NICA goes forward with new Constitution
NICA will now have a new Constitution and Rules to take it forward into 2019 and beyond, thanks to a Special Meeting of Sector Representatives on 22nd October, 2018. The Sectors had been the corner [...]
Sunshine Coast Wildflower Festival in Noosa
NICA coordinated 4 walks as part of the recent Sunshine Coast Wildflower Festival (19-8-18 to 2-9-18). We hope everyone enjoyed the walks and increased their botanical knowledge. Thanks to our volunteer guides Stephanie, Sonia, Janet, [...]
A Walk on the Wildside at Girraween Nature Reserve
As one of the milestones for their Community Sustainability Action Grant, the NICA Girraween Bushcare Group held it’s ‘Walk on the Wildside’ event on Friday 24th August. 19 people went on the walk through the [...]
NICA Boat Back in Action – April 2018
NICA is pleased to acknowledge, with sincere thanks, the donation of a new Suzuki outboard motor for the NICA boat from Laguna Boating Centre and Suzuki Marine. The NICA boat is used for river monitoring [...]
Funding Boost for Bushland Battlegrounds January 18
Noosa’s natural areas of bushland have got a boost from two Community Sustainability Action Grants (CSAG) from the Queensland Government, for projects supported by the Noosa Integrated Catchment Association (NICA) and linked to Noosa Council’s [...]
Noosa Civic Sustainability Fundraiser
From 1st to 5th December NICA has been happy to provide volunteers at Noosa Civic Shopping Centre for their yearly Sustainability Fundraiser. This year we have been selling Lomandra histrix which is a native grasses [...]
AGM on the Noosa Ferry
On Monday 20th November NICA's 2017 AGM was held on the Noosa Ferry. Outgoing President Tony Haslam talked about how he became a member of the Committee 15 years ago, including the last 5 as [...]
Volunteers Working for Noosa’s Environment
We looked back at many of NICA's successful projects over the last 21 years at a MWN talk 'NICA Retrospective' on 23rd October 2017. NICA's secret to surviving in these tough times is down to [...]
School Students Waterways Pollution Interview
Rosie, Isla and Audrey, year 5 students from GSLC visited NICA on 16th October 2017 to learn about water pollution as part of a school project. They interviewed Bruce, Tony and Roger with some tricky [...]
Noosa River Cleanup Removes 2 Tonnes of Rubbish
NICA organised a clean up of the Noosa River as part of Noosa Biosphere Day on 2nd October, 2017, thanks to a grant from Sea World and Healthy Land and Water. Around 30 volunteers from [...]