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[ More ]=20 Logan River Boat Ramp is now open, boosting the diversity of recreational options available at one of the Gold Coast=92s leading park areas. [ More ] Bustle and bird life meet at boardwalk. [ More ] Give a 'damn' over Tallebudgera Creek dam's future! Residents are being urged to tell Council about how they would like the Tallebudgera Creek Dam upgraded. The dam was built in the 1950=92s and was one of the first water sources for the City. For more information phone 1300 366 692. Feedback closes March 25. [ More ] =20 =20 Your wish is granted! Council has welcomed the announcement by the Queensland Government that it will preserve the Kirra Hill site for public use. [ More ] Restored Historic Post Office Opens - The former Tallebudgera Post Office has been conserved and carefully restored thanks to Gold Coast City Council. The building, at 17 Trees Road, Tallebudgera, will be used for historical and educational purposes and preserved as a museum piece. [ More ] =20 Council delivers 199 ha to Open Space portfolio - A site at Numinbah Valley is the latest to be acquired under Council=92s Open Space Preservation program. The Chester=92s Road parcel of land was the 27th site acquired, with Council paying $760,000 for the site. [ More ] Have your say about nature conservation in Gold Coast City - complete our online survey = Subscribe/unsubscribe Click here to subscribe, unsubscribe or discover new Gold Coast City Council eNewsletters. Residents consulted on dam upgrade Water trek=20 Sensory Garden will delight Pumping sand to Surfers paradise=20 =20 Clean up AustraliaClean Up Australia Day Residents in every corner of the Gold Coast will have the chance to lend their local environment a helping hand on Sunday March 6. [ More ]=20 Gold Coast City Council will celebrate several initiatives in honour of the important day aiming to put rubbish away for good.=20 Tallebudgera Catchment Care Group will have its final working bee on a site it has been working on for the past four years. [ More ] Great Outdoors presenter Shelley Craft, is making sure we =91Know which bin to throw it in=92, when it comes to glass recycling. Shelley is starring in a series of television, radio and newspaper advertisements and educational videos being filmed on the Gold Coast this week. [ More ] Council will continue its support of the highly successful Healthy Waterways Cleanup in the Broadwater and Nerang River areas over the next four months.[ More ]=20 Water trek All possible options, no matter how provocative, challenging or even far-fetched, have been explored in the quest for water supply to the Gold Coast. Potential cost, practicality and environmental considerations have helped the community-based Advisory Committee to produce a comprehensive list of likely options for the Gold Coast Waterfuture project. [ More ] Turning the sodSensory Garden to delight people with disabilities - A sod-turning ceremony marked the beginning of a ten-month project, which will deliver the first specialty garden to the new Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens in Benowa.=20 The Sensory Garden is being sponsored in partnership with Council, by 21 Gold Coast Rotary Clubs to celebrate the centenary of Rotary International. [ More ] Construction and Demolition Seminar breaks down recycling barriers Formation of a new working group could be the answer to reducing construction waste in the City's private and Council-operated landfills. Participants of a recent South East Qld seminar have made the recommendation. [ More ] And the award goes to=85 Noleene Hogan, a dedicated bush carer, took = out the Gold Coast Australia Day Environmental Award this year. An Eagleby resident and member of the North-East Albert Landcare and Catchment Group, Noleene grows her own native plants for the Eagleby Wetlands project. Congratulations on your efforts Noleene. Active & HealthyDon=92t bring the car, get up, get out and get active! = A new program is getting Gold Coasters moving. [ More ] Sand pumping protects Surfers Paradise beach - A proactive dredging program is underway involving more than 65,000 cubic metres of sand being pumped from the Seaway, Broadwater and Coomera River and deposited on Surfers Paradise Beach. [ More ]=20 Council leads by example - Recycling is high on the agenda for Council, with a new regime underway to reduce waste in administration buildings. Officers are now equipped to recycle more paper, toner cartridges, cardboard, steel, glass and plastic than ever before. Gold Coast businesses will be targeted next in the City=92s waste minimisation program. Border=09 Want more information?=20 * Visit the Gold Coast City Council at www.goldcoastcity.com.au =20 * Internet access is free at all Gold Coast City Council libraries - for bookings phone your local library * Phone Gold Coast City Council - (07) 5581 6810 * Tell us what you think of the Gold Coast City Environment eNewsletter =09 ------=_NextPart_000_1128_01C520D3.9A3F5FC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable GCCC Environment eNewsletter =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20
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Locals=20 have their say on McCoy=92s Creek Council = officers and=20 the community have met to discuss the future of = McCoy=92s Creek=20 in Pimpama. A Catchment and Stormwater Management Plan = will now=20 be developed to further protect the waterway. [More<= /a>]=20

Logan=20 River Boat Ramp is now open, boosting the diversity = of recreational=20 options available at one of the Gold Coast=92s leading = park areas.=20 [More]

