Get your hands dirty for a cleaner Gold Coast
It’s the biggest clean up in the country. And you’re invited to lend a hand. Gold Coast has more than 70 registered sites for…
Environment
Boost for bum breathing turtle
It took only one man, collecting and trading penny turtles to nearly wipe out a bum breathing turtle. Every year between 1962 and 1974…
Beach bits: Beyond the horizon we ought to see
In our last edition, Naomi Edwards wrote about sand movement along Gold Coast’s beaches. There is no doubt that the management of our river…
Tune in to Earth’s Frequency
Earth Frequency Festival started as a tree planting doof on the Sunshine Coast for about 300 people. From those humble origins the event has…
Top 5 tips to green your festival experience
1. Take a reusable water bottle. Bottled water is one of the greatest enviro tragedies in a generation. You have no excuse. Take your…
Skating from Bondi to Burleigh for whales
It was the longest day of the year. And for Gold Coaster Dylan Dhamu and his Toowoomba based mate, Ben Smith it was the…
Showing up for Sharks
Is there a single beach-goer who does not at some point during their splash, consider the horror of a ferocious finned confrontation? If yes,…
Better get a lawyer owl. Better get a real good one
When nine boobook owls arrived at the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital around the same time, logic told wildlife veterinarian Michael Pyne that habitat destruction was…
New Landcare Group launches on the Gold Coast
Gold Coast’s newest Landcare Group will launch next month, with a community BBQ and presentation about Beachcare. Burleigh to Surfers Landcare Group was formed…
The mutton birds
The wreck of thousands of migrating mutton birds on Gold Coast beaches left a lot of residents wondering why. On the worst days in…