REPAIRING OUR REGION A YEAR FROM CYCLONE DEBBIE – With Al Grundy, Explore Whitsundays and Chair of Tourism Whitsundays The year has started positively for Tourism in the Whitsundays. There [...]
Concerned sugarcane growers around Sandy Creek, south-west of Mackay, initiated water quality monitoring after some pesticide concentrations were found to be higher than the concentration of [...]
Our beautiful Whitsunday inshore areas provide some excellent spearfishing opportunities however there are a number of restrictions on where spearing is allowed. Now both visitors and residents [...]
Advancements in our understanding of the impacts of pesticides on aquatic species mean that scores for contaminants are expected to worsen in our freshwater basins and estuaries. Improvements in [...]
The Queensland Coastal Conference was held in Airlie Beach this week. Executive Officer of the Partnership, Charlie Morgan, presented on the benefits of developing a regional report card [...]
The Mackay-Whitsunday Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership has announced monitoring of an additional inshore marine area to improve the picture of water quality and waterway health in our [...]
Thanks to the ongoing support of partners 2017/18 is shaping as another busy and productive year for the Partnership. At the June partners meeting, the annual budget and Program Plan for the next [...]
This National Science Week, scientists at the Mackay-Whitsunday Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership are busy scoring 12 months of data on baby coral, water pollution and other indicators of [...]
The Mackay-Whitsunday Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership today welcomes Dr. Stephen Miles, Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier [...]