Bustle=20 and bird life meet at boardwalk. [More]

Give=20 a 'damn' over Tallebudgera Creek dam's future! = Residents=20 are being urged to tell Council about how they would = like the=20 Tallebudgera Creek Dam upgraded. The dam was built in = the 1950=92s=20 and was one of the first water sources for the City. For = more=20 information phone 1300 366 692. Feedback = closes March=20 25. [More<= /a>]


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Your=20 wish is granted! Council has welcomed the = announcement by=20 the Queensland Government that it will preserve the = Kirra Hill=20 site for public use. [More<= /a>]

Restored=20 Historic Post Office Opens - The former = Tallebudgera=20 Post Office has been conserved and carefully restored = thanks=20 to Gold Coast City Council. The building, at 17 Trees = Road,=20 Tallebudgera, will be used for historical and = educational purposes=20 and preserved as a museum piece. [More<= /a>]

Council=20 delivers 199 ha to Open Space portfolio - A site = at Numinbah=20 Valley is the latest to be acquired under Council=92s = Open Space=20 Preservation program. The Chester=92s Road parcel of = land was=20 the 27th site acquired, with Council paying $760,000 = for the=20 site. [More<= /a>]

Have=20 your say about nature conservation in Gold = Coast City=20 - complete=20 our online survey.

3D"Subscribe/unsubscribe"
Click here to subscribe, unsubscribe or discover new = Gold Coast=20 City Council eNewsletters.

=20 Residents=20 consulted on dam upgrade
=20 Water=20 trek
=20 =20 Sensory Garden will delight
=20 Pumping sand to = Surfers paradise

3D"CleanClean=20 Up Australia Day Residents in every corner of = the Gold=20 Coast will have the chance to lend their local = environment a helping=20 hand on Sunday March 6. [More]<= /font>=20

Gold=20 Coast City Council will celebrate several initiatives = in honour=20 of the important day aiming to put rubbish away for = good.=20

Tallebudgera=20 Catchment Care Group will have its final working = bee on=20 a site it has been working on for the past four years. = [More<= /a>]

Great=20 Outdoors presenter Shelley Craft, is making sure = we =91Know=20 which bin to throw it in=92, when it comes to glass = recycling.=20 Shelley is starring in a series of television, radio = and newspaper=20 advertisements and educational videos being filmed = on the=20 Gold Coast this week. [More<= /a>]

Council=20 will continue its support of the highly successful = Healthy=20 Waterways Cleanup in the Broadwater and = Nerang River=20 areas over the next four months.[More<= /a>]=20

Water=20 trek All possible options, no matter how = provocative, challenging=20 or even far-fetched, have been explored in the quest = for water=20 supply to the Gold Coast. Potential=20 cost, practicality and environmental considerations = have helped=20 the community-based Advisory Committee to produce a = comprehensive=20 list of likely options for the Gold Coast = Waterfuture=20 project. [More<= /a>]

3D"TurningSensory=20 Garden to delight people with disabilities - = A sod-turning=20 ceremony marked the beginning of a ten-month project, = which=20 will deliver the first specialty garden to the new = Gold Coast=20 Regional Botanic Gardens in Benowa.

The=20 Sensory Garden is being sponsored in partnership with = Council,=20 by 21 Gold Coast Rotary Clubs to celebrate the = centenary of=20 Rotary International. [More<= /a>]

Construction=20 and Demolition Seminar breaks down recycling barriers = Formation=20 of a new working group could be the answer to reducing = construction=20 waste in the City's private and Council-operated = landfills.=20 Participants of a recent South East Qld seminar have = made the=20 recommendation. [More<= /a>]

And=20 the award goes to=85 Noleene Hogan, a dedicated = bush carer,=20 took out the Gold Coast Australia Day Environmental = Award this=20 year. An Eagleby resident and member of the = North-East Albert=20 Landcare and Catchment Group, Noleene grows her own = native plants=20 for the Eagleby Wetlands project. Congratulations on = your efforts=20 Noleene.

3D"ActiveDon=92t=20 bring the car, get up, get out and get active! A = new program=20 is getting Gold Coasters moving. [More]=

Sand=20 pumping protects Surfers Paradise beach - A = proactive dredging=20 program is underway involving more than 65,000 cubic = metres=20 of sand being pumped from the Seaway, Broadwater and = Coomera=20 River and deposited on Surfers Paradise Beach. [More]=20

Council=20 leads by example - Recycling is high on the agenda = for Council,=20 with a new regime underway to reduce waste in = administration=20 buildings. Officers are now equipped to recycle more = paper,=20 toner cartridges, cardboard, steel, glass and plastic = than ever=20 before. Gold Coast businesses will be targeted next in = the City=92s=20 waste minimisation program.
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