Community groups
Connect with the vibrant local community supporting sustainability in our region.
Local sustainability groups are great for learning new skills, workshops, volunteering opportunities and events. We update our EcoEvents Facebook page regularly with opportuntiies to join clean-ups, tree-planting groups and sustainability events.
Sustainability community groups directory
- Tree Plotter Inventory: a database of trees on Council land that the community can help map and monitor.
- FNQ Wildlife Rescue
- Birdlife North Queensland
- Eye on the Reef: reef health monitoring app from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
- Mangrove Watch: an in-person mangrove and saltmarsh monitoring program.
- BioQuest - map biodiversity across the region in challenges set by conservation partners. Search for 'Cairns' and local quests.
- Frog Id: count and map frogs by recording their calls in an app.
- Feather Map of Australia: map bird species by collecting and sending in feathers found in local wetlands.
- Green Space Our Place: Public parks and gardens across Cairns
- Treeforce: Cairns - Freshwater area
- Mulgrave Landcare and Catchment: south of Cairns
- Holloways Beach Coast Care: Holloways Beach
- Russell Landcare and Catchment Group: Babinda
Come together to learn new skills and experience the satisfaction of growing fruits and vegetables in the tropics without the 'food miles'. It's recommended to make contact with a community garden before your first visit. Find one near you:
- Bungalow Community Garden: 7 Kidston Street, Bungalow
- Manoora Community Garden: Lot 8 (cul-de-sac), Rollinia Close, Manoora
- Holloways Beach Community Garden: Raintrees Park, Oleander Street, Holloways Beach
- Stratford Community Garden, Kamerunga Rd, Stratford
- Marlin Coast Community Garden: 205 Reed Rd, Trinity Park
- James Cook University Cairns, McGregor Road, Smithfield
- Edmonton Community Garden: Walker Road, Edmonton
- Gordonvale Community Garden, Simmonds St, Gordonvale
Last Updated: 21 August 2024
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