A COMBINED TOWNSVILLE/THURINGOWA AND STATE GOVERNMENT (INFRASTRUCTURE-BASED) INITIATIVE TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE OUR HEALTHY WATERWAYS IN THE COASTAL DRY TROPICS

VISION

"To achieve, sustain and promote the benefits of a clean, fresh and marine water ecosystem and to encourage, educate and reward integrated catchment management within a community framework. Emphasis is placed on information exchange linking like objectives resulting in increased quality of water in the Townsville/Thuringowa Coastal Dry Tropics region."


MISSION STATEMENT

To maintain clean wetlands and healthy waterways from Creek to Coral within the Townsville/Thuringowa Coastal Dry Tropics catchments. This will be achieved by emphasising a combined approach on a scientific, community, business and local, state and commonwealth government scale, resulting in good water quality, appropriately managed within the coastal catchments and local marine environments.


OBJECTIVES

• To utilise the skills, expertise and resources within the Townsville/Thuringowa coastal catchments for its management;
  
  
• Protect natural values, biodiversity and ecosystem services of the coastal catchments, floodplains and wetlands;
  
  
• Ensure sustainable management of storm water quality and effluent;
  
  
• To focus on the benefits and opportunities of total water cycle management including conservation of the regional water resource from rainfall to outfall;
  
  
• To monitor and conduct scientific research into water quality in order to understand process and impacts;
  
  
• To prepare coastal catchment and waterway health indicators;
  
  
• To view the coastal marine environment as a biophysical indicator of our effectiveness in managing terrestrial waterways and wetlands;
  
  
• Inform, educate, involve and engender community-based stewardship, awareness and ownership of catchment issues;
  
  
• Develop innovative and nationally significant approaches to catchment and waterway management;
  
  
• Formation of a Board of Directors and Project Control Group with supporting Working groups (Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Research, Community Education and Involvement, On-ground Action and Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Emergency Response);
  
  
• Compliment and respect the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Aust. Gov.);
  
  
• Acknowledge, reinforce and maintain previous partnerships and contributions, and aim to achieve on-ground results in the future;
  
  
• To synergise with the Community Plan for Natural Resource Management in Townsville/Thuringowa as part of the development and implementation of the accredited Burdekin Dry Tropics Region Plan.

Four working groups are facilitated by a Creek to Coral Coordinator reporting to the Environmental Management Reference Group (EMRG) and the Project Control Group (PCG). The working groups bring together the key aspects of implementing the aims and objectives in relevant areas and include:

1. Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Research
   
   
2. Community Education and Involvement
   
   
3. On ground action and infrastructure
   
   
4. Environmental Protection and Emergency Response

• Brochure
  
  
• Business Plan -draft
  
  
• Process

For further information contact:
Creek to Coral Coordinator
creektocoral@townsville.qld.gov.au
Tel: 4727 9317

• Framework
  
  
• Infrastructure-based approach
  
  
• Hilltops 2 Oceans program

• "Local Government Perspectiveon Hilltops-2-Oceans (H2O)" (1.8Mb .pps)
  
  
• Heatley High Student Presentation "Your Rubbish Kills" (1.4Mb .pps)

• The Official Creek to Coral website
  
  
• Creekwatch - monitoring and promotion of local waterways and wetlands.
  
  
• Natural Resources & Environmental Forum (NaREF)
  for the Townsville/Thuringowa Coastal Plains
  
  
• Community Waterway Education
  
  
• Oak Valley Tour
  
  
• Reef Check Townsville (Australia)
  
  
• Haughton River Catchment Plan

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GBRMPA Reefwatch Education
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TCC Urban Stormwater
CoT Riverway
Total Water Cycle (Education)

"We are clean healthy water!"

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Sustainability Summit
Townsville 2007

Urban Nature: Youth Ecotourism Forum and Urban Art Jigsaw
The ‘Art in School” program

ICLEI World Congress
Cape Town, February 2006
Presentation by Greg Bruce to Water Session (2.5Mb .pps)

When » Thursday, 15^th September - Saturday 17^th September 2005.
Details » Conference Program (35Kb .pdf)

Great Barrier Reef » 30 Years of Management and Future Challenges
Public Open Day » Annual Queensland Conservation Conference

Townsville City Council is proudly sponsoring this Public Open Day to give opportunity for the wider community to learn about how we can all help protect one of our most spectacular and economically important marine environments - the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area.

When » Saturday, 17^th September 2005.   Time» 9am - 4pm.
Location » Reef HQ Complex (TATSICC Gallery and IMAX Theatre).
Schedule »

»	9am - Welcome and public talk by Deputy Mayor Cr Ann Bunnell.
»	9am - 12.30pm - Presentations and discussion of issues facing the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
»	12.45 - 1.30pm - Screening of Living Sea at the IMAX Theatre is free to all registered participants at the presentations.
»	1.30 - 4.00pm - Post-conference tour.
»	9am - 4pm - Stunning static display.

For further details contact Environmental Management Services
on 4727 9310 or view the Information Sheet (215Kb .pdf)

A conference dinner with a difference!
Experience the spectacular Reef HQ by night

The Organisers of the 2005 Queensland Conservation Conference invite all members of the public to participate in the memorable evening.

When » Thursday, September 15^th 2005.   Time» 6:30pm.
Location » Reef HQ Complex (TATSICC Gallery and IMAX Theatre).
Cost » $65
Details » Invitation