Environmental Organisations - Far North Queensland

Tropical North Queensland is where the rainforest meets the reef.

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Tangaroa Blue Foundation UW CARD DISCOUNT based in Port Douglas, QLD, Australia: Tangaroa Blue Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that coordinates the Australian Marine Debris Initiative, a program that is focused on the removal and mitigation of marine debris from our marine and coastal environment.

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No Barriers at Great Barrier: by nickT; As I am sure, you are probably aware Queensland started off February with a Category 5 tropical Cyclone a mere week after the floods in Brisbane. They called it the storm of the century with good reason....

Desert Isles of the Coral Sea: by Walter Starck; It was one of those places where the forces which govern life seem to come to a focus of preternatural beauty and intensity. I stood in a small grassy field. It was bounded by a dazzling band of coral sand. Crystalline aquamarine shallows grading into turquoise surrounded the islet. Farther out, a broad shallow reef flat fashioned a skirt of many colors terminating in a hemline of sparkling white breakers. Beyond, an endless sea of indigo blue velvet spread out to the horizon. Life was everywhere.

Cyclone Yasi and the Great Barrier Reef: by Tim Hochgrebe; After the massive impact of Cyclone Yasi, Australia stops to consider the consequences of this natural disaster on the economy, nature and life in Australia as such.