News & Events

This is the first edition of our new regular newsletter.  It is part of an improved communications and public relations strategy which we hope to roll out during the year.  In each edition of CATCHMENT NEWS we will present regular articles to give you a better understanding of how, and […]

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 stone of the Association for over twenty years, and they have now passed this responsibility […]

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, Moira and QPWS’s Trevor Hatfield.  And many thanks to our volunteer coordinator, Valerie Hunnam, for […]

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 24^th August.   19 people went on the walk through the Girraween Nature Refuge and the experienced guides pointed out many interesting birds and the wide […]

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 and management, rubbish collection and environmental surveys such as mangroves, shorebirds populations etc.

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 Bushland Care Program.  NICA’s Girraween Bushcare Group will receive $27,700 over 3 years for Girraween […]