Mackay and the Whitsundays lead International Year of Reef (IYOR) action

Twenty-one small steps for Mackay and the Whitsundays, one giant leap for our reef. Twenty-one diverse organisations in Mackay and the Whitsundays are paving the way to change for International [...]

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“Thanks to funding from Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, we finally have a baseline of the condition of water quality, coral reefs and seagrass meadows in the southern inshore reporting area of the [...]

The Palaszczuk Government is providing $260,000 for the Mackay Whitsunday Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership in 2018-2019, Queensland Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Leeanne [...]

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 [...]

We have produced an Annual Report Summary to highlight our activities since our inception in 2014 to 2017. You can view it here.

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 [...]