


Inshore monitoring program paints a more accurate picture of waterway health near Carmila
Inshore monitoring program paints a more accurate picture of waterway health near Carmila Extensive monitoring of water quality, coral and seagrass in the southern inshore waters off Carmila will [...]

Partner Profile: Sugar Research Australia
SRA invests in and manages a portfolio of research, development and adoption (RD&A) projects that drive productivity, profitability and sustainability for the Australian [...]

Tourism operators turn into citizen scientists to monitor reef water quality
5 February 2020 Tourism operators in the Whitsundays have begun collecting data in a citizen science project to keep track of the water quality in their area. The Whitsunday Water Quality [...]
NQBP awarded for balance between business and stewardship of the GBR
Congratulations to our partners North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation and James Cook University (JCU), who won the Outstanding Collaboration for National Benefit category at the 2019 BHERT [...]

Activities Spotlight on Fishways
Mackay Whitsunday Isaac Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership founding member, Mackay Regional Council is working hard to deliver fishways that help maintain fish stocks in the region’s waterways. [...]

Waterway health prompts action from community and industry
Details of how individuals and groups are taking action in response to this year’s Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac Healthy Rivers to Reef Report Card will be made public at an upcoming event. A launch is [...]

TOURISM UPDATE – MARCH 2018
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 [...]
Cane Farmers Lead Water Quality Monitoring at Sandy Creek
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 [...]
Government supporting regional partnership for reef science & stewardship
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 [...]