News & Events

On Sunday 31st July NICA presented ‘Stories at Sunset’, an outstanding indigenous cultural experience, as part of a 25th Anniversary Landcare Grant ‘Sunshine Creek Wetland and Riparian Erosion Rehabilitation Project’. Local Gubbi Gubbi man Lyndon Davis gave Welcome to Country and told cultural stories and indigenous chef Dale Chapman provided […]

Catchment excursion no. 5 was held on Saturday 9th July at Kinaba Information Centre at the entrance to the Noosa Everglades. The day was organised by NICA and Friends of Kinaba.
Guest speakers were John Olds from Queensland Marine Parks and Steve Price, Principal Ranger Sunshine Coast QPWS, both gave informative […]

Thanks to local historian George Pearce from Parkyn’s Hut Information Centre, he was the highlight of NICA’s Catchment Excursion No. 4 – ‘History of a River Town’ on 11th June. He painted a vivid picture as the led the group to various points of interest with tales of fire and […]

At Monday on the Deck on 17-5-16 Joan Heavey talked this NICA project which is a three year assault on Singapore daisy at 4 locations across Noosa.  Singapore daisy was introduced by nurseries into Australia in the 1970s as an attractive ground cover and bank stabilizer and has become a […]

Thanks to Dr. Romaine Cristescu and Anthony Schultz for the fascinating talk they gave at NICA’s Monday on the Deck on 21st March.  Over 40 people attended the talk to hear about the University of the Sunshine Coast research project: ‘Detection Dogs for Conservation’. They rescue, train, test and deploy […]

On 5th March 30 people came to hear about the local history, indigenous cultural history and native vegetation of the Lake Cooroibah area.The land from Tewantin to Cooroibah, bounded by Wooroi Creek, McKinnon Drive, Lake Cooroibah Road, and Lakeway Drive is largely in conservation tenure. It is part of the […]