Join a Wildflower Walk with NICA
The Sunshine Coast Wildflower walks are now available to book through the Sunshine Coast Council Events page.
Biosecurity Alert: Asian geckos and native reptiles
NICA member Roger Kelly found a sluggish Asian gecko with several skin swellings and sent photos to Dr Karrie Rose, a veterinary pathologist at Taronga Zoo, who specialises in diseases of wildlife. He is asking Urban Wildlife Gardens members to let him know of any sick geckos or lizards of any sort, especially if they have skin lumps or ulcers or head swellings. Contact details in this post.
Grant from Sunshine Coast Council for Weeds Book
June 2020. NICA has been successful in receiving a grant from Sunshine Coast Council's major grants towards the cost of publishing 'Weeds of the Sunshine Coast 2nd Edition'. This book which is a very useful [...]
Monday Without NICA
April, 2020. Given we are not able to convene our Mondays with NICA face to face we would like to introduce Mondays without NICA! Download NICA's latest news here.
Changes to Volunteering at NICA
31-3-20 Due to the current public health concerns surrounding COVID-19 NICA is making changes to reduce the risk to our staff, volunteers, members and community. Even though our office is closed, we are still [...]
Noosa Bush Beach and Creek Care Receives Federal Govt Grant
Llew O'Brien MP presented a certificate to Jill and Justin Campbell from NBBCC for their project 'Wallum Woodland & Wildlife Linkage to Wetland Margins' last week (16-3-20). The grant of $13,000 will enable the volunteer [...]
Clean up Australia Day In Noosa 2020 Wrap Up
'Step up to Clean up' was the call and around 350 volunteers signed up on Sunday 1st March across the Noosa region to pick up over 6.5 tonnes. Joe Jurisevic the volunteer coordinator's full report [...]
Noosa Council’s Parks & Gardens with Matt Hansen
At the next Monday with NICA in March we are looking forward to hearing from Matt Hansen, Coordinator of Noosa Council’s Parks and Gardens. It should be an interesting insight into how everything is planned [...]
Clean up Australia Day in NOOSA Sunday 1st March
NICA, with the help of volunteer coordinator Joe Jurisevic, is coordinating Clean up Australia Day in Noosa. NICA has registered 24 sites around Noosa, 14 of which are public sites as advertised in local papers, [...]
MWN – Pandanus Dieback with Joel Fostin 17-2-2020
At the first Monday with NICA for 2020 we look forward to hearing from Joel Fostin on his research on Pandanus Dieback. Pandanus dieback is causing the greatest loss and ongoing threat to the biodiversity [...]