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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 [...]

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 [...]

There’s a greater focus on water quality to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) now, than ever before and there’s never been a more concerted effort by all levels of government to ensure a high [...]

In December 2015, forty-one litter basket Gross Pollutant Traps (GPT’s) were installed in Mackay’s CBD aimed at reducing rubbish and organic matter at stormwater drainage points, preventing it [...]

Whitsunday Charter Boat Industry Association (WCBIA) members are active in the management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP). Member vessels are ECO Certified and audited by ECO [...]

Stream bank erosion is a major source of sediment in many watercourses. This has multiple implications including degrading water quality, reducing ecosystem habitat and the loss of agricultural [...]

Since 2008 Whitsunday Catchments Landcare (WCL) has been undertaking revegetation projects along the banks of the two creeks that align Galbraith Park in Cannonvale. WCL’s objectives for this [...]

Whitsunday Regional Council’s Feral Pig Program is continuing to significantly reduce the issue of widespread damage caused by feral pigs in the Whitsunday Council area. The large scale program [...]

Through the Australian Government’s Reef Programme, Whitsunday Regional Council, in partnership with Reef Catchments, has installed three gross pollutant traps within the Cannonvale Botanic [...]