American Students Visit Noosa Biosphere
On Sunday 21st May a group of 31 American students and 3 faculty members from Virginia Tech University visited the Noosa Biosphere Reserve on Sunday visiting Noosa Hill lookout along Hastings Street, Main Beach and then Mt Tinbeerwah lookout for a scenic overview. Tony Haslam from NICA told them about […]
Volunteers Weed Sand Island
On Sunday 2-4-17 NICA volunteers spent 4 hours removing 18 bags of weeds from the sand island at the river mouth on Sunday, including Basket Asparagus, Corky Passion Vine and Cobblers Pegs. John & Kay provided a well deserved excellent morning tea!
Volunteers have visited the island twice a year since […]
Sedges Book Launch
The long awaited “Sedges, Rushes and Restiads” book by Sonia MacDonald and Stephanie Haslam was launched at the Noosa Integrated Catchment Association Inc. (NICA) office in Doonella House on Monday 20-3-2017. It is a companion volume to their previous book “Grasses of the Noosa Biosphere and Surrounding Regions” which is […]
NICA has Moved Office
At the end of January 2017 NICA moved office from Noosa Marina to 52 Doonella Street, Tewantin.
Changes to NICA Membership from 1st January 2017
At our AGM of 29 November 2016 a membership fee of $33.00 per family for the calendar year was set and is due by the end of January. If you wish to join NICA as a member or you would like to renew your membership please complete and return our […]
Eco River Cruise
To top off the 10 Catchment Excursions on Saturday 3rd December was an Enviro Cruise downstream on a Noosa Ferry. Our driver and well informed speaker John took us first to the river mouth area to observe the shore birds then on to Settlers Cove for a short guided native […]