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INTRODUCTION
Hi, my name is Vanessa Hounsell, Traditional Owner &
Indigenous Engagement Support Officer for SEQ Catchments.
Welcome to the April 2013 Aboriginal natural resource management
newsletter. The stories and news that will be
compiled in these newsletters will vary, but will mainly be
focussed on some of the current and future natural resource
management activities for the South East Queensland region.
This newsletter aims to update and share information with all
Traditional Owners and Indigenous people involved or
interested in natural resource management in this region.
I hope you enjoy this edition. Feedback is encouraged and very
welcome.
SEQ CATCHMENTS ANNOUNCED AS A FINALIST IN THE 2013 HEALTHY
WATERWAYS
AWARDS!
Nine projects involving SEQ Catchments and our dedicated
partners have been successfully
shortlisted as finalists.
We are also eligible to win the Peoples Choice Award which
involves the community voting for the
finalist that they believe is the most outstanding.
Vote now and go in the draw to win 1 of 5 $200 Coles Myer Gift
Vouchers. Healthy Waterways will announce a voucher winner each
week on their facebook page until voting closes on Monday 20 May
2013.
All category finalists are eligible for the Peoples Choice Award
and a cash prize of $1,000. The winner will be announced at the
Healthy Waterways Awards Gala Dinner on 31 May 2013.
Vote for your favourite project at
www.healthywaterwaysawards.org and spread the word to support the
efforts in protecting and
improving South East Queenslands waterways:
Waterways Champion Award- June FrenchNuminbah Valley Landcare
Inc and SEQ Catchments.
Waterways Mentor Award- Darren Burns,Indigenous Engagement.
Product and Manufacturing Award- Seagrass Friendly Moorings
Project.On Water Marine Services and SEQ Catchments.
Indigenous Award- Caring for Quandamooka Country. Quandamooka
Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation and
Quandamooka Land Council.
Indigenous Award - Caring for Country on the Maroochy
River.Bunya Bunya Country Aboriginal Corporation
Responsible Tourism Award- Better Beaches Driver Awareness
Program.P7 Offroad and SEQ Catchments.
Rural and Agriculture Award- Reducing Sediment Export to Moreton
Bay. SEQ Catchments.
Rural and Agriculture Award- Brisbane River Flood Restoration.
SEQ Catchments.
Clean Up Award - 4WD Community Marine Debris Cleanup Moreton
Island. P7 Offroad and SEQ Catchments.
Please note, only one vote per person will be counted.
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NEWSLETTER APRIL 2013
Catching UpPhoto: Jagera Daran
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SEQ Catchments Office - Brisbane
LEVEL 2, 183 NORTH QUAY, Brisbane 4000
Ph: 3211 4404 Fax: 3211 4405
Vanessa Hounsell
Traditional Owner & Indigenous Engagement Support
Officer
E : [email protected] M: 0437 645 127
www.seqcatchments.com.au
148KG OF RUBBISH CLEARED FROM STRADDIES BEACHESA recent marine
debris clean up on Main Beach, North Stradbroke Island, cleared a
massive 148kg of debris in justfive hours along 4 km stretch of
coastline equivalent to what the average Australian household
produces in amonth!
The debris included thousands of pieces of plastic bits, 530
cylume glow sticks and lots of styrofoam, toothpastecaps and
plastic pellets.
An induction prior to the clean-up day included a session on the
impacts of marine debris in Moreton Bay, inparticular the damage
being caused to the local turtle population.
Moreton Bay Marine Park is one of the only sites in the world
close to a capital city that contains six of the worldsseven
species of marine turtles.
The eye opening Bag-it is your life too plastic movie was
screened, which tackles some of the sources of plasticand the
impact they have once they make their way into the environment.
From 7.30 am over a period of five hours, a group of over 30
participants from a host of organisations as well asthe local
community got busy collecting all kinds of rubbish from the
beaches.
It is hoped that a permanent marine debris monitoring site will
be established in the near future.
The clean-up was coordinated with Healthy Waterways in
partnership with SEQ Catchments, Quandamooka
Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporationm Quandamooka Rangers from
the Department of National Parks,
Recreation, Sport and Racing, Quandamooka Traditional Owners,
Tangaroa Blue, St Andrews Anglican College,
Straddie Camping, University of Queensland Research Station and
Reef Check Australia, funded by the Australian
Governments Caring for our Country program.
