Community groups supported to restore Cairns’ natural areas

Four community groups and not-for-profits will share in $64,000 to restore and enhance natural areas across Cairns through Council’s Revegetation of Natural Areas Grant program.

The program helps local organisations rehabilitate degraded landscapes, protect native biodiversity, and improve climate resilience.

The 2025/26 funding will support:

• Caravonica 1077 Residents Association Inc. ($10,345) to continue revegetation between the established residential homes on Fig Tree Drive and the newly developed Botanica Over 50s Lifestyle Resort community in Caravonica. The funding will build on earlier work to create wildlife habitat in the reserve buffer zone.
• Marlin Coast Men’s Shed Inc. ($16,475) to extend its Moore’s Gully revegetation project at Trinity Beach, building on earlier work to remove invasive trees and replant native species. The project will also improve creek-side vegetation, remove hazardous wire fencing, and establish fodder grassland to support local wallaby populations.
• The Agile Project – Wildlife Rescue Inc. ($17,180) for the first stage of restoring former construction zones at Bluewater Parklands. The funding will help transform mown paddock areas into native forest to reduce weeds, roadkill risks, and maintenance costs while boosting wildlife habitat.
• Treeforce Association Inc. ($20,000) to progress stage two of restoration works to the Western Arterial Conservation Park in Redlynch, reconnecting biodiversity corridors along Freshwater Creek.