Let’s Clean up Noosa 2026
Clean-Up Australia Day is Sunday 1st March this year and brings together people who are interested in maintaining our beautiful parks and streets, waterways, wetlands and along the foreshores and beaches. While most areas look lovely, even small amounts of rubbish removed can help the entire ecosystem and make Noosa even more beautiful.
Clean Up Australia Day is Australia’s longest running and largest national day of environmental action. In 2026, CUAD will celebrate 36 years of bringing local communities together to Clean Up and help to improve and conserve our environment.
The national CUAD event has been coordinated locally for many years by community group NICA (Noosa Integrated Catchment Association). This year NICA volunteer Dan Hanning has organised 10 Registration and Collection Sites across the Noosa region.
Between 8am and 11am on Sunday 1st March all residents and visitors are invited to register at one of the Sites, search and collect for rubbish in the vicinity and return it to the sign-on point for proper disposal. Gloves and collecting sacks are provided. Even just picking up some pieces on your daily walk would be appreciated but get involved at one of the Sites if you can.
NICA President Jill Campbell emphasised the value of the annual Clean Up event to the Noosa environment and community: “On that day, we can all get out and about in our special local places and help to keep them free of damaging rubbish materials. Every piece of litter can smother part of the natural environment, contaminate the soil, vegetation or an aquatic habitat. Every piece of litter removed improves the natural environment on which our diverse local wildlife depends.”
“This year we are encouraging greater efforts to clean-up and start to restore natural sites which are damaged and neglected. This is a key part of catchment management to which everyone can contribute, so please step up with your friends and families to Clean Up Noosa, on 1st March.”
The list of sites where you can register on the day are in Noosa Today and the Cooroy Rag. You will also find the list of sites on NICA’s website.
List of registered sites 2026 in the Noosa Area
Volunteers needed to help Clean up Noosa.
You can help by registering at one of these sites from 8am to 11am on Sunday 1st March.
- Boreen Point – Apollonian
- Cooroy – Apex Park
- Cooran – Rec Club Grounds
- Kin Kin – Community Hall
- Noosa Heads -Woods Bay
- Noosa North Shore – Rural Fire Service shed
- Peregian Beach – Surf Club market stall
- Pomona – Memorial Hall
- Sunrise Beach – IGA carpark
- Tewantin – Doonella Street boat ramp
Volunteers should wear enclosed shoes, hat, gloves and sunscreen. For more info contact NICA on 5449 9650 or admin@noosariver.com.au
This Australia wide event began in 1990 as the inspiration of Ian Kiernan, AO. An avid sailor, Ian was shocked and disgusted by the pollution and rubbish that he continually encountered in the oceans of the world. Ian organised a clean up event, which due to the enthusiasm of the local community to get involved and make a difference, became a yearly event.
Noosa Integrated Catchment Assoc Inc (NICA) has been coordinating Clean up Australia Day in and around Noosa since 2004. Each year there have been around 15 sites where members of the public can register to help clean up the Noosa Biosphere.
Clean Up Australia Day in Noosa would not be a success without the generous support of NICA, Noosa Shire Council, Allcott Hire and Cleanaway.
