Sunshine Coast cleans up at environment awards

• Bunya Bunya Country Aboriginal Corporation, Caring for Country on the Maroochy River (Indigenous Award)
• Night Eyes Water and Landcare, Pumicestone Passage Catchment Care (Clean Up Award)
• Noosa Integrated Catchment Association (NICA), Noosa Ferry Company, Noosa Biosphere Ltd, and Tourism Noosa – Cruise Noosa Biosphere (Responsible Tourism Award)
• Greg McKean, President Night Eyes Water and Landcare (Volunteer of the Year Award).

Environment Portfolio Councillor Tony Wellington said the Awards highlighted the wide range of environmental activities underway across the Coast.
“The Bunya Bunya Country Aboriginal Corporation has been working on a number of projects in the Maroochy River including mangrove propagation, riverbank revegetation, wildlife surveys and weed control,” he said.
“Other successful initiatives included Cruise Noosa Biosphere, a collaboration of Noosa organisations promoting the high biodiversity of the Noosa River, and the litter collection in the Pumicestone Passage which involved a massive 300 volunteers.
“There are a great variety of community-driven projects aiming to improve waterways across the Sunshine Coast. I commend everyone involved.”