Work continues along the Mission Beach foreshore following recent cyclone activity, with students from Carey Baptist Grammar joining the C4 team to help restore impacted coastal environments.
The students spent time on-ground assisting with the removal of plastics and other inorganic debris trapped through beach and vegetation areas within the foreshore project site. Alongside the students, the C4 work crew has been working tirelessly over recent weeks hand-pulling extensive infestations of Singapore daisy, an invasive groundcover weed that can quickly smother native coastal vegetation if left unmanaged.
Together, these efforts are helping native vegetation recover and giving important foreshore ecosystems space to breathe again following a challenging wet season.
While cyclones and flooding are a natural part of life in the Wet Tropics, they can leave a significant impact on fragile coastal environments. Storm activity can damage native vegetation, destabilise dunes and create opportunities for invasive weeds and washed-up debris to spread through shoreline habitats.
The current works are focused on supporting the long-term recovery and resilience of these ecosystems along the Mission Beach coastline.
C4 would like to thank the students and staff from Carey Baptist Grammar for getting involved onsite, and acknowledge the incredible effort of the C4 work crew who continue to put in the hard yards across the foreshore project area each week.
This project is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
If you’d like to get involved in our foreshore projects, there are a few ways to participate:
To learn more or get involved, contact the C4 team at hello@cassowaryconservation.org.