Environment

Dredging on the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast is undoubtedly one of Australia’s unique and most liveable cities, with more than 300 sunny days per year. It can be even

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Recycling Boats

Even the best constructed boats have to end their lives someday. But when this day comes, what happens to your beloved sailing or motoring beauty? 

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How Narrowneck Copied Nature

Did you know that just off shore at Narrowneck is a reef? A different type of reef you may be familiar with such as a

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Boats Tie Up for a Clean-Up

Through The Porthole   ABOUT THE PHOTO: This was our first official dive clean-up event held on 5 July 2015. The boats arrived at 8:00 in

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Canal Wall Failure – A Growing Concern

It is Your Legal Obligation. Owners of waterfront properties are legally responsible for the care and maintenance of their own canal walls. This change of

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A Feat for Sand: The World’s First Sand Bypass System

The Gold Coast needed a Seaway, a permanent entrance for navigation that could withstand ocean swells. But with it came the challenge of addressing natural

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Are your yabbie traps legal?

Do you know that platypus live in our very own Gold Coast freshwater creeks? If not, that’s ok. Most of us do not know it

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Sea Wasp Straddie’s rescue boat

The Wasp Creek Rural Fire Brigade (WCRFB), like any Rural Fire Brigade, is a volunteer fire and rescue service that operates primarily within the suburbs

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The story of Gold Coast Sand

Did you know that there are more stars in our universe than grains of sand on all the beaches on earth? And that the stories

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A win for the Pin, after litter finds the Bin

What do you get up to on a Sunday morning? Throw on the first shirt you find and head to the shed to finish sanding

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