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COASTCARE WEEK 2009 - How Kids Can Get Involved

The Junior Landcare Team - Monday, November 16, 2009
Coastcare Week is coming up on December 7-13 and Junior Landcare is calling on kids to do their part to help preserve our coastline.

Simply download the free booklet, "7 Ways in 7 Days: A kids guide to saving our coastline from the ravages of climate change" and start doing these easy things in your everyday life. These small actions make a huge difference when done by lots of people.


Coastcare Week also shows people the amazing work being done by Coastcare volunteers all across Australia. Here are some of the things that they do:

  • Monitoring turtle populations on Ningaloo Reef (WA)
  • Restoring dunes in Budgewoi (NSW)
  • Rescuing and protecting pelicans in Ballina (NSW)
  • Cleaning up beaches Manly (NSW)
  • Monitoring southern right whales in Warrnambool (VIC)
  • Protecting saltmarsh in Kurnell (NSW)
  • Preventing dune erosion in Goolwa (SA)
  • Nyambaga Aboriginal Green Team work at Nambucca Heads (NSW)
  • Protecting coastal plant species under threat in Sarina (QLD)
  • Restoring coastal mud flats in Cape Deslacs (TAS)
  • Regenerating wildlife corridors on Lighthouse Beach (NSW)
  • Protecting dolphins in Hastings (VIC)
  • Developing a native coastal garden on Cottesloe Beach (WA)
  • Monitoring water quality in Darwin Harbour (NT)
  • Protecting Little Penguins in Pirates Bay (TAS)
  • Bringing back biodiversity in Balcombe Estuary (VIC)
  • Reducing sand and gravel mining on the coastal foreshore of Tiwi Islands (NT)
  • Helping communities protect wetlands in Swan Bay (VIC)
  • Removing marine rubbish from Cooktown to Fraser Island (QLD)
  • Planting and protecting seagrass in Western Port (VIC)
  • Using Indigenous knowledge to manage coastlines on Bellarine Peninsula (VIC)
  • Protecting birdlife in Tin Can Bay (QLD)
  • Removing Ghost Nets in Arnhem Land, Cape York and Torres Strait (NT)
  • Fighting climate change at Collaroy Beach (NSW)

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