limited to Sunshine Coast public and private schools
  • All donations are to be as fair and reasonable and inclusive as possible, within limitations of available stock at any given time.

Contact:

Jake Hazzard

Coolum Community Native Nursery Manager
157 Warran Rd Yaroomba Qld 4573
T: (07) 5473 9322
info [at] coolumnatives [dot] com
www.coolumnatives.com

Trading Hours: Tuesday – Friday 7.30 – 3.30   Saturday 8.30 – 12.30
Open Mondays by appointment.

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Maroochy River News Winter Edition

Click here to view the latest news about the Maroochy River and its people Newsletter Winter 2013

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New speed limits for the River

Click here to view new speed limits and signage.

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Mystery Eco Safaris for June

Take an intimate drive and walk through the many stunning natural assets of the Sunshine Coast.  From the hinterland to the coast on this Mystery Eco Safari you will see our beautiful place in a way you have never seen it before.

In the company of an Environmental Scientist you will learn about the natural importance of each place we visit.  Learn about water quality and flora and fauna, identifying plants and animals that are hiding in our own backyard and how we can all make an impact on our natural environment.  Visit mountain heathlands and sub-tropical rainforests.  As an added bonus, on selected tours, a professional photographer will join us on our safari experience so any budding photographers can gain a few tips on landscape, macro and portrait photography.

Transport, morning tea and lunch are all included.

Cost:  $50pp

Time:  8.00am – 4.30pm departing from Nambour Transit Centre

Limited numbers on each tour.  RSVP essential on 07 5313 4059 or info [at] ECOllaboration [dot] org [dot] au

Dates:

Thursday 6 June 2013

Saturday 15 June 2013

Thursday 20 June 2013

Saturday 29 June 2013

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Maroochy River News Summer Edition

Click here to view the Summer Edition of the Maroochy River Catchment News

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$100 000 boost to aid volunteering

Maroochy Waterwatch has been awarded $100 000 for the Dept of Environment and Heritage Protect to support our volunteering to improve the health of the Maroochy River.  This funding will add value to our council partnership agreement over the coming year.  Click here for more information.

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Maroochy River News Dec Out Now!

Click here to view Maroochy River Catchment News Nov Dec 2012

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Coral spawn turns the banks of Cornmeal Ck bright green!

Coral spawn has made its way into Cornmeal Creek this year and has been washed up on the backs all the way to Sunshine Plaza.  When released it is bight green and will start to decay in the next day to a brown sludge.  Might get a little smelly as well.

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2012 Annual Report available now!

Folowing on from the AGM, the annual report is now available.  Click here to view the report.  Maroochy Waterwatch Annual Report 2012

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New home for jailed butts on butt free day

80 000 jailed butts have received a new home after months of negotiation between Maroochy Waterwatch management and butt inmate representatives.  The 80 000 butts inside the jails are all escapee butts caught in the act of trying to go for a swim in our waterways and oceans so they could torture turtles and degrade our water quality.  The Butt Muster covert operations earlier this year, lead by chief butt hunter Suzie Temple, rounded up the butts throughout the coast that had somehow escaped from the usual confines of cigarette ashtrays or rubbish bins.  One energetic butt was even seen leaping out of a car window in a quest to make it to a waterway!   In other places such as parks,  the butts seem work in more coordinated fashion with an on-mass movement to the waterways.

In the last few months there was a breakdown in communication between the Maroochy Waterwatch guards and the butt inmates.  The keeping of such large numbers of butts who are determined to make it to our waterways requires delicate skills in inmate negotiation.   The butts believed they were owed better confinement conditions and unfortunately a riot between the butt inmates occurred which resulted in considerable damage to their old jail premises.  A new portable butt jail has now been built with better living conditions.  Security has also been ramped up with lockable lids to ensure no possible butt escape.

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