Weipa the wettest place on the Cape
There's still two months of wet season to run and Weipa is out to an early lead in the rainfall stakes.
The three rain gauges...
Weipa company tasked with Torres Strait clean-up
Dodging crocs and sharks, divers from Weipa will this week start work on removing 13 vessels from the waters around Seisia and the Torres...
Galapagos shark research project update
NSW Department of Primary Industries - Lord Howe Island Marine Park News
Researchers Jonathon Mitchell and Victoria Camillieri-Asch from The University of Western Australia will...
Pinetrees Lodge is carbon neutral
Pinetrees Lodge has just received carbon neutral certification under the Climate Active Program of the Australian Government. We're the first full-service hotel in...
Dunoon RFS news and advice
On Wednesday 18 November, members of Dunoon RFS were presented with the NSW Premier's Bushfire Emergency Citation for their contribution and service to the 2019-2020 Bushfire emergency response by Zone Manager Superintendent Michael Brett. Mr Brett commended the members of the brigade for their ongoing commitment to the RFS and the protection of the community.
Fires … a year on
The last year has been an enormous learning curve for us here at Friends of the Koala. While we have had single fire events which have affected our koalas in the past, this was the first time where essentially the whole region was on fire.
Clancy pushes for acknowledgment that CVC investments are having adverse impact on climate change
Geoff Helisma
At Clarence Valley Council (CVC), the lone Green (and only politically declared councillor), Greg Clancy, has regularly brought up a concept he put...
Wetter than average weather tipped
A month ago, the BoM declared a La Nina event, which means wetter than average conditions expected in the next few months. How does that work? It all depends on the Walker circulation.
Understanding biodiversity on intertidal reefs
Lord Howe Island Signal
Lord Howe Island (LHI) resident Caitlin Woods is in the final year of her PhD and is well underway analysing and...
How the new highway affects flood levels, ‘generally’ speaking
by Geoff Helisma (Clarence Valley Independent)
As the new highway nears completion across the Lower Clarence, fears have been raised about what happens during a...
Intensive farming is eating up the Australian continent – but there’s another way
Last week we learned woody vegetation in New South Wales is being cleared at more than double the rate of the previous decade – and agriculture was responsible for more than half the destruction.
