Reef Walk 2013 – Cairns to Gladstone

Reef Walk 2013 – Cairns to Gladstone

Reef Walk 2013 is a community project initiated by 72 year old June Norman. This year June, along with a group of committed people, is walkomg the 1,200 km from Cairns to Gladstone to highlight threats to the reef. The Reef Walkers left Cairns on Saturday 1st June...
Students for a plastic free paradise

Students for a plastic free paradise

Local primary students from Port Douglas State School are doing their part to spread the message about the harmful effects of plastic bags on marine life as part of the Think Outside the Bag project. During the past school term, Reef Guardian students from Port...
Port Douglas Reusable Bag Launch

Port Douglas Reusable Bag Launch

The new Port Douglas reusable bag has finally arrived and is now out in the community helping to reduce the use of plastic bags as part of our Think Outside the Bag campaign. Making its debut at the official launch to help with the campaign was the Plastic Bag...
Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior arrives in Cairns April 27

Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior arrives in Cairns April 27

This week, six brave Greenpeace volunteers climbed onto a coal tanker just outside the Great Barrier Reef and stayed there for 28 hours. They did this because Australia’s coal exports are the nation’s greatest contribution to climate change and plans are...