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It's easy to play your part in the health of Dry Tropics waterways.

Love our local waters?

Get amongst it!

Make positive change, meet great people, connect with science smarts, and sometimes score a free snag at the volunteer and enviro science gigs on offer from our partner organisations. Click links below for details, registrations, and instructions. Event information may be updated on partner platforms — check details on their websites.

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TIDY Up Townsville offer a $100 draw every month for litter-collectors to 'Bag a Bag' of litter and post on their Facebook page.

Become a citizen scientist. In the Dry Tropics there are many ways for the community to help gather data and contribute to research.

Join the Townsville Environment and Volunteering Hub, a Facebook group to discover events, activities, and volunteering gigs that matter.

Volunteer Calendar

Castle Hill Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Mundy Creek Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Creekwatch at Upper Ross River (Loam Island) - with OzFish Unlimited and supported by Townsville City Council.

Castle Hill Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Fri 25 - Sat 26 Sept

Creekwatch on Magnetic Island - with OzFish Unlimited and the Coastal Stewardship Project.

Great Barrier Reef Clean-up Launch at Pallarenda - with Tangarao Blue Foundation and Reefclean.

Castle Hill Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Join the Coastal Stewardship Project for a beach clean at Geoffrey Bay on Magnetic Island - with MICDA.

Shelly Cove Monitoring Clean Up - with Tangaroa Blue Foundation and ReefClean.

Castle Hill Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Goondaloo Creek (Douglas) Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Castle Hill Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Sat 26 Sept

Join the Coastal Stewardship Project for a beach clean at Picnic Bay on Magnetic Island - with MICDA.

Mundy Creek Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Goondaloo Creek (Douglas) Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Castle Hill Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Secret Beach Monitoring Clean Up - with Tangaroa Blue Foundation and ReefClean.

Castle Hill Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

The Great Spring Clean Up: Big Butt Hunt - with OzFish Unlimited, and other members of the Partnership.

Creekwatch at Louisa Creek - with OzFish Unlimited and supported by Townsville City Council.

Castle Hill Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Castle Hill Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

Castle Hill Landcare Community Working Bee - with Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc.

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The Healthy Waters Partnership acknowledges the Wulgurukaba, Bindal, Nywaigi, and Manbarra people as the
Traditional Custodians of the land and sea country in which we work, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.

Photography is thanks to: Phil Copp, Katie Zamykal, Cassie Bishop, Carys Morgans, Sam Gibbs, Jo Hurford, and Tourism and Events Queensland.

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1 Benwell Rd, South Townsville

QLD 4810 Australia

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