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School Veggie Garden

17/3/2013

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A great opportunity to work outdoors while sharing your knowledge with keen young gardeners...

A small School Veggie Garden was started last year and it would be great to have some community members involved with it this year. We need help with weeding, planting and general advice. Particularly about local planting and natives.
The children in our Garden Crew work together at lunchtimes on Tuesdays and Fridays and if any of your members has children at school or hold a blue card they could come along then (1.15 – 1.45 pm), alternatively I sometimes need help on a Saturday or Sunday morning when a blue card is not an issue.
 
If anyone is interested just ask them to get in touch with me – contact details are below.
 
Many thanks once again,


Sharon Jupp
Teacher – Year 2
Magnetic Island State School 
10 - 16 Mandalay Ave, NELLY BAY, Qld, 4819

Phone: (07) 4758 2333 
Mob: 0439  777 553 
Fax:(07) 4758 2300 

sjupp2@eq.edu.au
 
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Introducing... Magnetic Island Creek Rescue

14/3/2013

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The Magnetic Island Creek Rescue project, funded under the Queensland government's 'Everyone's Environment' program, is designed to, as it says, rescue some of the Island's creeks that drain into the Great Barrier Reef from the ravages of weed invasion and human carelessness.
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Gustav Creek flowing strongly downstream of Barton Street bridge after removal of choking weeds. MICR will be working to rescue other island creeks.


The project, being jointly managed by MINCA, MI Community Development Association, Geoffrey Bay and Olympus Crescent Coastcare groups and North Queensland Conservation Council, will be focusing on five creeks - Butler in Picnic Bay, 'Kirk' in Nelly Bay, Alma and Peterson in Arcadia, and the creek behind the Horseshoe Bay shops (which the History and Craft people think is part of the delightfully named Wellbeloved Creek).

Over the next two years, community volunteers, backed up by contractors for the heavy work, will be joining together to remove rubbish and weeds from the creeks and allowing native vegetation to regenerate and/or replanting areas with locally grown native vegetation. 

All Islanders are encouraged to take part in the project - and individual 'launches' will soon be announced for the individual creek programs.

The first of these will occur on Saturday 23 March, when people are invited to come along to 'kick-off' project at the Peterson Creek. If you are interested in learning more about the projects across the island, or helping to plant a tree, meet at the corner of Hayles and Horden in Arcadia at 8am. This will be followed at 10.30am by morning tea at the Bowls Club and a public discussion with TCC and others about catchment management plans for Geoffrey and Alma Bays.

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  • Home
  • Donations
  • About
    • History of MINCA
    • Become A Member
    • Renew Your Membership
  • Resources
    • World heritage Values of Magnetic Island
    • Plants of Magnetic Island
    • Weeds of Magnetic Island
    • Favourite Trees
    • Native animals of Magnetic Island
    • Birds of Magnetic Island
    • Butterflies of Magnetic Island
    • Reptiles of Magnetic Island
    • Frogs (Amphians) of Magnetic Island
    • Spiders, Insects & Bugs of Magnetic Island
    • Life in the ocean around Magnetic Island
    • The geology of Magnetic Island
    • Library & Links
  • Projects
    • Caring for the West Point Road
    • Bolger Bay Conservation Park
    • Protection of Radical Bay
    • Townsville Port expansion >
      • Flyer
    • Clear Water Townsville >
      • The Future of Cleveland Bay >
        • Historical Impacts of Silt Pollution
      • The Story So Far
      • Cleveland Bay: Current & Impacts
      • The Impact of Dredging
      • Dolphins, Dugongs & Turtles
      • Where Have All the Fish Gone?
      • Proposed Port Expansion & Master Plan
      • Port of Townsville's Changing Plans
      • How Many New Berths?
      • Big Enough Already!
      • Jobs and the Port
      • The $1.64 Billion Quesion: WHY?
      • Contact Clear Water Townsville
    • Freecycle
  • Achievements
    • Claude's Block
    • 2011 Anti-plastic Bag Campaign
    • 2011 Short Film Competition
    • 2010 Low Carbon Diet Inter-Bay Challenge
    • 2010 'Carbon Cuts' Film Competition
    • 1996 Nelly Bay Habitat Reserve
    • ARCHIVE NEWS
  • Gallery
  • Contact
  • Activities