The Noosa Coast Coastal Custodians’ Guidebook is your go-to guide for living in and visiting Noosa’s coast. The guide shares with readers an abundance of beautiful shots of Noosa’s beaches and biodiversity, while providing invaluable information on the ecology, biodiversity and our role as custodians along Noosa’s eastern beaches.
Sponsored by Noosa Landcare, this unique publication has been created to help people better understand our beautiful coastline and encourage community and visitors to protect and restore their local landscapes. The project has been designed to be replicated along other stretches of coastline and ecosystems, to promote stronger connections with nature right across our region.
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This delightful children’s book raises awareness of the plight of the vulnerable Glossy Black Cockatoo. -
A field guide to native orchids of the Noosa Biosphere Reserve & the Sunshine, Cooloola and Fraser Coasts. Written by Joan Heavey -
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'Flowering Now' by Stephanie Haslam is a guide, by each calendar month, of what is flowering now in SE Qld. Vegetation communities have evolved to reflect the range of natural conditions we enjoy here in sub-tropical Noosa. From coastal beaches, backed by wallum heathland, to mangroves protecting the estuary; then up the river, through ferny paperbark woodlands and eucalyptus forests, to patches of shady rainforest and bare rocky mountains. This new book, ‘Noosa’s Native Plants – Flowering Now’ has been published by NICA. This book provides suggestions and advice about Native Plants suited for use in Noosa’s Urban Gardens. The book is A5 landscape with 180 pages. We currently have a special introductory price of $25. -
Written by Sonia MacDonald and Stephanie Haslam this book has been published and available from February 2017. The book is intended as a starting point in the study of sedges, rushes and restiads. Its is a companion volume to “Grasses of the Noosa Biosphere and Surrounding Regions”. -
Written by Sonia MacDonald & Stephanie Haslam ‘Grasses Native and Introduced of the Noosa Biosphere Reserve & Surrounding Regions’ contains A4 size images of 108 grasses, native and introduced, common to the wider Sunshine Coast and Cooloola and others are found throughout South East Qld. -
The 2nd Edition now available. Written by Joan Heavey and Sonia MacDonald this 330 page book displays full size images of 272 weeds and 21 of the most invasive weed grasses of the Sunshine Coast. Many are common to Cooloola, Fraser Island and South-East Qld. Methods of weed control and disposal are described. -
Noosa's Native Plants, written by Stephanie Haslam, is a book for plant enthusiasts, residents and visitors attracted by Noosa's sub-tropical environment. It is for students, landscapers and home gardeners. But most importantly it if for the guidance of everyone responsible for the ongoing protection of Noosa's most valuable asset its unique natural environment.